ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,352, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).
"Gaming systems, devices, and methods for customized competitive gaming" was invented by Klaus Hufnagl-Abraham (Graz, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes receiving first customized rules for a first game of a game type to be played by a first player on a first gaming device, and receiving second customized rules for a second game of the game type to be played by a second player on a second gaming device. The method includes establishing, for the first and second games, a competitive gaming session between the first gaming device and the second gaming device...