Methods and systems for determining a batch run of sessions

• US 20060211470A1
• Filed: 03/29/2006
• Published: 09/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Original Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Inventors: Jorasch, James A., Fincham, Magdalena M., Walker, Jay S.
• Granted Patent: US 9,171,421 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/16
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3223 Architectural aspects of a gaming system, e.g. internal configuration, master/slave, wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3234 about the performance of a gaming system, e.g. revenue, diagnosis of the gaming system
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3237 about the players, e.g. profiling, responsible gaming, strategy/behavior of players, location of players
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3239 Tracking of individual players
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3286 Type of games
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/329 Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards

Abstract

In accordance with some embodiments, a batch run of sessions is executed. The batch run comprises a plurality of sessions characterized by at least one common parameter and value thereof. A session comprises a plurality of outcomes of a wagering game. A video presentation may be created based on each such session of a batch run. The video presentation may be recorded onto a game disc (e.g., a DVD or CD-ROM) and sold to a player for viewing at a location remote from a casino.

Claims

1. A method for generating outcomes for a plurality of sessions, comprising:

receiving an indication of a respective value for each parameter of a plurality of parameters; and

executing a plurality of sessions in accordance with the parameters and respective values thereof, thereby executing a batch run of sessions,

wherein executing a session comprises generating a plurality of outcomes of a wagering game until an ending condition for the session is satisfied.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the indication of the value comprises:

receiving, at a gaming device, the value of the parameter.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the indication comprises:

receiving, from another device, a signal that indicate the value.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing, in association with each session of the plurality of sessions, a respective indication of the outcomes generated for the session.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a unique identifier of the batch run; and

storing the unique identifier in association with the indication of the outcomes.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein storing a respective indication of the outcomes generated for the session comprises storing an indication of an ending credit balance for the session.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein storing a respective indication of the outcomes generated for the session comprises storing an indication of each outcome generated for the session.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein storing an indication of each outcome comprises storing at least one of:

a payout associated with each respective outcome;

an outcome identifier;

at least one indicium corresponding to the outcome;

at least media file corresponding to the outcome; and

a text description of the outcome.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the parameters comprise at least one of the following:

a number of outcomes to be generated for each session;

an ending condition which, if satisfied, causes the generation of outcomes for a session to end;

a minimum final credit balance;

a starting credit balance;

an identifier of a game;

an identifier of a game type;

an identifier of a gaming device;

an identifier of a gaming device type;

an wager amount per game play;

a number of paylines activated;

an indication of a strategy for playing a game; and

a manner in which a session is to be executed

10. The method of claim 1, wherein executing a plurality of sessions in accordance with the parameters and respective values thereof comprises executing the plurality of sessions such that the parameters and respective values thereof define each session of the plurality of sessions.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving instructions for executing the batch run.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein receiving instructions comprises receiving at least one of:

a time at which a first session of the plurality of sessions is to be initiated;

a method via which the sessions are to be executed.

13. A method for facilitating the creation of a game disc, comprising:

determining data descriptive of a session of a batch run, the batch run comprising a plurality of sessions that are characterized by at least one common parameter and respective value thereof, each session comprising a plurality of outcomes of a wagering game;

determining, based on the data, a plurality of representative outcomes to include in a video presentation; and

causing the video presentation to be recorded onto a game disc.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the data comprises a final credit balance for the session.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein determining the plurality of representative outcomes comprises:

determining a starting credit balance for the session;

determining a change in the credit balance over the course of the session, the change in the credit balance comprising a change from the starting credit balance to the final credit balance;

accessing game play history data, the game play history data comprising a plurality of outcomes achieved on a gaming device and a respective payout corresponding to each such outcome; and

selecting a subset of the outcomes comprising the game play history data that corresponds to the determined change in the credit balance.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein determining the plurality of representative outcomes comprises:

accessing a memory, the memory storing a plurality of sets of representative outcomes, each set corresponding to a respective final credit balance; and

selecting a set of representative outcomes that corresponds to the final credit balance for the session.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the data comprises an indication of each outcome generated during the session.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the indication comprises at least one of an outcome identifier, at least one indicium comprising the outcome, and a payout corresponding to the outcome.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the data further comprises an indication of at least one of a game, a game type, a gaming device, and a gaming device type that was used to generate the outcome for the session.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein determining the plurality of representative outcomes comprises selecting at least one media file to be included in the video presentation.

21. The method of claim 13, wherein the game disc comprises one of a DVD and a CD-ROM.