1. A platform for establishing a wager associated with a gaming application, comprising:
a processor that:
receives a wager offer generated by a first user, wherein the wager offer is associated with a gaming application hosted by a remote server;
presents the wager offer to a plurality of second users;
receives a wager acceptance by a second user, the wager offer and the wager acceptance combining to form a wager between the first user and the second user; and
generates a wager record in response to receiving the wager acceptance, the wager record associated with the wager between the first user and the second user and comprising a plurality of wager parameters; and
a memory coupled to the processor that stores the wager record according to a wager record identifier.
2. The platform of claim 1, wherein at least one of the wager offer and the wager acceptance is received during the execution of the gaming application.
3. The platform of claim 1, wherein:
the processor presents a wager window to the first user during the execution of the gaming application;
the wager offer is generated by the first user using the wager window; and
the wager window comprises a graphical user interface.
4. The platform of claim 3, wherein the processor presents the wager window to the first user based at least in part on wager preferences of the first user.
5. The platform of claim 4, wherein the wager preferences comprise preferred wager amounts.
6. The platform of claim 4, wherein the wager preferences comprise preferred wager types.
7. The platform of claim 4, wherein the wager preferences comprise preferred wager events.
8. The platform of claim 3, wherein the processor presents the wager window to the first user in response to a game event that occurs during the execution of the gaming application.
9. The platform of claim 3, wherein the processor presents the wager window to the first user in response to a request from the first user.
10. The platform of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first user and the second user comprises a player of the gaming application.
11. The platform of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first user and the second user comprises a spectator of the gaming application.
12. The platform of claim 1, wherein:
the memory stores first financial information associated with the first user and second financial information associated with the second user; and
the processor validates the wager offer using the first financial information and validates the wager acceptance using the second financial information.
13. The platform of claim 1, wherein the wager record comprises a wager event and a wager value.
14. The platform of claim 13, wherein the wager event comprises an action performed during the execution of the gaming application that changes the state of the gaming application and upon which the outcome of the wager between the first user and the second user is determined.
15. The platform of claim 1, wherein:
the processor:
receives a second wager offer generated by a third user, wherein the second wager offer is associated with a second gaming application hosted by a second remote server;
presents the second wager offer to a plurality of fourth users;
receives a second wager acceptance by a fourth user, the second wager offer and the second wager acceptance combining to form a wager between the third user and the fourth user; and
generates a second wager record in response to receiving the second wager acceptance, the second wager record associated with the second wager and comprising a plurality of wager parameters; and
the memory stores the second wager record according to a second wager record identifier.
16. The platform of claim 15, wherein the first gaming application and the second gaming application are substantially similar.
17. The platform of claim 1, wherein:
the processor:
receives a second wager offer generated by a third user, wherein the second wager offer is associated with a second gaining application hosted by the remote server;
presents the second wager offer to a plurality of fourth users;
receives a second wager acceptance by a fourth user, the second wager offer and the second wager acceptance combining to form a wager between the third user and the fourth user; and
generates a second wager record in response to receiving the second wager acceptance, the second wager record associated with the second wager and comprising a plurality of wager parameters; and
the memory stores the second wager record according to a second wager record identifier.
18. The platform of claim 1, wherein the processor:
receives event information during the execution of the gaming application, the event information associated with at least one game event of the gaming application; and
determines the outcome of the wager based at least in part upon the event information and the wager parameters.
19. The platform of claim 1, further comprising selecting the plurality of second users for presentation of the wager offer based at least in part on wager preferences of the plurality of second users.
20. The platform of claim 19, wherein the wager preferences comprise preferred wager amounts.
21. The platform of claim 19, wherein the wager preferences comprise preferred wager types.
22. The platform of claim 19, wherein the wager preferences comprise preferred wager events.
23. The platform of claim 1, further comprising selecting the plurality of second users for presentation of the wager offer based at least in part on wager records of the plurality of second users.
24. A method for establishing a wager associated with a gaming application, comprising:
receiving a wager offer generated by a first user, wherein the wager offer is associated with a gaming application hosted by a remote server;
presenting the wager offer to a plurality of second users;
receiving a wager acceptance by a second user, the wager offer and the wager acceptance combining to form a wager between the first user and the second user;
generating a wager record in response to receiving the wager acceptance, the wager record associated with the wager between the first user and the second user and comprising a plurality of wager parameters; and
storing the wager record according to a wager record identifier.
