Abstract: A computer device is configured to provide a computer implemented game. A display of the computer device displays game elements on a game board. First and second types of game elements are provided. The second type of game elements are associated with an effect which when triggered causes an interaction with other game elements on the game board. At least one processor of the computer device determines that a plurality of game elements satisfy a match condition and that a first game element of the second type is triggered to provide the effect. When the first game element of the second type has been triggered a plurality of times, it is removed from the game board.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a system to authorize a mobile electronic device to play games of chance includes a gaming system manager and a docking station, The docking station can be configured to: (i) detect whether the mobile electronic device is connected to a receiver of the docking station; (ii) receive device information from the mobile electronic device if it is detected that the mobile electronic device is connected to the receiver; (iii) determine whether a game of chance can be played on the mobile electronic device based on the received device information; (iv) authorize the mobile electronic device to play the game of chance; and (v) transmit gaming data to the mobile electronic device if it is determined that the game of chance can be played on the mobile electronic device and if the mobile electronic device is authorized.

Abstract: An information processing program realizes, on a computer: a first-game control function that runs a first game while allowing a group of characters to participate therein; a subset creating function that creates, on the basis of a game result of the first game, a subset consisting of some characters included in the group of characters from a universal set consisting of all the characters included in the group of characters; and a second-game control function that runs a second game while performing control for the characters included in the subset created by the subset creating function so as to display, on a display medium, at least some character objects in the form of character objects of a predetermined kind.

Abstract: A system includes a casino management server and an electronic casino device that includes a beacon configured to wirelessly communicate with personal devices of players. The device transmits a request for a custom beacon ID to the casino management server, receives the custom beacon ID from the casino management server in response to the request; and configures the beacon with the custom beacon ID, thereby broadcasting the custom beacon ID to the personal device of the player. The server receives, from the personal device of the player, a pairing request that includes a received beacon ID as received by the personal device based on the broadcasting, validates that the received beacon ID matches the custom beacon ID, stores a valid association between the personal device of the player and the electronic casino device; and authorizes connected actions to be performed by the personal device based on the association.

Abstract: The disclosed technology relates to a method, system, and device for gaming including the display of a plurality of game symbols, each game symbol associated with one of at least two possible game actions. The game symbols associated with a first game action are displayed including a numerical prize value. Gameplay includes the selection of game symbols. In the event that a game symbol associated with a first game action is selected, its corresponding numerical prize value is award, for example added to a cumulative bonus prize, and the game symbol is then associated with the second game action. Typically, the visual representation of the game symbol is also changed, for example, the numerical prize value is removed.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method of optimizing at least one performance variable, such as revenue or profitability, indicative of the performance of a casino. An initial set of operating parameters is set. At least one environmental variable, such as traffic, weather, time, cost of transportation, etc. are monitored as is the performance variable. An artificial intelligence program changes operating parameters, such as player-tracking rewards, bonuses, comps, advertising, etc. The program determines the effect of the change, and further changes the operating parameter as a function of the effect and the environmental variable.

Abstract: A method for coordinating remote user engagement and instructional demonstrations may include transmitting an instructor video signal from the instructor device, receiving a communication request from the remote audience device, assigning the remote audience device a queue position for a communication queue according to the received communication request, and indexing one or more audience devices automatically into an active speaker role according to the communication queue. The method may further provide for directing display of a countdown or restricting audio from other devices.

Abstract: A method, system and apparatus of determining search parameters for welding seam point calibration. The method includes determining, for a seam vertex point on a welding seam, three reference faces which are perpendicular to each other, based on geometry of an object to be weld in a virtual model; and determining a start point and a search point of a search motion for welding seam point calibration based on the three reference faces and predetermined criteria respectively for the start point and the search point. Three reference faces can be extracted automatically, and search parameters needed for the search instructions can be determined based thereon which enables automatic generation of search instructions and thus the time, manpower and cost for the welding seam point calibration can be reduced greatly.

Abstract: A method of dynamic lesson determination is performed by an application server. The application server receives telemetry data and a corresponding user identification (ID). The telemetry data indicates at least one usage of a user device by a user associated with the user ID. The application server stores the telemetry data to one or more databases and analyzes the telemetry data to determine one or more lessons, which are then sent, by the application server, to a dynamic gamification application of the user device.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for controlling a virtual object. The method includes: identifying screen areas corresponding to a left virtual sub-interface and a right virtual sub-interface in a virtual interface on a screen of the terminal device; detecting a gesture operation performed in the screen area corresponding to the left virtual sub-interface and detecting a gesture operation performed in the screen area corresponding to the right virtual sub-interface; and controlling a virtual object in the virtual interface to perform an action when a gesture operation is detected in the screen area corresponding to the left virtual sub-interface and the screen area corresponding to the right virtual sub-interface.

