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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:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Novomatic Ag, Gumpoldskirchen, AT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Novomatic AG, Gumpoldskirchen, AT;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/32 (2006.01); A63F 9/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/3258 (2013.01); G07F 17/326 (2013.01); G07F 17/3267 (2013.01); G07F 17/3274 (2013.01); A63F 9/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for play of a community game in a casino establishment or on a network with general purpose computing devices for offering at least two players an opportunity to work cooperatively to achieve a community jackpot. The community jackpot may be awarded based on the outcome of a base game, or an outcome on a sub-game or a bonus game that involves a sequence of movements among the players. A system and method for providing hybrid jackpot funding technique is also described in which alternating funding schemes are used to fund the community jackpot and at least one other game jackpot simultaneously.