ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,236,753, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Aristocrat Technologies Inc. (Las Vegas).
"Gaming systems including viral benefit distribution" was invented by Binh T. Nguyen (Reno, Nev.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Gaming machines and systems are configured to distribute of viral events, such as viral gaming events, amongst devices. The devices can present the viral events. The devices can, for example, be gaming machines and/or mobile devices. According to one embodiment, once a viral event is triggered, it is presented at one or more first devices at a first time. The viral event spreads to other devices, such as one or more second devi...