Abstract: An agent that may assist a service provider of gaming services with registering/signing up users, with accepting funds/money from a user and depositing these funds in a gaming account of the user for the user to play games with, and/or with receiving requests from a user to withdrawal funds from the user's account and paying the user the withdrawn funds. The agent may also assist a user in obtaining a report of an account of the user, the account being associated with a service provider that provides gaming services.

Abstract: An in-game display control method and apparatus, a storage medium, a processor, and a terminal are provided. The method includes: a first touch area and a second touch area are configured on a graphical user interface; in response to a first touch operation acting on the first touch area, a movement of a first virtual character in a game scene is controlled according to the first touch operation; a scene display area in the game scene is updated according to a position of the first virtual character in the game scene; and in response to a preset skill release operation acting on the second touch area, the scene display area in the game scene is updated at least according to a skill release direction corresponding to the preset skill release operation.

Abstract: Systems and methods for enabling exchange of tradeable items are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: receive the first tradeable item from a user; determine whether the received first tradeable item is a valid tradeable item within the online gaming platform by identifying the first tradeable item based on the first item-identifying information and by verifying the first tradeable item is a valid tradeable item within the online gaming platform; responsive to determining the received first tradeable item is valid within the online gaming platform, select a second tradeable item from a repository of tradeable items; and dispense, from the repository, the second tradeable item to the user.

Abstract: Methods and systems facilitate the adjustment of probabilities of triggering different bonus games in a slot machine where the probability adjustment is based on supplemental data. Programming and data structure design are provided to implement a bonus trigger probability adjusting arrangement based on supplemental data input. Such supplemental data includes the state of a dynamic interactive game theme sequence displayed at the gaming machine. Player inputs can alter the sequence of the theme display and affect the adjustment of probabilities.

Abstract: A system involving analytics and collecting sensor data in real time. This system allows players to predict and wager on players actions during the course of a play that has yet to occur by collecting sensor data on the players to create a historical database. Utilizing an algorithm, the wagering odds may be improved using the various sensor data collected using artificial intelligence or machine learning. The algorithm may determine the probability of the outcome of the play through player's sensor data and these probabilities of the outcome provide additional data for a wagering platform to provide improved wagering odds to its users.

Abstract: In one aspect, a first device includes a processor, a display, a GPU, and storage. The storage includes instructions executable to communicate with a second device to receive frame-based data in a compressed data stream and to receive, via a sideband, video game frame rendering requests. The instructions are also executable to communicate with the second device to receive texture data pertaining to objects to render on the display as part of a video game associated with the video game frame rendering requests, and/or to receive 3D model data pertaining to objects to render on the display as part of the video game. The instructions are also executable to render, using the GPU, video game frames based on the video game frame rendering requests and based on the texture data and/or the 3D model data. The first device may be a TV and the second device may be a personal computer.

Abstract: As a user interface (UI) when changing a wearing item, a UI showing a change in a parameter in a case where a wearing item set to a player object is changed to another wearing item, from a state before the change, is generated. Here, an additional item that adds a change to the parameter independently of the wearing item can be set to the wearing item. The UI is configured such that it is possible to switch between a first display showing a change in the parameter such that an effect of the additional item is reflected and a second display showing a change in the parameter such that the effect of the additional item is not reflected. Change of the wearing item is fixed on the basis of a wearing instruction input.

Abstract: A method of predicting a game objective completion time for a particular game objective for a particular user includes, for the particular user, determining a game objective completion time decile for a preceding predetermined number of other game objectives completed by the particular user, deriving a representative completion time decile from a plurality of game objective completion time deciles for the particular user, and identifying a time band classification of the particular user using the representative completion time decile for the particular user as input to a generated time band classification; and outputting predicted game objective completion time data for the particular game objective for the particular user based upon the identified time band classification.

Abstract: An algorithmic-based gaming method implemented through a computing system and including generating, with a computer processor, a finite set of 100 temporal elements corresponding to minutes of a prospective soccer match, dividing the finite set of 100 temporal elements into divided and equal quotient betting sections each uniquely including at least one of the 100 temporal elements, the equal quotient betting sections corresponding to a user winning outcome, receiving a plurality of temporal element selections from a plurality of users communicatively coupled to the computing database, and producing a random winning outcome from the occurrence of the prospective soccer match, the random winning outcome corresponding to a last goal scored in the occurrence of the prospective soccer match and the one of the plurality of temporal element selections received from the plurality of users and stored on the computing database.

Abstract: A user interaction monitoring system for monitoring a user's interactions with other users in an online environment includes: an interaction monitoring unit operable to monitor interactions between a first user and at least a first group of other users in the online environment and characterising the monitored interactions, an interaction identifying unit operable to identify whether interactions between the first user and the first group of other users deviate from the interactions between a second user and a second group of other users in the online environment, and a user experience modifying unit operable to modify the user experience in the online environment for the first user if it is identified that there is a deviation in the interactions.