METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING PERFORMANCE OF MULTIPLE GAMES

• US 20060217193A1
• Filed: 06/08/2006
• Published: 09/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: James Jorasch, Jay S. Walker, Michael D. Downs, Russell P. Sammon
• Original Assignee: James Jorasch, Jay S. Walker, Michael D. Downs, Russell P. Sammon
• Inventors: Jorasch, James A., Sammon, Russell P., Downs, Michael D., Walker, Jay S.
• Application Number:
  US11/422,918
• Publication Number:
  US 20060217193A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/29
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0218 based on score
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3216 Construction aspects of a gaming system, e.g. housing, seats, ergonomic aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3227 Configuring a gaming machine, e.g. downloading personal settings, selecting working parameters
• 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 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3262 Player actions which determine the course of the game, e.g. selecting a prize to be won, outcome to be achieved, game to be played

Abstract

In accordance with one or more embodiments, a method for managing games for use on gaming devices is presented, wherein the method comprises determining a measure of performance of a game, and determining a payment due to a provider of the game based on the measure of performance of the game. In one or more embodiments, the measure of performance may be used to determine whether to keep the game enabled on one or more gaming devices.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining a measure of usage of a first game on a first gaming device;

determining a measure of usage of a second game on the first gaming device;

determining a first payment rate that is associated with a first party;

determining a first payment amount based on the first payment rate and the measure of usage of the first game;

initiating payment of the first payment amount to the first party;

determining a second payment rate that is associated with a second party;

determining a second payment amount based on the second payment rate and the measure of usage of the second game; and

initiating payment of the second payment amount to the second party.

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