INTERFACE FOR WAGERING GAME ENVIRONMENTS

• US 20100267449A1
• Filed: 11/09/2008
• Published: 10/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sg Gaming, Inc. (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Original Assignee: WMS Gaming Incorporated (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Inventors: Gura, Damon E., Grabiec, Jacek A., Wright, Tracey L., Irby, Michael J. II, Gagner, Mark B., Pacey, Larry J., Schulhof, Scott H.
• Granted Patent: US 8,672,752 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3211 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3258 Cumulative reward schemes, e.g. jackpots
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3262 Player actions which determine the course of the game, e.g. selecting a prize to be won, outcome to be achieved, game to be played

Abstract

This document describes inter alia a method for presenting an interface on a wagering game machine, where the interface includes a plurality of wagering game icons, and where each of the wagering game icons indicates a wagering game that available on the wagering game machine. The method can include presenting wagering game icons in an interface, wherein the wagering game icons form a row, and wherein each wagering game icon occupies a position in the row, and detecting a sweeping screen touch on a touch screen. The method can also include shifting, based on the sweeping screen touch, the wagering game icons to different positions in the row, where the shifting causes a wagering game icon at an end position in the row to disappear from the interface, and where the shifting also causes a new wagering game icon to appear at another end position in the row.

Claims

1. A method for presenting an interface on a wagering game machine, the interface including a plurality of wagering game icons, wherein each of the wagering game icons indicates a wagering game that available on the wagering game machine, the method comprising:

presenting wagering game icons in an interface, wherein the wagering game icons form a row, and wherein each wagering game icon occupies a position in the row;

detecting a sweeping screen touch on a touch screen;

shifting, based on the sweeping screen touch, the wagering game icons to different positions in the row, wherein the shifting causes a wagering game icon at an end position in the row to disappear from the interface, wherein the shifting also causes a new wagering game icon to appear at another end position in the row;

detecting a tap on the touch screen, wherein the tap coincides with one of the wagering game icons; and

presenting, in response to the tap, information describing a wagering game associated with the one of the wagering game icons.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the information includes an animation including game elements from the wagering game associated with the one of the wagering game icons.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a double tap on the touch screen; and

presenting, in response to the double tap, the wagering game associated with the one of the wagering game.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the sweeping screen touch coincides with a wheel in the interface.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

presenting, in the interface, a trail indicating where the sweeping screen touch occurred on the touch screen.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the information includes real-time data indicating one or more of a recently awarded jackpot, an average jackpot amount in past hours, number of people currently playing the wagering game, and social contacts who have played the wagering game.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting another tap on the touch screen; and

presenting, in response to the other tap, a row of gaming option icons, wherein the gaming option icons shift based on sweeping screen touches, and wherein the gaming option icons are selectable via taps on the touch screen.

8. A method for presenting an interface on a wagering game machine, the interface including a plurality of service icons associated with a plurality of services that are available via the wagering game machine, the method comprising:

presenting a row of service icons on a touch screen, wherein each service icon occupies an original position in the row, and wherein one of the service icons is larger than the other service icons;

detecting a first input on the touch screen;

moving, in response to the first touch screen input, some of the service icons from their original positions to other positions in the row, wherein the other positions are next to the original positions, and wherein the moving includes enlarging another of the service icons;

detecting a second input on the touch screen, the second input coinciding with one of the service icons; and

activating one of the plurality of services associated with the one of the service icons.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

procuring real-time data associated with the one of the plurality of services;

presenting information about the one of the plurality of services, wherein the information is based on the real-time data.

10. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

determining a number of options associated with the one of the plurality of services;

procuring real-time data associated with the one of the plurality of services;

reducing the number of options based on the real-time data;

presenting service options icons in another row, wherein the service option icons can shift positions in the row in response to inputs on the touch screen.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the plurality of services include one or more of a drink order service, a reservation service, and a concierge service.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the row appears vertically on the touch screen.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the first input is a sweep across the touch screen at a speed, and wherein the moving occurs at a rate based on the speed.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the second input includes a tap on the touch screen.

15. A method for presenting an interface on a wagering game machine, the interface including a plurality of wagering game icons associated with a plurality of wagering games that are available on the wagering game machine, the method comprising:

presenting the plurality of wagering game icons in the interface, wherein a first wagering game icon of the wagering game icons is larger than the other wagering game icons, and wherein a first group of the wagering game icons appears in a first queue left of the first wagering game icon, and wherein a second group of the wagering game icons appears in a second queue right of the first wagering game icon;

detecting touch screen input requesting movement of the wagering game icons;

moving the first wagering game icon to appear at a front position of the first queue, wherein the moving includes shrinking the first icon;

moving one of the second group of wagering game icons to replace the first wagering game icon, wherein the moving includes enlarging the one of the second group of wagering game icons;

detecting more touch screen input indicating a selection of the enlarged one of the second group of icons; and

presenting a wagering game associated with the enlarged one of the second group of wagering game icons.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the touch screen input requesting movement coincides with a graphical wheel in the interface.

17. The method of claim 15, the wagering game icons are associated with wagering games of a common theme.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein only a portion of each wagering game icon of the first and second groups is visible.

19. The method of claim 15 further comprising:

presenting information describing a wagering game associated with the enlarged one of the second group of wagering game icons.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein the information includes an animation including game elements from the wagering game associated with the enlarged one of the second group of wagering game icons.