Patent SG-11201803977W-A (SG)
Title: Gaming aspects relating to multiplayer/tournament hybrid arcade/wager-based games
Inventor: WASHINGTON GEORG
IPC: G07F17/32
Filed: 2016-11-04
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property -' Organization International Bureau nvo .5)1 (43) International Publication Date .... ....r .....) 11 May 2017(11.05.2017) WIPO I PCT ID Hit (10) 111111111111111111Ill WO International IIIII II 2017/079706 Publication IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Number Al RIO IIII IIIIIIII (51) International Patent Classification: (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every A63F 13/30 (2014.01) G07F 17/32 (2006.01) kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, (21) International Application Number: BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, PCT/US2016/060737 DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, (22) International Filing Date: HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KN, KP, KR, 4 November 2016 (04.11.2016) KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, (25) Filing Language: English OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, (26) Publication Language: English SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, (30) Priority Data: ZW. 62/250,964 4 November 2015 (04.11.2015) US (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (71) Applicant: SYNERGY BLUE, LLC [US/US]; 44901 Vil- kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, lage Court, Suite D, Palm Desert, California 92260 (US). GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, (72) Inventors: WASHINGTON, Georg; 72160 Clancy Lane, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, Rancho Mirage, California 92270 (US). SERRA, Joe; TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, 43403 Callaway Court, Unit B, Palm Desert, California DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, 92260 (US). LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, (74) Agent: WOLF, Dean; 4181 South Hampton Circle, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Boulder, Colorado 80301 (US). [Continued on next page] = (54) Title: GAMING ASPECTS RELATING TO MULTIPLAYER/TOURNAMENT HYBRID ARCADE/WAGER-BASED = GAMES (57) : Various aspects described for implementing tournament hy- brid arcade/wager-based gaming techniques via computer networks, includ- ing The tournament hybrid one or more casino gaming networks. arcade/wager-based game may include a non-wager based gaming portion 000 0 and a wager-based One or more are able to concur- gaming portion. players t 4 rently in the non-wager based - engage continuous game play of gaming por 4 6. tion during execution of wager-based events which are automatically gaming , i OV‘V.V 0 0 000 triggered based on events which occur during play of the non-wager based Payouts for a wager-based event outcome may gaming portion. given game ° include both monetary payouts and/or non-monetary payouts. , 0 00 3 / 4 ; 1740 ° 0 00 ° 0 0 0 ° 0° s a 1732 ° 1720—., 1730 0 ° ° 0 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 11 .4t C::: , IN 0 0 Cr \ • IN C IC-- 1-1 0 ei „ ‘-1710 Fig. 17 O WO 2017/079706 Al MIDEDIMOM01010111010101011EIMEIEHOIEMOVON Published: — with information concerning one or more priority claims — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) considered void (Rule 26bis.2(d))