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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 17, 2014
Applicant:

Wms Gaming, Inc., Waukegan, IL (US);

Inventors:

Brian J. Barclay, Atlanta, GA (US);

Andrew Fowler, Chicago, IL (US);

Andrew C. Guinn, Chicago, IL (US);

Richard B. Robbins, Glenview, IL (US);

Richard T. Schwartz, Deerfield, IL (US);

Assignee:

WMS Gaming, Inc., Waukegan, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 (2006.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01); G06Q 50/34 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/3225 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); G06Q 50/34 (2013.01); G07F 17/32 (2013.01); G07F 17/3227 (2013.01); G07F 17/3232 (2013.01); G07F 17/3234 (2013.01); G07F 17/3244 (2013.01);
Abstract

A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In embodiments, the operations can include connecting a social network account with a wagering game player account, wherein the wagering game player account is associated with a wagering game session, and wherein the social network account is associated with a social networking session via a venue for a social network. The operations can further include detecting a first event from a first of the social networking session and the wagering game session; and after detecting the first event, causing a second event to occur for a second of the social network session and the wagering game session.


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