PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15921022
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["463", "017000"]

Abstract:
The present invention relates to systems and methods for playing an instant ticket-based entertainment game combining elements of chance and player skill. In an embodiment of the present invention, a game player receives an electronic scratch-off instant ticket from a central server over a communications network (e.g., a mobile phone network). The instant ticket may provide an instant prize and may also provide entry into an interactive multiplayer bonus game (e.g., a car racing game) by awarding the game player with at least one game attribute (e.g., car type, time in which to complete race) to be used during play of the bonus game. Scores are reported to the game server upon completion of the game and winners are determined by the game server based on game player rankings at various checkpoints throughout the bonus game. Another embodiment of the present invention may include a mystery promotion prize feature.

Claim (Index 1):
A gaming system for an instant ticket game combining elements of chance and user skill, the system comprising:\n a game server comprising:\n a processor, \n a memory unit, and \n a storage device which stores game data and user data and maintains user accounts; \n computer instructions for causing the gamer server to generate at least one electronic instant ticket edition file, with a pre-selected total payout, the instant ticket edition file comprising a set of bonus games with randomly assigned game attributes for use during bonus game play and a set of instant tickets comprising a state selected from the group consisting of new, last-not-played, and played, wherein at least one instant ticket selected from the set of instant tickets comprises:\n a base game corresponding to an instant-win play area which corresponds to an instant-win prize awarded upon completion of the base game, and \n at least one randomly assigned game attribute which is a random game parameter for use during play of an interactive multiplayer bonus game during which the user competes against other players, the bonus game selected from the set of bonus games, \n the computer instructions providing betting game logic, fraud protection, and player protection logic with regard to peer-to-peer bets; a user device for playing the instant ticket game; a communications medium which enables communication between the game server and the user device; and an electronic game client, wherein the game client is downloaded from the game server to the user device over the communications medium, the game client loads the at least one randomly assigned game attribute for bonus game play and the outcome of the bonus game is at least dependent upon at least one randomly assigned game attribute combined with the skill and performance of the participating user during bonus game play, and wherein a user's performance is measured at least in part by the user's ranking position relative to the other players, wherein, in the game, the game client communicates events in real time with the server, all information required at one point in time is comprised in one message, and the game client provides online and offline messaging among users.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 48.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.875
- Patent Class: 463.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12259688', '12756409', '12113135', '13223567', '11002997']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.3892005569474985
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4960101241900269
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.3998815136717514
- Mean Citation Score: 308.666462
- Max Citation Score: 321.6506
- Similarity Product: 262.77447817034715

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test