Player tracking module system and method
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1. A system for use with a plurality of gaming devices comprising:
- a central system;
a color display housed within each one of said plurality of gaming devices, said color display controllable by said central system;
a communication network connecting each of said plurality of gaming devices to said central system for communicating display control data from said central system to said plurality of gaming devices; and
said central system for controlling a said color display in a selected one of said gaming devices to display a predominant first color to indicate a first condition and for controlling said color display in said selected one of said gaming devices to display a predominant second color to indicate a second condition.
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Abstract
A system and method are set forth for providing a configurable player tracking module display for a gaming device which is controlled to change colors/text/graphics to indicate the condition of (1) the gaming device, (2) the interface between the player of the gaming device or (3) the player tracking system.
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1. A system for use with a plurality of gaming devices comprising:
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a central system; a color display housed within each one of said plurality of gaming devices, said color display controllable by said central system; a communication network connecting each of said plurality of gaming devices to said central system for communicating display control data from said central system to said plurality of gaming devices; and said central system for controlling a said color display in a selected one of said gaming devices to display a predominant first color to indicate a first condition and for controlling said color display in said selected one of said gaming devices to display a predominant second color to indicate a second condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6)
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3. A system for use with a plurality of gaming devices comprising:
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a central system; a color display housed within each one of said plurality of gaming devices, said color display controllable by said central system; a communication network connecting each of said plurality of gaming devices to said central system for communicating display control data from said central system to said plurality of gaming devices; and said central system for controlling a said color display in a selected one of said gaming devices to display a first color image to indicate a first condition and for controlling said color display in said selected one of said gaming devices to display a second color image to indicate a second condition. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for a plurality of game devices, the system including a central processor, a communication network for communication of data between the central processor and each game device and a data structure storing player data corresponding to each player to be tracked, the improvement comprising:
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said central processor configured to access said data structure; a color display associated with a game device; an interface between the player and said central processor for communication of data, said interface having a first state in which communication between the player and said central processor is enabled, and having a second state in which communication between the player and said central processor is disabled; and wherein said data structure storing data corresponding to a video display mode Xi and a video display mode X2, said video display mode Xi configuring said display to display at least one of color, text, or graphics to indicate said first state and said video display mode X2 for configuring said display to display at least one of color text or graphics to indicate said second state.
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14. In a system for a plurality of gaming devices, said system including a central processor, an operator-system interface for each gaming device and a communication network providing communication between the central processor and each interface, a method comprising:
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providing a digital color display associated with each interface; processing data from said device and interface at said processor to determine one or more system communication states X1-Xn and controlling the display to display in one or more visual modes. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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