Patent ID: 8622821

Claim:
A personal device for managing player data, said player data including game resources stored at a server wherein said game resources may be allocated to a game conducted, at least in part, using a game device separate from said game device and operated independently from said personal device which generates a stream of game data from said game, the personal device comprising: a data processor; a player interface in communication with said data processor; a communication device in communication with said data processor, said communication device configured to communicate with said server and said game device; a display in communication with said data processor; and a data storage device in communication with said data processor configured to store program instructions executable by said data processor to conduct the steps of: displaying at said display at least one game feature for said game conducted by said game device, wherein said game device conducts said game to produce an outcome without using said data processor of said personal device; receiving through said player interface an allocation of game resources to at least one selected game feature; communicating via said communication device with said server to authenticate said allocation of said game resources; receiving through said communication device game data, said game data generated by said game conducted, at least in part, by said game device, wherein said game device conducts said game without using said data processor of said personal device; and resolving by said data processor of said at least one game feature using said game data, wherein said at least one game feature is resolved by said data processor of said personal device independently from said game device and wherein the resolution of said at least one game feature is separate from the outcome of said game.