Method and system for adapting gaming devices to playing preferences

A server for configuring a slot machine to playing preferences, comprising:

• means for storing a collection of data representing various operations of said slot machine;
• means for selectively transmitting a portion of said stored collection of data to said slot machine as preference data;
• and
• means for receiving a player identification number and for retrieving a portion of said stored collection of data corresponding to the received player identification number as player preference data for that player in response to receiving the player identification number.

A method of entering preference data into a gaming system, comprising the steps, executed by a game machine, of:

• receiving a player tracking card;
• reading a player identification number from the player tracking card;
• receiving player preference data;
• and
• transmitting the received player preference data and the player identification number to a remote server for storage in response to reading the player identification number.

An article of manufacture for causing a device to store player preference data in a gaming system, comprising:

• means for causing a device to receive a player tracking card;
• means for causing a device to read a player identification number from the player tracking card;
• means for causing a device to receive a player preference data;
• and
• means for causing a device to transmit the received player preference data and the player identification number to a remote server for storage in response to the transmission of the player identification number.

A method of configuring a slot machine according to player preferences, comprising the steps, executed by the slot machine, of:

• receiving a player tracking card;
• reading a player identification number from the player tracking card;
• transmitting the player identification number to a remote server;
• receiving player preference data corresponding to the player identification number;
• and
• configuring the slot machine according to the received player preference data in response to the transmission of the player identification number.

An article of manufacture for causing a device to configure a slot machine according to player preferences, comprising:

• means for causing a device to receive a player tracking card;
• means for causing a device to read a player identification number from the player tracking card;
• means for causing a device to transmit the player identification number to a remote server;
• means for causing a device to receive a player preference data corresponding to the player identification number;
• and
• means for causing a device to configure a slot machine according to the received player preference data in response to the transmission of the player identification number.

A method of configuring a slot machine to casino preferences, comprising the steps, executed by the slot machine, of:

• receiving a player tracking card;
• reading a player identification number from the player tracking card;
• transmitting the player identification number to a remote server;
• receiving player preference data and casino preference data corresponding to the player identification number;
• and
• configuring the slot machine according to the received player and casino preference data in response to the transmission of the player identification number.

An article of manufacture for causing a device to configure a slot machine to casino preferences, comprising:

• means for causing a device to receive a player tracking card;
• means for causing a device to read a player identification number from the player tracking card;
• means for causing a device to transmit the player identification number to a remote server;
• means for causing a device to receive player preference data and casino preference data corresponding to the player identification number;
• and
• means for causing a device to configure the slot machine according to the received player and casino preference data in response to the transmission of the player identification number.

A system comprising:

• at least one gaming device;
• and
• a server coupled to the gaming device,
• wherein the server is operable to store at least one player preference associated with a player identifier, and
• wherein the server is operable to configure the gaming device to implement the player preference on the gaming device in response to receiving the player identifier.

A method comprising the steps of:

• storing, in a server, at least one player identifier and at least one associated player preference defining a preferred configuration of a gaming device coupled to the server;
• receiving the player identifier;
• and
• configuring the gaming device to implement the player preference associated with the received player identifier in response to receiving the player identifier.