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US 2010/0167810 A1Published application
Suspending wagering game play on wagering game machines
AssigneeWMS Gaming Inc.
InventorsMatthew R. Fitzsimons, Steven J. Lee
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Abstract
Systems and methods for suspending wagering game play on wagering game machines are described herein. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a content signal associated with regulated operations. The method can also include determining whether an enable signal is detected. Additionally, if the enable signal is not detected, the method can call for prohibiting performance of the regulated operations.
Claims21
A wagering game machine comprising:
- a network interface unit configured to receive a content signal including data;
- a content presentation unit to perform regulated operations using the data included in the content signal;
- and
- a regulated operations controller configured to determine quality of the content signal, to suspend performance of the regulated operations after the quality of the content signal falls below a quality threshold, and to resume performance of the regulated operations after the quality of the content signal rises above the quality threshold.
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A machine-readable medium including instructions which when executed cause a machine to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a content signal associated with regulated operations of a wagering game machine;
- determining that an enable signal has not been detected;
- and
- after determining that the enable signal has not been detected, suspending performance of the regulated operations on the wagering game machine.
1 more element
A method comprising:
- presenting a wagering game using data received in a content signal;
- determining whether the presenting is occurring within an area in which wagering game presentations are permitted;
- and
- after determining the presenting is not occurring within an area in which wagering game presentations are permitted, suspending the presenting of the wagering game.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.