25. The method of claim 24, wherein at least one of the wager offer and the wager acceptance is received during the execution of the gaming application.
26. The method of claim 24, further comprising presenting a wager window to the first user during the execution of the gaming application, wherein the wager offer is generated by the first user using the wager window, and the wager window comprises a graphical user interface.
27. The method of claim 26, further comprising presenting the wager window to the first user in response to a game event that occurs during the execution of the gaming application.
28. The method of claim 26, further comprising presenting the wager window to the first user in response to a request from the first user.
29. The method of claim 24, wherein at least one of the first user and the second user comprises a player of the gaming application.
30. The method of claim 24, wherein at least one of the first user and the second user comprises a spectator of the gaming application.
31. The method of claim 24, further comprising:
storing first financial information associated with the first user and second financial information associated with the second user;
validating the wager offer using the first financial information;
validating the wager acceptance using the second financial information.
32. The method of claim 24, wherein the wager parameters comprise a wager event and a wager value.
33. The method of claim 32, wherein the wager event comprises an action performed during the execution of the gaming application that changes the state of the gaming application and upon which the outcome of the wager between the first user and the second user is determined.
34. The method of claim 24, further comprising:
receiving a second wager offer generated by a third user, wherein the second wager offer is associated with a second gaming application hosted by a second remote server;
presenting the second wager offer to a plurality of fourth users;
receiving a second wager acceptance by a fourth user, the second wager offer and the second wager acceptance combining to form a wager between the third user and the fourth user;
generating a second wager record in response to receiving the second wager acceptance, the second wager record associated with the second wager and comprising a plurality of wager parameters; and
storing the second wager record according to a second wager record identifier.
35. The method of claim 34, wherein the first gaming application and the second gaming application are substantially similar.
36. The method of claim 24, further comprising:
receiving a second wager offer generated by a third user, wherein the second wager offer is associated with a second gaming application hosted by the remote server;
presenting the second wager offer to a plurality of fourth users;
receiving a second wager acceptance by a fourth user, the second wager offer and the second wager acceptance combining to form a wager between the third user and the fourth user;
generating a second wager record in response to receiving the second wager acceptance, the second wager record associated with the second wager and comprising a plurality of wager parameters; and
storing the second wager record according to a second wager record identifier.
37. The system of claim 36, wherein at least one of the wager offer and the wager acceptance is received during the execution of the gaming application.
38. The method of claim 24, further comprising:
receiving event information during the execution of the gaming application, the event information associated with at least one game event of the gaming application;
determining the outcome of the wager based at least in part upon the event information and the wager parameters.
39. A system for establishing a wager associated with a gaming application, comprising:
a server that hosts a gaming application for a plurality of users;
a processor remotely coupled to the server that:
receives a wager offer generated by a first user, wherein the wager offer is associated with the gaming application;
presents the wager offer to a plurality of second users;
receives a wager acceptance by a second user, the wager offer and the wager acceptance combining to form a wager between the first user and the second user; and
generates a wager record in response to receiving the wager acceptance, the wager record associated with the wager between the first user and the second user and comprising a plurality of wager parameters; and
a memory coupled to the processor that stores the wager record according to a wager record identifier.
40. The system of claim 39, wherein:
the processor presents a wager window to the first user during the execution of the gaming application;
the wager offer is generated by the first user using the wager window; and
the wager window comprises a graphical user interface.
41. The system of claim 40, wherein the processor presents the wager window to the first user in response to a game event that occurs during the execution of the gaming application.
42. The system of claim 40, wherein the processor presents the wager window to the first user in response to a request from the first user.
43. The system of claim 39, wherein at least one of the first user and the second user comprises a player of the gaming application.
44. The system of claim 39, wherein at least one of the first user and the second user comprises a spectator of the gaming application.
45. The system of claim 39, wherein:
the memory stores first financial information associated with the first user and second financial information associated with the second user; and
the processor validates the wager offer using the first financial information and validates the wager acceptance using the second financial information.
46. The system of claim 39, wherein the wager parameters comprise a wager event and a wager value.
47. The system of claim 46, wherein the wager event comprises an action performed during the execution of the gaming application that changes the state of the gaming application and upon which the outcome of the wager between the first user and the second user is determined.
