Outcome based display of gaming results

• US 8,182,326 B2
• Filed: 03/05/2009
• Issued: 05/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: VCAT, LLC
• Original Assignee: VCAT, LLC
• Inventors: Speer, L. Donald II, Shay, W. Greg, McIntosh, Kevin, Grable, Donne
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Hsien Ming
• Application Number:
  US12/398,889
• Publication Number:
  US 20100227662A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,174 Days
• Field of Search: 438 10- 13, 438 16- 22, 438/31, 438/39, 438/40, 438/42, 438/43, 273/138.1, 273/139
• US Class Current: 463/16
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3227 Configuring a gaming machine, e.g. downloading personal settings, selecting working parameters
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3232 wherein the operator is informed

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to gaming devices and gaming systems having an outcome based display of summarized past gaming results and a method of processing and displaying the past gaming results. In one example, a gaming device may record game information corresponding to the gaming event on the device and a memory and store this recorded information in a memory. The recorded information may be processed by the gaming device or another device connected to the gaming device to generate a summarized display of the recorded information to depict to a current gaming player or prospective gaming player.

Claims

1. A gaming device comprising:

a player gaming station to allow a player to place a wager on a gaming event;

a recorder configured to record game information corresponding to the gaming event;

a memory configured to store the recorded game information;

a processor configured to summarize the stored game information and generate signals corresponding to a visual depiction of the summarized game information;

a performance display configured to display the visual depiction of the summarized game information to the player, wherein the performance display is configured to compare the summarized game information with a base line metric associated with the summarized game information, and

a player input device configured to alter the visual depiction of the summarized game information displayed on the performance display.

2. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein the performance display is a portion of a game display, the game display configured to display a result of the gaming event.

3. The gaming device of claim 1, further comprising a game display separate from the performance display, the game display configured to display a result of the gaming event.

4. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein the player input device is configured to alter the type of summarized game information displayed on the performance display.

5. The gaming device of claim 4, wherein the player input device is configured to allow the player to alter the range of summarized game data displayed on the performance display.

6. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein the gaming device includes a plurality of player gaming stations.

7. The gaming device of claim 6, wherein each of the plurality of player gaming stations includes an individual performance display.

8. The gaming device of claim 7, wherein each of the individual performance displays is configured to display summarized game information associated with other ones of the plurality of game stations.

9. The gaming device of claim 6, wherein the performance display is a common display for the plurality of player gaming stations, the common performance display configured to display summarized game information associated with the plurality of player gaming stations.

10. The gaming device of claim 9, wherein the gaining device is a live action table game.

11. The gaming device of claim 10, wherein the performance display includes a visual representation of a layout of the table game.

12. The gaming device of claim 11, wherein the performance display includes an avatar associated with at least one of the player gaming stations.

13. The gaming device of claim 10, wherein the recorder includes a card reading device.

14. The gaming device of claim 10, wherein the recorder includes a camera system having a recognition software program.

15. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein the performance display includes a graphical representation of the summarized game information.

16. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein the performance display includes at least one numerical display associated with the summarized game information.

17. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein the performance display includes a map element that changes shades or colors in response to the summarized game information.

18. The gaming device of claim 17, wherein the map element corresponds to possible outcomes associated with the gaming event.

19. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to identify predetermined outcomes and wherein the performance display is further configured to display the predetermined outcomes on the visual depiction of the summarized game information.

20. A gaming system comprising:

at least one gaming device having at least one player gaming station to allow a player to place a wager on a gaming event, the gaming device including a recorder configured to record game information corresponding to the gaming event and associate the recorded game information with the player;

a server connected to the gaming device through a network, the server including;

a receiver configured to receive the recorded game information from the gaming device,

a memory to store the recorded game information associated with the player, and

a processor configured to summarized the stored game information associated with the player and to generate signals corresponding to a visual depiction of the summarized game information; and

a display visible to the player at the gaming device, the display configured to display the visual depiction of the summarized game information to the player, wherein the display is further configured to compare the summarized game information with a base line metric associated with the summarized game information.

21. The gaming system of claim 20, wherein the gaming device is one of a plurality of gaming devices arranged in a bank of gaming devices, the display being a common display for the bank of gaming devices.

22. The gaining system of claim 21, wherein the display is configured to show summarized game information for the bank of gaming devices.

23. The gaming system of claim 20, further including a remote display configured to show a representation of summarized game information shown on the display.

24. The gaming system of claim 23, wherein the remote display is a wireless mobile device.