US 12,136,319 B2
Computer-implemented systems and methods for secondary game creation and management
James F. Dorris, Jr., Spanish Fort, AL (US); Kenneth William Rohman, III, Gulf Shores, AL (US); Brian Franklin Bell, Walnut Hill, FL (US); Peter Anderson, Northbrook, IL (US); Ronald E. Nesbitt, Montgomery, AL (US); and Peter A. Connelly, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Poarch Band of Creek Indians, Atmore, AL (US)
Filed by Poarch Band of Creek Indians, Atmore, AL (US)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/116,947.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/945,823, filed on Dec. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0174643 A1, Jun. 10, 2021
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3267 (2013.01) [G07F 17/3223 (2013.01); G07F 17/3272 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented gaming system, comprising:
a plurality of gaming machines associated with a plurality of players, each gaming machine being configured for primary gameplay and secondary gameplay;
a scheduler configured to initiate a secondary game in response to a request from one of the plurality of players or a schedule defined by an administrator, the secondary game comprising one or more games executed on the plurality of gaming machines;
a controller configured to:
validate one or more of the plurality of players to participate in the secondary game on respective ones of the plurality of gaming machines; and
enable the secondary gameplay to be performed concurrently with the primary gameplay by the validated players on the respective ones of the plurality of gaming machines, the secondary gameplay including user input for the secondary game, the user input being identified as part of secondary game player data and influencing at least one of a progression or position of a player of the secondary game; and
a data analyzer configured to:
receive primary game player data concurrently with the secondary game player data from the plurality of gaming machines, the primary game player data comprising identification data and event-type data related to the primary game; and
determine the at least one of a progression or position of a player of the secondary game based at least in part on the received primary game player data for the primary game and the received secondary game player data associated with the user input for the secondary game.