Multi-game context for episodic gaming
AssigneeWMS Gaming Inc.
InventorsPeter R. Anderson, Michael R. Bytnar, Kevin Kahley
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Abstract
This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods for managing multi-game contexts. An apparatus comprises a wagering game unit operable to present a wagering game upon which monetary value can be wagered; and a game context management unit operable to determine a list of installed wagering games on a wagering game machine and to determine one or more relevant rules, wherein a relevant rule is a one that is related to at least one of the installed wagering games, the game context management unit further operable to process each relevant rule to calculate a group of available games; and to present the available games on a primary display.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a wagering game unit operable to present a wagering game upon which monetary value can be wagered;
- and
- a game context management unit operable to determine a list of installed wagering games on a wagering game machine and to determine one or more relevant rules based on the list of installed wagering games, wherein a relevant rule is a one that is related to at least one of the installed wagering games, the game context management unit further operable to process each relevant rule to calculate a group of available games selected from the list of installed wagering games;
- and to present the group of available games on a primary display.
A method comprising:
- operating a wagering game machine using a first wagering game context;
- determining a second wagering game context, wherein the first and second wagering game contexts comprise one or more wagering games and one or more context rules, wherein the one or more context rules are identified based on the one or more wagering games;
- and
- using the second wagering game context to present the one or more wagering games on the wagering game machine.
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A computer-readable medium including instructions that, when performed by a computer, cause the computer to:
- operate a wagering game machine using a first wagering game context;
- determine a second wagering game context, wherein the first and second wagering game contexts comprise one or more wagering games and one or more context rules, wherein the one or more context rules are identified based on the one or more wagering games;
- and
- use the second wagering game context to present the one or more wagering games on the wagering game machine.
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A method comprising:
- determining a list of installed wagering games on a wagering game machine;
- determining one or more relevant rules based on the list of installed wagering games, wherein a relevant rule is one that is related to at least one of the installed wagering games;
- processing each relevant rule to calculate a group of available games selected from the list of installed wagering games;
- and
- presenting the available games.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.