SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING GAME SPECIFIC METER INFORMATION IN A GAMING SYSTEM

• US 20090156297A1
• Filed: 07/18/2008
• Published: 06/18/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Acei AB (Aristocrat Leisure Limited)
• Original Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia PTY Limited (Aristocrat Leisure Limited)
• Inventors: Andersson, Sven Hakan, Nilsson, Jens Gustav, Meurling, Johan
• Application Number:
  US12/176,001
• Publication Number:
  US 20090156297A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/25
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3234 about the performance of a gaming system, e.g. revenue, diagnosis of the gaming system

Abstract

A method for managing game specific meters in a gaming system comprises receiving game meter information of a specific game instance from a gaming application. The game meter information is subsequently provided to a gaming manager application capable of interfacing with the gaming system.

Claims

1. A method for managing game specific meters in a gaming system, comprising the steps of:

receiving game meter information of a specific game instance from a gaming application; and

providing the game meter information to a gaming manager application capable of interfacing with the gaming system.

2. A method in accordance with claim 1, comprising the further step of, on receipt of the game specific information, initiating a database transaction to store the game specific meter information.

3. A method in accordance with claim 1, comprising the further step of, requesting predefined meter information from the gaming application, and writing the predefined information to the storage location.

4. A method in accordance with claim 1, comprising the further step of deeming the information as committed on the successful storage of the game specific meter information.

5. A method in accordance with claim 4, comprising the further step of, on deeming the information as committed, returning a message to the gaming manager application reporting the successful storage of at least one of the game specific and meter information.

6. A method in accordance with claim 5, comprising the further step of the gaming manager application reporting successful storage of the game specific meter information to the gaming application.

7. A method in accordance with claim 1, comprising the further step of utilising the game specific meter information to calculate a compensated win.

8. A method in accordance with claim 7, comprising the further step of receiving a random number from a random number generator, and utilising the random number as part of the calculation for a compensated win.

9. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the storage location is a database.

10. A method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the gaming application resides on a gaming machine.

21. A computer program arranged to, when executed on a computing system, carry out the method steps of claim 1.

22. A computer readable medium incorporating a computer program in accordance with claim 21.

23. A data signal comprising the computer program code according to claim 21.

24. Transmitting the data signal according to claim 23.

11. A system for managing game specific meters in a gaming system, comprising a game specific meter interface arranged to receive game meter information of a specific game instance from a gaming application and provide the game meter information to a gaming manager application capable of interfacing with the gaming system.

12. A system in accordance with claim 11, wherein the gaming manager application, on receipt of the game specific information, initiating a database transaction to store the game specific meter information.

13. A system in accordance with claim 11, wherein the gaming manager application requests predefined meter information from the gaming application, and writes the predefined information to the storage location.

14. A system in accordance with claim 11, wherein the information is deemed as committed on the successful storage of the game specific meter information.

15. A system in accordance with claim 14, wherein, on deeming the information as committed, a message is returned to the gaming manager application reporting the successful storage of at least one of the game specific and meter information.

16. A system in accordance with claim 15, wherein the gaming manager application reports successful storage of the game specific meter information to the gaming application.

17. A system in accordance with claim 11, further comprising a compensated gaming controller arranged to utilise the game specific meter information to calculate a compensated win.

18. A system in accordance with claim 17, further comprising a random number generator, wherein the random number generated by the random number generator is utilised, in part, to calculate a compensated win.

19. A system in accordance with claim 11, wherein the storage location is a database.

20. A system in accordance with claim 11, wherein the gaming application resides on a gaming machine.