Networked gaming system communication protocols and methods
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1. A gaming system, comprising:
- a plurality of gaming devices;
a rewards server having a rewards accounting system, the rewards server to communicate personalized gaming information with gaming devices of the plurality of gaming devices, the personalized gaming information associated with players of the gaming devices, the personalized gaming information including player identification information and a player PIN number for each player; and
a player tracking server separate from the rewards server, the player tracking server to communicate player identification information and player PIN numbers with the rewards server, the player tracking server to authenticate player identification information based on player PIN numbers.
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Abstract
A system, method and apparatus for a gaming system is provided. The gaming system includes a rewards server and a separate gaming or slot accounting server. The system may further include a separate player tracking server. The system further includes one or more game machines. The game machines may include a base game, rewards tracking module, and a game management module. Further details will be apparent from the description, drawings and claims.
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40 Claims
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1. A gaming system, comprising:
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a plurality of gaming devices; a rewards server having a rewards accounting system, the rewards server to communicate personalized gaming information with gaming devices of the plurality of gaming devices, the personalized gaming information associated with players of the gaming devices, the personalized gaming information including player identification information and a player PIN number for each player; and a player tracking server separate from the rewards server, the player tracking server to communicate player identification information and player PIN numbers with the rewards server, the player tracking server to authenticate player identification information based on player PIN numbers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A gaming system, comprising:
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a plurality of gaming devices; a rewards server having a rewards accounting system, the rewards server to communicate personalized gaming information with gaming devices of the plurality of gaming devices, the personalized gaming information associated with players of the gaming devices, the personalized gaming information including player identification information and a player PIN number for each player; a player tracking server separate from the rewards server, the player tracking server to communicate player identification information and player PIN numbers with the rewards server, the player tracking server to authenticate player identification information based on player PIN numbers; and a slot accounting server having a slot accounting system, the slot accounting server to communicate game data with the gaming devices of the plurality of gaming devices. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A gaming system, comprising:
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a plurality of gaming devices; a rewards server having a rewards accounting system, the rewards server communicates personalized gaming information with gaming devices of the plurality of gaming devices, the personalized gaming information associated with players of the gaming devices, the personalized gaming information including player identification information and a player PIN number for each player; a player tracking server separate from the rewards server, the player tracking server communicates player identification information and player PIN numbers with the rewards server, the player tracking server authenticates player identification information based on player PIN numbers, the player tracking server maintains bonus point data associated with players, the player tracking server increases bonus point data associated with players responsive to bonuses earned by players, the player tracking server decreases bonus point data associated with players responsive to use of points to play bonus games; a slot accounting server having a slot accounting system, the slot accounting server to communicate game data with the gaming devices of the plurality of gaming devices, the slot accounting server maintains progressive bonus data; wherein the rewards server requests use of bonus points from the player tracking server responsive to player eligibility for bonus games and the rewards server communicates bonus point earnings data to the player tracking server responsive to bonus point awards of bonus games; and wherein bonus games are played collectively on the gaming devices of the plurality of gaming devices and the bonus games are triggered selectively on gaming devices based on personalized threshold counts communicated from the gaming devices.
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21. A method, comprising:
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receiving player identification data from a gaming device at a rewards server; receiving player PIN data from the gaming device at the rewards server; sending player identification data and player PIN data to a player tracking server; receiving authentication of the player identification data based on the player PIN data from the player tracking server; and providing personalized game data to the gaming device responsive to the authentication. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method, comprising:
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receiving player identification data from a plurality of gaming devices at a rewards server; receiving player PIN data from the plurality of gaming devices at the rewards server; sending player identification data and player PIN data to a player tracking server; receiving authentication of the player identification data based on the player PIN data from the player tracking server; and providing personalized game data to the plurality of gaming devices responsive to the authentication. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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