Idt Corporation

Glen Keith Russell

Anthony J Baerlocher

Richard Jay Schneider

Daniel DeWaal

R Jeffrey Jordan

David Hugh Muir

Scott A Boyd

Alexandria Estella Ponte Sutich

Kevin M Higgins

Steven G LeMay

Richard E Rowe

Erik B Petersen

Nicole Marie Beaulieu

Cara L Iddings

William Chad Little

David C Williams

Kurt Larsen

Daniel J De Waal

Warner R Cockerille, Iv

Vincent Salvatore Manfredi

Jacob Thomas Graham

Adrian R Marcu

Bryan E Bullard

Kevan Wilkins

David A Gipp

Gregory Hopkins Parrott

Reid M Weber

Jae Man Yi

Shannon Mason

Matt Glazier

David L Salls

David Hollister

Allan Legler

Gregory A Schlottmann

Michael B Shelby

Jeff Jordan

David H Muir, Sr

Alexandria E P Sutich

Gregory A Scholttmann

James R Norton

A gaming system and method which provides a community group event to a plurality of players at a plurality of the gaming devices in the gaming system. Each gaming device participating in the group event is associated with an individual group event eligibility timer. Such individual group event eligibility timers regularly decrement based on time and may increment based on one or more aspects of the player's gaming experience, such as wagers placed. If the individual group event eligibility timer associated with a gaming device participating in the group event lapses before the conclusion of a group event timer or mode, that gaming device is eliminated from the group event. Upon the conclusion of the group event, a group event award is shared amongst the players at the remaining or non-eliminated gaming devices (i.e., the gaming devices associated with individual group event eligibility timers with any amount of remaining time).

Gaming system, gaming device and method for providing group event with individual group event eligibility timers

A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming machines. The gaming system includes a bonus event unit based system to provide one or more awards to one or more players. Such bonus event units are accumulated by a player based on one or more events associated with the player's gaming experience. The bonus event units utilized in the gaming system are selectively redeemed by the player in exchange for one or more opportunities to win an award.

Server based gaming system and method for providing deferral of bonus events

Embodiments of the invention allow a player to have a unique gaming experience, different than other players, even when playing on the same network. A game may span several gaming sessions. States of a game, for example a bonus game, may be stored when the player decides to stop playing the game. When the player initiates a next gaming session, at the same or another location, the previous state of the game is re-loaded onto the gaming machine and the player returns to the previous state. Further, additional bonuses can be implemented because the network knows the identity and other information about the player. The additional bonuses may be unique to that player. Messages particular to a player are exchanged between a gaming device and a gaming network.

Player specific network

A system for interfacing with a third-party application is described. The system includes a third-party device, a server-based system configured to communicate with the third-party device, and a gaming device configured to communicate with the server-based system to display content of the product or service. The gaming device is configured to generate an outcome of a wager-based game independent of the content that is displayed.

Methods and systems for interfacing with a third-party application

A gaming system has at least two gaming components. Each gaming component has controller, a communications interface, a communication link to allow the controllers of the gaming components to communicate with internal components in either a wired or wireless fashion, a communication link providing for a wireless communications to external systems and/or components, a wireless identification mechanism used to uniquely and automatically identify the gaming device to appropriate sensors, and a positioning system that can relay precise positional data to host systems.

Wireless identification and tracking in gaming systems

The game bonus can be initiated by a reel symbol combination; an example is the initiator symbol that occurs on the base game. In the preferred implementation, the bonus initiator will be a scatter pay on a video slot. Upon hitting the initiator, the game random number generator chooses a value to award and an associated script to display the award based upon a probability and award schedule. The embodiments of display have a play choosing chickens located in cages on a truck. Each chicken awards a value until a chicken with a stopper and a value is chosen. This stopper ends the script and the player is awarded a value.

Valued end bonus event for gaming machine

A gaming system is disclosed. The gaming system includes at least two gaming components. Each gaming component includes a controller and a communications interface. The gaming system also includes a communication link to allow the controllers of the gaming components to communicate with other controllers of other gaming components on a peer-to-peer basis through the communication interfaces.

Peer-to-peer gaming system

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North Las Vegas, NV, United States of America

Glen Keith Russell