48. The system of claim 39, further comprising a second server that hosts a second gaming application for the plurality of users, wherein:
the processor:
receives a second wager offer generated by a third user, wherein the second wager offer is associated with the second gaming application;
presents the second wager offer to a plurality of fourth users;
receives a second wager acceptance by a fourth user, the second wager offer and the second wager acceptance combining to form a wager between the third user and the fourth user; and
generates a second wager record in response to receiving the second wager acceptance, the second wager record associated with the second wager and comprising a third user identifier, a fourth user identifier, and a plurality of wager parameters; and
the memory stores the second wager record according to a second wager record identifier.
49. The system of claim 48, wherein the first gaming application and the second gaming application are substantially similar.
50. The system of claim 39, wherein:
the server hosts a second gaming application for the plurality of users;
the processor:
receives a second wager offer generated by a third user, wherein the second wager offer is associated with the second gaming application;
presents the second wager offer to a plurality of fourth users;
receives a second wager acceptance by a fourth user, the second wager offer and the second wager acceptance combining to form a wager between the third user and the fourth user, and
generates a second wager record in response to receiving the second wager acceptance, the second wager record associated with the second wager and comprising a plurality of wager parameters; and
the memory stores the second wager record according to a second wager record identifier.
51. The system of claim 39, wherein:
the server:
monitors a plurality of game events during the execution of the gaming application; and
communicates event information associated with at least one of the plurality of game events; and
the processor:
receives the event information during the execution of the gaming application; and
determines the outcome of the wager based at least in part upon the event information and the wager parameters.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An end station for an ion implanter, comprising
a vacuum chamber arranged to receive an ion beam extending along a predetermined beam path in said chamber and having a chamber wall,
a wafer holder for holding a wafer in a wafer plane,
a scanning arm having a distal end supporting the wafer holder within the vacuum chamber and a proximal end attached to the chamber wall,
said scanning arm having at least first and second rotary joints providing articulation of the arm to permit movement of said substrate holder in two orthogonal scan directions in a scan plane transverse to said beam path,
and a scanning arm driver operative to move said substrate holder in said scan plane in a desired two dimensional scan pattern relative to said beam path.
2. An end station as claimed in claim 1, including a third rotary joint mounting said substrate holder at said distal end of the scanning arm and having an axis of rotation normal to said wafer plane.
3. An end station as claimed in claim 1, including a fourth rotary joint mounting said proximal end of said scanning arm to said chamber wall and having an axis of rotation parallel to said scan plane, whereby rotation of the scanning arm at said fourth rotary joint rotates said scan plane relative to said beam path.
4. An end station as claimed in claim 1 wherein said first and second rotary joints have axes perpendicular to said wafer plane, whereby said scan plane is parallel to said wafer plane.
5. An end station as claimed in claim 3, wherein said first and second rotary joints have axes perpendicular to said wafer plane, and the axis of said fourth rotary joint lies in said wafer plane.
6. An end station as claimed in claim 5, wherein the axis of said fourth rotary joint intercepts said beam path.
7. An end station as claimed in claim 5, wherein the axis of said fourth rotary joint is perpendicular to said beam path.
8. An end station as claimed in claim 2, wherein said first and second rotary joints have axes perpendicular to said wafer plane, and said scanning arm driver is operative to drive said third rotary joint so as to maintain the orientation of the wafer holder constant during said desired scan pattern.
9. An end station as claimed in claim 1, wherein said scan arm driver is operative to provide a linear orthogonal raster scan pattern of the substrate holder relative to the beam path, comprising parallel linear scans of the wafer holder across the beam path separated by a predetermined scan pitch.
10. An end station as claimed in claim 1, wherein said scanning arm driver comprises respective first and second motors driving said first and second rotary joints, and a motor controller controlling said first and second motors to provide said desired scan pattern.
11. A method of moving a workpiece in a desired two-dimensional scan pattern, comprising
mounting the workpiece on a workpiece holder at the distal end of a scanning arm with at least two rotary joints providing articulation of the arm to permit movement of said holder in two orthogonal scan directions in a scan plane,
and driving the scanning arm to move said holder in said scan plane in said desired two dimensional scan pattern.