WAGERING GAME DEVICE HAVING UBIQUITOUS CHARACTER SET

• US 20100041467A1
• Filed: 04/28/2006
• Published: 02/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LNW Gaming Incorporated (Light & Wonder Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: WMS Gaming Incorporated (Light & Wonder Incorporated)
• Inventors: St.John, Daniel Norman, Swamy, Vikram, Saletnik, Mark J.
• Granted Patent: US 8,246,453 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/25
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements

Abstract

A wagering game machine uses a single character set for displaying text in multiple languages. The character set may also be used for printing materials, such as ticket printing. In one embodiment, the character set comprises Unicode standard characters, where each character in the font is represented by a unique number, which maps to the Unicode standard, regardless of platform. This allows programs that conform to the Unicode standard to deal with text in multiple languages.

Claims

1. A wagering game device comprising:

a text module that contains messages in multiple languages represented by a ubiquitous character set;

a ubiquitous character set subsystem coupled to the text module and containing fonts corresponding to the ubiquitous character set;

a server coupled to the subsystem for interfacing to a hardware device such that messages are properly rendered on the hardware device.

2. The wagering game device of claim 1 wherein the ubiquitous character set comprises Unicode.

3. The wagering game device of claim 1 wherein the server comprises a printer driver for interfacing with a printer.

4. The wagering game device of claim 1 wherein the text module comprises a game text module that generates messages relating to a game being played.

5. The wagering game device of claim 1 wherein the text module comprises an operating system text module that generates a message relating to operating system messages.

6. The wagering game device of claim 1 and further comprising locale specific graphics and sounds.

7. The wagering game device of claim 1 and further comprising code that references messages in the text module with a message ID and language selection, and wherein the language selection falls back to a default language if the selection is not available.

8. The wagering game device of claim 7 wherein the subsystem further comprises rules for formatting dates, times, currencies, and numbers for multiple languages.

9. The wagering game device of claim 7 wherein the subsystem uses ISO identifiers for language and country.

10. The wagering game device of claim 1 and further comprising means for selecting languages for messages for simultaneous use by different entities.

11. A wagering game machine implemented method comprising:

providing text to be rendered in the form of ubiquitous characters selected from multiple languages;

selecting characters from a set of fonts corresponding to the multiple languages; and

providing the characters in a desired format to a device for displaying the text in a desired one of the multiple languages.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the ubiquitous characters comprise Unicode.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the characters are provided to a printer.

14. The method of claim 11 and further comprising applying rules for formatting dates, times, currencies, and numbers for multiple languages.

15. The method of claim 11 wherein and further comprising using ISO identifiers for language and country.

16. The method of claim 11 and further comprising selecting a language for text.

17. The method of claim 11 and further comprising defaulting to a default language following a RAM Clear.

18. The method of claim 11 wherein the device is local or remote.

19. A computer readable medium having code stored thereon to cause a wagering game machine to implement a method comprising:

providing text to be rendered in the form of a ubiquitous representation of the text in multiple languages;

selecting characters from a set of fonts corresponding to the multiple languages; and

providing the characters in a desired format to a device for displaying the text in a desired on of the multiple languages.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein the ubiquitous representation of text comprises Unicode, and wherein the device comprises a printer.