Remote game processing

• US 20060205511A1
• Filed: 01/19/2006
• Published: 09/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sg Gaming, Inc. (Light & Wonder Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: WMS Gaming Incorporated (Light & Wonder Incorporated)
• Inventors: Thomas, Alfred, Frattinger, Christopher J., Warkentin, Terry D.
• Granted Patent: US 8,663,010 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/42
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3202 Hardware aspects of a gaming system, e.g. components, construction, architecture thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3218 wherein at least part of the system is portable

Abstract

Techniques and systems for remote gaming are presented. Gaming applications reside and process on portable gaming cards and the portable gaming cards are remote from the gaming terminal. Moreover, the portable gaming cards are interfaced to a gaming system processor, which facilitates the processing of the gaming applications. Interactions with the gaming terminal result in the remote and portable gaming card processing an appropriate gaming application. The results produced are communicated back to the gaming terminal. Furthermore, the results may alter multimedia presented or played on the gaming terminal.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

at least one portable gaming card coupled to be coupled to a gaming system processor, the gaming system processor having a plurality of interface locations for receiving the at least one portable gaming card; and

a gaming terminal, wherein the at least one portable gaming card and gaming terminal are remote from one another and communicate with one another over a network, and wherein a single gaming application resides on the at least one portable gaming card and is processed in cooperation with the gaming system processor, and wherein results from the processing are communicated to and driven by interactions with the gaming terminal.

2. The system of claim 1 further comprising, an intermediate device that facilitates communications among the gaming terminal, the at least one portable gaming card, and the gaming system processor.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the intermediate device is at least one of a router, a proxy, a firewall, and a server.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the intermediate device provides at least one of authentication and encryption services for communications among the gaming terminal, the at least one portable gaming card, and the gaming system processor.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the gaming application is adapted to be at least one of dynamically modified, dynamically added, dynamically downloaded, and dynamically deleted from the at least one portable gaming card.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one portable gaming card is adapted to be moved from one interface location to another interface location within the gaming system processor and dynamically associated with a different gaming terminal.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the gaming system processor is a rack or jukebox device adapted to house the at least one portable gaming card and a plurality of additional portable gaming cards, and wherein each of the plurality of additional portable gaming cards communicate remotely with the gaming terminal or with other additional gaming terminals.

8. A method, comprising:

transmitting an interaction to a remote gaming card, wherein the remote gaming card is interfaced to a gaming system processor, and wherein the gaming system processor is also interfaced with a plurality of additional remote gaming cards; and

receiving a result from the remote gaming card in response to the interaction; and

presenting a modified presentation on a display in response to the result.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein transmitting further includes transmitting the interaction over a network to an intermediate device that identifies and interacts directly with the remote gaming card.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein transmitting further includes at least one of wirelessly transmitting the interaction over a wireless network and transmitting the interaction over a wired network.

11. The method of claim 8 further comprising, implementing security procedures for transmitting the interaction and for receiving the result.

12. The method of claim 8 further comprising, dynamically selecting a gaming application associated with the gaming card, and wherein selecting determines the identity of the gaming card before transmitting the interaction.

13. The method of claim 8 further comprising, processing at least one of video data, graphical data, audio data, image data, and textual data in response to the result.

14. The method of claim 8 further comprising, using the interaction transmitted to the gaming card and the result received from the gaming card to interactively and dynamically play a wagering game.

15. A method, comprising:

receiving a game command originating from a remote gaming terminal;

processing, by a gaming application residing on a portable gaming card, the game command, and wherein the portable gaming card is interfaced to a gaming system processor which facilitates the processing of the gaming card and which includes a plurality of additional portable gaming cards; and

transmitting a result produced by the gaming application to the remote gaming terminal.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising, maintaining data associated with the gaming application, the game command, and the result within memory or storage associated with the portable gaming card.

17. The method of claim 15 further comprising, dynamically directing the game command to the portable gaming card within the gaming system processor in response to an identity associated with the remote gaming terminal.

18. The method of claim 15 further comprising, simultaneously transmitting the result to at least one of an additional remote gaming terminal and one of the additional portable gaming cards.

19. The method of claim 15 further comprising, identifying the gaming application in response to at least one of features associated with the remote gaming terminal, the gaming command, and an identity associated with the remote gaming terminal.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising dynamically replacing the gaming application with a different gaming application by dynamically associating the gaming terminal with one of the additional gaming cards of the gaming system processor.