{"schema_version":"1.0","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8469802","patent":{"patent_number":"US-8469802","title":"Enhanced game play awards and use in gaming environments","assignee":null,"inventors":[],"filing_date":"2011-11-21T00:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2013-06-25T00:00:00.000Z","cpc_codes":["G07F","G07F","G07F","G07F","G07F"],"num_claims":20,"abstract":"A method is shown for enhancing game play on a gaming machine. In one embodiment, the gaming machine may include a processor, a memory, and program logic stored in the memory that may be executable to play a base game in exchange for a wager. The method includes receiving a Newprom award that is not issued by the gaming machine. The method may include altering, using the processor, the base game to an enhanced base game state in response to the Newprom award. The Newprom award may be configured to add one or more base game play enhancements available to a player only by way of the Newprom award to the base game. This may alter the base game to the enhanced base game state so that the base game is played with the one or more game play enhancements."},"analysis":{"summary":null,"layman_explanation":null,"technical_analysis":null,"business_analysis":null,"faqs":null,"topics":[],"tech_cluster":null},"seo":{"title":"Enhanced game play awards and use in gaming environments","description":"A method is shown for enhancing game play on a gaming machine. In one embodiment, the gaming machine may include a processor, a memory, and program logic stored in the memory that may be executable to","keywords":[]},"attribution":{"source":"Patentable","source_url":"https://patentable.app","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8469802","license":"CC-BY-4.0-like","license_terms":"AI-generated analysis on this page (summary, layman_explanation, technical_analysis, business_analysis, faqs) may be reused with attribution and a visible link back to the canonical URL above. Patent abstracts, claims, and bibliographic data are USPTO public domain.","required_link":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8469802","citation_suggestion":"Patentable. \"Enhanced game play awards and use in gaming environments\" (US-8469802). https://patentable.app/patents/US-8469802","copyright_holder":"Nomic Interactive Technology LLC"},"links":{"html":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8469802","json":"https://patentable.app/api/llm-context/US-8469802","site":"https://patentable.app","llms_txt":"https://patentable.app/llms.txt"},"generated_at":"2026-05-31T13:17:54.575Z"}