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US 8,986,122 B2Granted
Networked gaming system communication protocols and methods
AssigneeBally Gaming, Inc.
InventorsBryan M Kelly, John Kroeckel, Gennady Soliterman, Reddy Rupanagudi, Dennis Lockard, Jeffrey Tallcott, Paul Sturtevant
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Abstract
A system, method and apparatus for a gaming system is provided. The gaming system includes a rewards server and a separate gaming or slot accounting server. The system may further include a separate player tracking server. The system further includes one or more game machines. The game machines may include a base game, rewards tracking module, and a game management module. Further details will be apparent from the description, drawings and claims.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- requesting a bonus transfer from a first server at a game management unit of a first gaming device, the first server having a slot accounting function;
- receiving the bonus transfer from the first server at the game management unit of the first gaming device;
- requesting a bonus transfer from a second server at a system processor of the first gaming device, the second server having a rewards system function;
- receiving the bonus transfer from the second server at the system processor of the first gaming device;
- transferring the bonus transfer from the second server to the game management unit of the first gaming device;
- combining the bonus transfer from the second server and the bonus transfer from the first server at the game management unit of the first gaming device to provide a combined bonus transfer;
- receiving marketing data from a third server produced by the third server interacting with the second server to customize marketing data at the system processor of the first gaming device;
- presenting marketing data to a player at the first gaming device;
- and
- playing a bonus game at the first gaming device using the combined bonus transfer as play points for the bonus game.
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A method comprising:
- receiving identification of a player;
- communicating identification of the player to a second server;
- requesting a bonus transfer from a first server at a game management unit of a first gaming device, the first server having a slot accounting function;
- receiving the bonus transfer from the first server at the game management unit of the first gaming device;
- requesting a bonus transfer from a second server at a system processor of the first gaming device, the second server having a rewards system function;
- receiving the bonus transfer from the second server at the system processor of the first gaming device;
- transferring the bonus transfer from the second server to the game management unit of the first gaming device;
- combining the bonus transfer from the second server and the bonus transfer from the first server at the game management unit of the first gaming device to provide a combined bonus transfer;
- receiving marketing data from a third server produced by the third server interacting with the second server to customize marketing data at the system processor of the first gaming device;
- presenting marketing data to a player at the first gaming device;
- and
- playing a bonus game using the combined bonus transfer as play points for the bonus game.
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A method comprising:
- receiving identification of players at a plurality of gaming devices;
- communicating identification of the players to a second server;
- requesting a bonus transfer from a first server at a game management unit of a gaming device of the plurality of gaming devices, the first server having a slot accounting function;
- receiving the bonus transfer from the first server at the game management unit of the gaming device of the plurality of gaming devices;
- requesting a bonus transfer from the second server at a system processor of the gaming device of the plurality of gaming devices, the second server having a rewards system function;
- receiving the bonus transfer from the second server at the system processor of the gaming device of the plurality of gaming devices;
- transferring the bonus transfer from the second server to the game management unit of the gaming device of the plurality of gaming devices;
- combining the bonus transfer from the second server and the bonus transfer from the first server at the game management unit of the gaming device of the plurality of gaming devices to provide a combined bonus transfer;
- receiving marketing data from a third server produced by the third server interacting with the second server to customize marketing data at the system processor of the gaming device of the plurality of gaming devices;
- presenting marketing data to a player of the gaming device of the plurality of gaming devices;
- and
- playing a bonus game using the combined bonus transfer at the gaming device of the plurality of gaming devices as play points for the bonus game.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.