US 12,288,449 B2
Escape room gaming systems and methods
David Froy, Jr., Lakeville-Westmorland (CA); and Stefan Keilwert, St. Josef (AT)
Assigned to IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/605,242.
Application 18/605,242 is a continuation of application No. 17/213,499, filed on Mar. 26, 2021, granted, now 11,967,211.
Prior Publication US 2024/0257617 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63F 9/00 (2006.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3295 (2013.01) [G07F 17/323 (2013.01); G07F 17/3239 (2013.01); G07F 17/3262 (2013.01); G07F 17/3274 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
initiating, by a gaming system, a game comprising a plurality of puzzles corresponding to different solutions to be solved by at least first and second players, wherein the at least first and second players solve the plurality of puzzles in a room with defined boundaries;
determining, by the gaming system from a plurality of spatially distributed context sensors in the defined boundaries, a game input of each of the at least first and second players, each game input comprising metadata describing a respective game input, an identity of the corresponding first or second player, and a timestamp when the game input was received;
determining, by the gaming system from the plurality of spatially distributed context sensors, a timestamp when each of a plurality of puzzles was solved;
comparing, by the gaming system, each of the game inputs with each of the timestamps when each of the plurality of puzzles was solved;
determining, by the gaming system from the comparing, an actual level of performance of each of the first and second players in solving the at least a first puzzle;
determining, by the gaming system, an award to a winning one of the first and second players based on comparing the actual level of performance of each of the first and second players in solving at least a first puzzle; and
adjusting, by the gaming system, a value in an electronic record associated with an account of the winning one of the first and second players to reflect the award.