Nested Online Gambling Interface With Promotional Payouts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Online gambling for real money lacks the excitement and social interaction present in physical casinos, leading to research efforts to enhance its engagement and interest.
Innovation Solution
A processor-executed method and apparatus that verifies user eligibility for online games with real money wagers, displays graphical user interfaces for both primary and secondary games, and provides payouts that include promotional components based on user inputs, incorporating social networking features to enhance engagement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If online gambling is provided for real money, then convenience and accessibility are improved, but excitement and social interaction deteriorate compared to physical casinos
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements nested games where a second game is embedded within the first game interface. Players can engage with the secondary game while the primary game continues in the background, creating layered engagement that mimics the multifaceted experience of physical casinos while maintaining online convenience.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines multiple games into a single integrated interface, allowing players to simultaneously interact with both the first and second games. This merging creates a richer, more engaging experience that compensates for the lack of physical social interaction by providing multiple layers of gameplay within the convenient online format.
2Adaptability or versatility
If promotional payouts based on secondary game input are implemented, then user engagement and excitement are improved, but game complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The secondary game serves multiple functions: it provides additional entertainment, influences promotional payouts for the first game, and creates cross-game engagement opportunities. This multi-functionality justifies the added complexity by delivering multiple benefits from a single game mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback loops where input in the second game directly affects promotional payouts in the first game. This creates an interconnected system where gameplay in one game influences rewards in another, enhancing engagement while managing complexity through clear cause-effect relationships.
Data Source
AI summary
Software on a server and/or client device verifies a user as eligible to play an online game in which the wager and payout are made with real money. The software causes a graphical user interface (GUI) view for a first online game to be displayed to a user. The software then receives a first game input from the user. The first game input represents a wager or a play according to game mechanics of the first online game. The software causes a GUI view for a second game to be displayed to the user. And the software receives a second game input from the user. The second game input represents a play according to game mechanics for the second game. Then the software provides a payout for the first online game. The payout includes a promotional payout that depends at least in part on the second game input.