Gaming network environment having a language translation service

• US 20050227768A1
• Filed: 02/28/2005
• Published: 10/13/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sg Gaming, Inc. (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sg Gaming, Inc. (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Inventors: Blackburn, Christopher W., Jan, Chih-Hui
• Application Number:
  US11/068,065
• Publication Number:
  US 20050227768A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/42
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/58 Use of machine translation, e.g. for multi-lingual retrieval, for server-side translation for client devices or for real-time translation
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3227 Configuring a gaming machine, e.g. downloading personal settings, selecting working parameters
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/323 wherein the player is informed, e.g. advertisements, odds, instructions
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/06 Foreign languages with audible presentation of material to be studied G09B5/04

Abstract

A gaming network including gaming machines and gaming services further includes a language translation service that provides systems and methods for providing translations for clients in the gaming network. The gaming services framework comprises a set of services, protocols, XML schemas, and methods for providing gaming system functionality in a distributed, network based architecture that includes gaming machines and servers. The systems and methods provide a service-oriented framework for gaming and property management based upon internetworking technology and web services concepts.

Claims

1. A method for providing a language translation service in a gaming network including gaming machines, the method comprising:

publishing an availability of the language translation service on the gaming network;

receiving a discovery request for the language translation service;

registering by a gaming client with the language translation service; and

processing one or more service requests between the gaming client and the language translation service, said service requests conforming to an intemetworking protocol.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the language translation service comprises a web service.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the service request is formatted according to a service description language.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the service description language is a Web Services Description Language (WSDL).

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the language translation service is registered in a UDDI registry.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the gaming client comprises a gaming machine.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the gaming client comprises a service provider.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the service request comprises a request by the gaming client for a translation of a text string from the language translation service.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the text string comprises an XML (extensible Markup Language) formatted text string.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the service request comprises a request by the gaming client for a set of translations from the language translation service.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the language translation service provides the set of translations in a file.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the file conforms to an XML format.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising authenticating the gaming client to determine if the gaming client is authorized to receive language translations.

14. A gaming network system, the gaming network system comprising:

a gaming client communicably coupled to the gaming network; and

a language translation service communicably coupled to the gaming network and operable to;

publish an availability of the language translation service on the gaming network;

register a gaming client with the language translation service; and

process one or more service requests between the gaming client and the language translation service, said service requests conforming to an intemetworking protocol.

15. The gaming network system of claim 14, wherein the language translation service comprises a web service.

16. The gaming network system of claim 14, wherein the service request is formatted according to a service description language.

17. The gaming network system of claim 16, wherein the service description language is a Web Services Description Language (WSDL).

18. The gaming network system of claim 14, wherein the language translation service is registered in a UDDI registry.

19. The gaming network system of claim 14, wherein the gaming client comprises a gaming machine.

20. The gaming network system of claim 14, wherein the gaming client comprises a service provider in the gaming network.

21. The gaming network system of claim 14, wherein the service request comprises a request by the gaming client for a translation of a text string from the language translation service.

22. The gaming network system of claim 21, wherein the text string comprises an XML (eXtensible Markup Language) formatted text string.

23. The gaming network system of claim 14, wherein the service request comprises a request by the gaming client for a set of translations from the language translation service.

24. The gaming network system of claim 23, wherein the language translation service provides the set of translations in a file.

25. The gaming network system of claim 24, wherein the file conforms to an XML format.

26. The gaming network system of claim 14, further comprising an authentication service operable to authenticate the gaming client to determine if the gaming client is authorized to receive language translations.

27. The gaming network system of claim 26, wherein the authentication service includes a RADIUS authentication service.

28. The gaming network system of claim 26, further comprising a localizing database operable to store a set of one or more translations.

29. The gaming network system of claim 28, wherein the set of one or more translations are organized by one or more fields selected from the group consisting of application name, version number, device type, language type.