Game Design Tool
First Claim
1. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to display an interactive graphical interface that enables a user to design and modify statistical parameters of an electronic game of chance by providing input parameters to the computer;
- the computer using the input variables to specify the output parameters and provide an output that is used to cause the electronic game of chance to perform in accordance with the input parameters.
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Abstract
A tool is provided for designing electronic games of chance such as slot or fruit machine games. Software that runs on a computer or remote server takes user inputs and selections such as game rules, input data, and pointers to or import of files (such as sound and graphics files). The output data of such a tool may be a file or parameters that specify one or more of hit rate, return to player, pay-table, symbol mapping, symbols, game theme, risk profile, rules of game play, denomination, language, currency, display, simulation results, pay methods, triggers for game features or jackpots.
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9 Claims
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1. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to display an interactive graphical interface that enables a user to design and modify statistical parameters of an electronic game of chance by providing input parameters to the computer;
the computer using the input variables to specify the output parameters and provide an output that is used to cause the electronic game of chance to perform in accordance with the input parameters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A business method comprising:
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publishing, from a server, a tool that may be accessed via the internet; the tool enabling a person to pay a fee, design and trial-play a game, and obtain the data that defines the designed game. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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