Patent ID: 9076288
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A game participation extension system for extending, broadening and promoting gaming participation in a regularly recurring game, said system comprising: a game instance tracking module comprising processing circuitry adapted to monitor one or more instances of said regularly recurring game and detect, extract and record parameters of each of the one or more instances on a functionally associated first digital memory, wherein said regularly recurring game involves wagers of monetary funds; a virtual game generator comprising processing circuitry functionally associated with the first digital memory and adapted to, in real-time, transform the recorded parameters into image data of virtual representations mirroring game events from the tracked game instance and to transmit the virtual representations to a computing appliance of a prospective player to be displayed to the prospective player upon a display of the computing appliance; a virtual wager module comprising processing circuitry adapted to communicate with the computing appliance and receive from the computing appliance virtual wagers, relating to the one or more instances of said regularly recurring game, made by the prospective player through the computing appliance, wherein a virtual wager is defined as a wager that does not involve real monetary funds and cannot result in a loss of real money to the prospective player; and wherein said system awards winners of virtual wagers a prize distinct from prizes awarded to participators in the regularly recurring game; and a prospective player monitoring unit functionally associated with a second digital memory and adapted to store in said second digital memory profiles and virtual gaming histories of prospective players; a promotion module comprising processing circuitry adapted to monitor profiles and virtual gaming histories of prospective players stored in said second digital memory, compare parameters of the monitored profiles and virtual gaming histories to a set of dynamic criteria and, upon the profile and virtual gaming history of a given prospective player meeting the set of dynamic criteria, send a promotional offer relating to the regularly recurring game, to the given prospective player.