STORING AND USING CASINO CONTENT

• US 20130252730A1
• Filed: 05/13/2013
• Published: 09/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sg Gaming, Inc. (Light & Wonder Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: WMS Gaming Incorporated (Light & Wonder Incorporated)
• Inventors: Joshi, Shridhar P., Moll, Jeremie D., Pacey, Larry J., Schwartz, Richard T.
• Application Number:
  US13/892,588
• Publication Number:
  US 20130252730A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/31
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0257 User requested
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3209 Input means, e.g. buttons, touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/323 wherein the player is informed, e.g. advertisements, odds, instructions
• 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

A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In embodiments, the operations can include presenting wagering game content via one or more output devices of a wagering game machine during a wagering game session. The wagering game session is associated with a player account. The operations can further include detecting a user input via one or more input devices of the wagering game machine. The user input indicates a selection of the wagering game content. The operations can further include storing an aspect of the wagering game content in a data store associated with the player account. The aspect of the wagering game content is accessible from the data store via the player account after the wagering game session.

Claims

1. An method comprising:

presenting wagering game content via one or more output devices of a wagering game machine during a wagering game session, wherein the wagering game session is associated with a player account;

detecting a user input via one or more input devices of the wagering game machine, said user input indicating a selection of the wagering game content; and

storing an aspect of the wagering game content in a data store associated with the player account, wherein the aspect of the wagering game content is accessible from the data store via the player account after the wagering game session.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the wagering game content is presented via a a touch-screen display of the wagering game machine, and wherein the detecting the user input via the one or more input devices comprises detecting a finger motion on the touch-screen display, said finger motion indicating a selection of the wagering game content.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the aspect of the wagering game content is one or more of a copy of the wagering game content, a modified version of the wagering game content, metadata of the wagering game content, a property of the wagering game content, a setting from the wagering game content, a graphic from the wagering game content, a video from the wagering game content, audio from the wagering game content, pictures from the wagering game content, and text from the wagering game content.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

presenting a history of the wagering game content in response to the user input;

detecting a selection from the history of the wagering game content, via additional player input via the one or more input devices, said selection indicating a version of the wagering game content requested; and

storing the version of the wagering game content in the data store in response to the selection from the history.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

detecting that the user input selects multiple items associated with the wagering game content;

detecting additional player input that specifies one of the multiple items; and

saving an aspect of the one of the multiple items in the data store.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining one or more of preferences for the player account and a history of selections of additional wagering game content by the player account;

performing a comparison of properties for advertisement content to properties of the one or more of the preferences for the player account and the history of the selections of additional wagering game content by the player account; and

based on the comparison, selecting the advertisement content for presentation to the player account.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising selecting the advertisement content from one or more servers associated with one or more third-party advertisers.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising storing a copy of the advertisement content in the data store.

9. One or more machine-readable storage devices having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a set of one or more processors causes the set of one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

presenting wagering game content on a display associated with a wagering game machine during a wagering game session, wherein the wagering game content is configured to be selectable via the display, wherein the wagering game session is associated with a player account,

detecting a user input via the display, said user input indicating a selection of the wagering game content presented via the display, and

storing an aspect of the wagering game content in a data store associated with the player account, wherein the aspect of the wagering game content is accessible from the data store via the player account after the wagering game session.

10. The one or more machine-readable storage devices of claim 9, wherein the display is a touch-screen display and wherein the detecting the user input via the display comprises detecting a finger motion on the touch-screen display, said finger motion indicating a selection of the wagering game content presented on the touch-screen display.

11. The one or more machine-readable storage devices of claim 9, wherein the aspect of the wagering game content is one or more of a copy of the wagering game content, a modified version of the wagering game content, metadata of the wagering game content, a property of the wagering game content, a setting from the wagering game content, a graphic from the wagering game content, a video from the wagering game content, audio from the wagering game content, pictures from the wagering game content, and text from the wagering game content.

12. The one or more machine-readable storage devices of claim 9, said operations further comprising:

presenting a history of the wagering game content in response to the user input,

detecting a selection from the history of the wagering game content, via additional player input, said selection indicating a version of the wagering game content requested, and

storing the version of the wagering game content in the data store in response to the selection from the history.

13. The one or more machine-readable storage devices of claim 9, said operations further comprising:

determining one or more of preferences for the player account and a history of selections of additional wagering game content by the player account,

performing a comparison of properties for advertisement content to properties of the one or more of the preferences for the player account and the history of the selections of additional wagering game content by the player account, and

based on the comparison, selecting the advertisement content for presentation to the player account.

14. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

a casino content module configured to, via the processor,

present wagering game content on a touch-screen display associated with a wagering game machine during a wagering game session, wherein the wagering game content is configured to be selectable via user touch on the touch-screen display, wherein the wagering game session is associated with a player account,

detect a finger motion on the touch-screen display, said finger motion indicating a selection of the wagering game content presented on the touch-screen display, and

store information associated with the wagering game content in a data store associated with the player account, wherein the information associated with the wagering game content is accessible from the data store via the player account after the wagering game session.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the information associated with the wagering game content is one or more of a copy of the wagering game content, a modified version of the wagering game content, metadata of the wagering game content, a property of the wagering game content, a setting from the wagering game content, a graphic from the wagering game content, a video from the wagering game content, audio from the wagering game content, pictures from the wagering game content, and text from the wagering game content.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the casino content module is further configured to

present a history of the wagering game content in response to the finger motion,

detect a selection from the history of the wagering game content, via additional player input, said selection indicating a version of the wagering game content requested, and

store the version of the wagering game content in the data store in response to the selection from the history.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the casino content module is further configured to

detect that the finger motion selects multiple items associated with the wagering game content,

detect additional player input that specifies one of the multiple items, and

save a copy of the one of the multiple items in the data store.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the casino content module is further configured to,

determine one or more of preferences for the player account and a history of selections of wagering game content by the player account,

perform a comparison of properties for advertisement content to properties of the one or more of the preferences for the player account and the history of the selections of wagering game content by the player account, and

select, based on the comparison, the advertisement content for presentation to the player account.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the casino content module is further configured to store a copy of the advertisement content in the data store.

20. An apparatus comprising:

means for presenting wagering game content via one or more output devices associated with a wagering game machine during a wagering game session, wherein the wagering game session is associated with a player account;

means for detecting a user input via one or more input devices of the wagering game machine, said user input indicating a selection of the wagering game content presented via the one or more output devices; and

means for storing a copy of the wagering game content in a data store associated with the player account, wherein the copy of the wagering game content is accessible from the data store via the player account after the wagering game session.

21. The apparatus of claim 20 further comprising:

means for presenting an option to modify one or more aspects of the copy of the wagering game content

22. The apparatus of claim 20 further comprising:

means for presenting an option to one or more of crop, resize, reshape, personalize, and record over a portion of the copy of the wagering game content.

23. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the copy of the wagering game content includes one or more of a graphic, a video, a sound, a picture and text from the wagering game content.

24. The apparatus of claim 20 further comprising:

means for presenting an option to specify one or more recipients to receive the copy of the wagering game content; and

means for providing the copy of the wagering game content to the one or more recipients.

25. The apparatus of claim 20 further comprising:

presenting a history of the wagering game content;

detecting a selection of a version of the wagering game content presented in the history of the wagering game content; and

storing, as the copy of the wagering game content, the version of the wagering game content that was selected from the history.