Configuring and controlling wagering game compatibility

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8926418-B2
Application number	US-201313744892-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 18, 2013
Priority date	Jan 29, 2009
Publication date	Jan 6, 2015
Grant date	Jan 6, 2015

Abstract

A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include determining that a secondary wagering game application is compatible with a primary wagering game application, wherein compatibility is based in-part on an ability of the primary wagering game application to provide wagering game information to the secondary wagering game application via an application programming interface. The operations can also include enabling the secondary wagering game to present a secondary wagering game in connection with a primary wagering game controlled by the primary wagering game application.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A wagering game system comprising:
one or more processors;
a primary game application configured to, with assistance of the one or more processors, present results for a primary wagering game, wherein the primary game application has a list of secondary game application types with which the primary game application is compatible;
a secondary game application configured to, with assistance of the one or more processors, present results for a seconda…

Assignees

• Wms Gaming Inc

Inventors

• Anderson Peter R
• Irby Ii Michael J
• Sylla Craig J

Classifications

• G07F17/3223

  Physics · mapped topic

• G07F17/32 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G07F17/326 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• A63F9/24

  Human Necessities · mapped topic