INTEGRATING SOCIAL COMMUNITIES AND WAGERING GAMES

摘要

A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some examples, the operations can include electronically connecting to social network servers for independent online social networks. The social networks provide social network accounts logged on to one or more of the social network servers. The gaming server hosts an online communal wagering game. The operations can further include initiating, based on one or more criterion associated with the communal wagering game, an automatic search across the social network servers for a set of the social network accounts that satisfy the one or more criterion. The operations can further include electronically transmitting, based on search results, an electronic invitation to the set of social network user accounts to participate in the communal wagering game. The operations can further include electronically linking ones of the set of the social network user accounts that respond to the electronic invitation.

主权项

1. A method or operating a gaming server, said method comprising:
electronically connecting, via a network communication interface of the gaming server, to a plurality of social network servers for independent online social networks, wherein the independent online social networks provide a plurality of social network accounts logged on to one or more of the plurality of social network servers, and wherein the gaming server hosts an online communal wagering game; initiating, based on one or more criterion associated with the online communal wagering game, an automatic search across the plurality of social network servers for a set of the plurality of social network accounts that satisfy the one or more criterion; electronically transmitting, based on search results, an electronic invitation to the set of social network user accounts to participate in the online communal wagering game; and electronically linking ones of the set of the social network user accounts that respond to the electronic invitation to the online communal wagering game.