LOGIN APPLICATION FOR A WAGERING GAME PORTAL

• US 20120122567A1
• Filed: 11/14/2011
• Published: 05/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LNW Gaming Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Bally Gaming Incorporated (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Inventors: Gangadharan, Magesh, Gagner, Mark B.
• Granted Patent: US 9,058,720 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/29
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3223 Architectural aspects of a gaming system, e.g. internal configuration, master/slave, wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3239 Tracking of individual players
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3241 Security aspects of a gaming system, e.g. detecting cheating, device integrity, surveillance computer security G06F21/00

Abstract

Systems described herein include wagering game systems having a portal container with one or more portal applications running within the portal container. The portal container includes a login application that receives player credentials and logs into various servers using the login credentials. The login application serves as a proxy for the portal applications that communicate with the servers.

Claims

1. A wagering game system, comprising:

a server requiring login credentials for accessing a service provided by the server;

a wagering game machine having one or more processors and at least one display, the display to display a wagering game upon which monetary value may be wagered;

a portal container providing a runtime environment for applications;

a login application for the portal container to;

establish a communications stream with the server,

receive the login credentials, and

provide the login credentials to the server through the communications stream; and

one or more portal applications for the portal container, the one or more portal applications utilizing the service provided by the server, the one or more portal applications authorized for the service using the login credentials provided to the login application through the communications stream.

2. The wagering game system of claim 1, wherein the login application multiplexes communications from the one or more portal applications to the server through the communications stream.

3. The wagering game system of claim 1, wherein the portal container includes an encryption module and wherein at least a portion of the login credentials are encrypted using the encryption module.

4. The wagering game system of claim 2, wherein the encryption module implements AES (Advance Encryption Standard) encryption.

5. The wagering game system of claim 1, wherein the login applications and the one or more portal applications comprise Adobe Flash applications.

6. The wagering game system of claim 1, wherein the one or more portal applications include one or more games provided in addition to the wagering game upon which monetary value may be wagered.

7. The wagering game system of claim 1, wherein the one or more portal applications include one or more of:

an advertising application, a messaging application, a service reservation application, an email application, a web browser application, or an information provider application.

8. A method of operating a wagering game system, the method comprising the acts of:

initializing presentation of a wagering game upon which monetary value may be wagered;

initializing a portal container, a login application, and one or more portal applications, the login application and the one or more portal applications running within a runtime environment provided by the portal container;

receiving by the login application login credentials for accessing one or more services provided by a server;

establishing by the login application a communications stream with the server;

providing by the login application the login credentials to the server through the communications stream; and

utilizing by the one or more portal applications the login credentials provided by the login application to access services provided by the server, the one or more portal applications authorized using the login credentials provided to the login application.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein receiving the login credentials includes receiving a user identification and password.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein receiving the login credentials includes receiving a user identification from a player tracking system upon insertion of a player tracking card.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the portal application uses the login credentials to access a player profile maintained on the server.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the player profile includes achievement levels for an online casual game, and wherein the portal application presents the casual game.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the portal application users the login credentials to access a message server.

14. A method of operating a wagering system, the method comprising the acts of:

initializing presentation of a wagering game upon which monetary value may be wagered;

initializing a portal container and one or more portal applications, the one or more portal applications running within a runtime environment provided by the portal container;

registering by the one or more portal application with the portal container;

receiving by a portal application a set of events supported by the portal container;

subscribing by the portal application to a subset of the set of events; and

notifying the portal application by the portal container upon occurrence of an event in the subset of the set of the events.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the event comprises a login event.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the event comprises insertion or removal of a player identification card.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the event comprises an event in a community based game.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the event in the community based game includes one or more of a game level achievement, a game trophy, or a game milestone.

19. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions for causing one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

initializing presentation of a wagering game upon which monetary value may be wagered;

initializing a portal container, a login application, and one or more portal applications, the login application and the one or more portal applications running within a runtime environment provided by the portal container;

receiving by the login application login credentials for accessing one or more services provided by a server;

establishing by the login application a communications stream with the server;

providing by the login application the login credentials to the server through the communications stream; and

utilizing by the one or more portal applications the login credentials provided by the login application to access services provided by the server, the one or more portal applications authorized using the login credentials provided to the login application.

20. The machine-readable medium of claim 19, wherein receiving the login credentials includes receiving a user identification and password.

21. The machine-readable medium of claim 19, wherein receiving the login credentials includes receiving a user identification from a player tracking system upon insertion of a player tracking card.

22. The machine-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the portal application uses the login credentials to access a player profile maintained on the server.

23. The machine-readable medium of claim 22, wherein the player profile includes achievement levels for an online casual game, and wherein the portal application presents the casual game.

24. The machine-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the portal application users the login credentials to access a message server.

25. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions for causing one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

initializing presentation of a wagering game upon which monetary value may be wagered;

initializing a portal container and one or more portal applications, the one or more portal applications running within a runtime environment provided by the portal container;

registering by the one or more portal application with the portal container;

receiving by a portal application a set of events supported by the portal container;

subscribing by the portal application to a subset of the set of events; and

notifying the portal application by the portal container upon occurrence of an event in the subset of the set of the events.

26. The machine-readable medium of claim 25, wherein the event comprises a login event.

27. The machine-readable medium of claim 25, wherein the event comprises insertion or removal of a player identification card.

28. The machine-readable medium of claim 25, wherein the event comprises an event in a community based game.

29. The machine-readable medium of claim 28, wherein the event in the community based game includes one or more of a game level achievement, a game trophy, or a game milestone.