Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gamifying search engine results
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Application No.: US13841639Application Date: 2013-03-15
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Publication No.: US09597585B2Publication Date: 2017-03-21
- Inventor: Scott Alan Massing , Andrew Guinn , Richard Robbins , Brian K. Danilo
- Applicant: WMS GAMING, INC.
- Applicant Address: US NV Las Vegas
- Assignee: BALLY GAMING, INC.
- Current Assignee: BALLY GAMING, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US NV Las Vegas
- Agency: Miller, Matthias & Hull LLP
- Main IPC: A63F13/30
- IPC: A63F13/30 ; G07F17/00 ; G06F17/30 ; G06Q30/02 ; G07F17/32

Abstract:
A computer-implemented method in a gaming system includes, in response to a participant's search query, conducting, by one or more processors, a search on a search engine through a web browser; and presenting, by at least one of the one or more processors, search engine results including one or more standard indices and one or more incentivized indices, each of the one or more standard indices including a selectable hyperlink for directing the participant to a third-party website, each of the one or more incentivized indices including a selectable hyperlink for playing a game.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140274363A1 GAMIFYING SEARCH ENGINE RESULTS Public/Granted day:2014-09-18
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