The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2017
Igt, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Jay S. Walker, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Geoffrey M. Gelman, Brooklyn, NY (US);
James A. Jorasch, New York, NY (US);
Stephen C. Tulley, Monroe, CT (US);
Steven M. Santisi, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Daniel E. Tedesco, Shelton, CT (US);
Magdalena M. Fincham, Ridgefield, CT (US);
IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A gaming system and method which includes enabling a player to initiate a play of a game, for the initiated play of the game: (i) randomly generating a game outcome, (ii) displaying to the player the randomly generated game outcome, (iii) determining any award associated with the displayed game outcome, and (iv) displaying to the player any determined award, enabling the player to invite a quantity of other players to each initiate a play of at least one game, the quantity of other players being greater than zero, and if the player invited the quantity of other players, providing the player a benefit, an amount of the benefit being based on the quantity of other players invited.