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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:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2012
Igt, Reno, NV (US);
Sean M. Gilliland, Reno, NV (US);
Thomas Billings, Reno, NV (US);
Jeremy Bryan, Rancho Cucamonga, CA (US);
Salvador A. Castellon, Reno, NV (US);
Shavon Gardner, Reno, NV (US);
Thomas J. Humphrey, Reno, NV (US);
Christian Lopez, Reno, NV (US);
James T. McGlone, Reno, NV (US);
Maria J. Nepomuceno, Reno, NV (US);
Kyu Shin, Reno, NV (US);
Jun Yi, Beijing, CN;
IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
In various embodiments, the gaming system and method disclosed herein provides a primary game in which the gaming system provides monetary awards to a player and a secondary game in which the gaming system provides non-monetary skill units to the player. In one such embodiment, the gaming system initiates the play of the skill-based secondary game in response to a triggering even associated with a primary game of the gaming system, and forms a score for the player based on zero, one or more inputs made by the player during the play of the skill-based secondary game. The gaming system determines an amount of non-monetary skill units to provide the player based on the score, and provides the player with the non-monetary skill units. The player redeems any amount of non-monetary skill units for one or more virtual goods offered via a virtual marketplace.