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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:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Gamesys Ltd., London, GB;
Inventors:
Mary Louise Macbeth, Ramsgate, GB;
Mary Brittney Bean, London, GB;
Daniel Robert Sanderson, London, GB;
Thomas Newton, London, GB;
Justin Kennedy, Stanley Point, NZ;
Adam Scott, Addlestone, GB;
Assignee:
Gamesys Ltd., London, GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 3/06 (2006.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/32 (2013.01); G07F 17/3286 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for a bingo game including at least one initial ball call and an option for a player to receive at least one additional ball call. In one example, the at least one additional ball call includes one or more of: (i) a ball call locked until a player accepts an option to unlock the locked ball call, and (ii) a ball call provided by another member of a social network (e.g., a friend of the player).