Web page constructions with different technology containers

• US 9,269,220 B2
• Filed: 12/13/2013
• Issued: 02/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LNW Gaming Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Bally Gaming Incorporated (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Inventors: Antkowiak, Ryan D., Gazdic, Daniel J., Gura, Damon E., Himawan, Budyanto, Ho, Audrey F. Y., Leverenz, Jeffrey M.
• Primary Examiner(s): RENWICK, REGINALD A
• Application Number:
  US14/106,310
• Publication Number:
  US 20140101537A1
• Time in Patent Office: 802 Days
• Field of Search: 463/31, 709/227, 709/225
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3211 Display means

Abstract

Wagering game systems can leverage web browsers to present wagering game content with a variety of technologies. For instance, an electronic wagering game table can present diverse wagering game content (e.g., multiple wagering games, portal games, social networking applets, hospitality menus, etc.) with a variety of technologies that interface with a web browser. Also, a single wagering game can be constructed from multiple technologies. A wagering game system can implement a framework that dynamically builds up a web page to use multiple technologies for presenting content with a web browser on a wagering game system. The framework can dynamically construct the web page, which can involve modifying objects, embedding objects, removing objects, and replacing objects that correspond to different technologies.

Claims

1. A method of creating a browser based heterogeneous technology ecosystem, the method comprising:

loading, via a web browser, a web page source that comprises configuration code;

executing, by the web browser, the configuration code on a machine that hosts the web browser;

in response to said executing the configuration code,

instantiating an event queue manager that manages an event queue responsive to said executing the configuration code, and

requesting web page construction code that indicates web page elements responsive to said executing the configuration code, wherein the web page elements comprise a first web page element that corresponds to a first technology and a second web page element that corresponds to a second technology;

building up the web page source to include the web page elements in accordance with the web page construction code resulting in a built up web page source; and

rendering the built up web page source, wherein said rendering the built up web page source comprises,

instantiating a first add-on technology container to render the first web page element, and

instantiating a second add-on technology container to render the second web page element.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the first add-on technology container one of executing code of the first web page element in accordance with the first technology and presenting content of the first web page element in accordance with the first technology.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first add-on technology container comprises one of an interpreter, a virtual machine, an audio player, an animation engine, a game engine, and a video player.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said web page source comprises at least one of hypertext markup language and extensible markup language.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said requesting the web page construction code that indicates the web page elements comprises generating a construction code request that indicates at least one of a construction code identifier, a wagering game identifier, a wagering game developer identifier, an operating system of a wagering game machine, and information about the web browser.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a request that indicates an operation for the first web page element of the web page source;

performing the operation on the first web page element, wherein the operation comprises one of removing, modifying, and replacing; and

rendering the web page source after said performing the operation on the first web page element completes.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

terminating the first add-on technology container prior to said performing the operation on the first web page element,

wherein said rendering the web page source after said performing the operation on the first web page element completes comprises re-instantiating the first add-on technology container.

8. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

suspending the first add-on technology container prior to performing the operation on the first web page element,

wherein said rendering the web page source after said performing the operation on the first web page element completes comprises resuming the first add-on technology container.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a request that indicates an operation to insert a new web page element into the web page source, wherein the new web page element corresponds to the first technology;

one of terminating and suspending the first add-on technology container;

inserting the new web page element into the web page source; and

rendering the web page source with the inserted new web page element, wherein said rendering the web page source with the inserted new web page element comprises restoring the first add-on technology container to render the new web page element.

10. One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media, having instructions stored therein, which, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform operations that comprise:

loading, via a web browser, a web page source that comprises configuration code;

executing the configuration code;

instantiating an event queue manager that manages an event queue responsive to said executing the configuration code;

requesting web page construction code that indicates web page elements responsive to said executing the configuration code, wherein the web page elements comprise a first web page element that corresponds to a first technology and a second web page elements that corresponds to a second technology;

building up the web page source to include the web page elements in accordance with the web page construction code resulting in a built up web page source; and

rendering the built up web page source, wherein said rendering the built up web page source comprises, instantiating a first add-on technology container to render the first web page element, and instantiating a second add-on technology container to render the second web page element.

11. The one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 10, further comprising the first add-on technology container one of executing code of the first web page element in accordance with the first technology and presenting content of the first web page element in accordance with the first technology.

12. The one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 11, wherein the first add-on technology container comprises one of an interpreter, a virtual machine, an audio player, an animation engine, a game engine, and a video player.

13. The one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 10, wherein said web page source comprises at least one of hypertext markup language and extensible markup language.

14. The one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 10, wherein said requesting the web page construction code that indicates the web page elements comprises generating a construction code request that indicates at least one of a construction code identifier, a wagering game identifier, a wagering game developer identifier, an operating system of a wagering game machine, and information about the web browser.

15. The one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 10, the operations further comprising:

receiving a request that indicates an operation to insert a new web page element into the web page source, wherein the new web page element corresponds to the first technology;

one of terminating and suspending the first add-on technology container;

inserting the new web page element into the web page source; and

rendering the web page source with the inserted new web page element, wherein said rendering the web page source with the inserted new web page element comprises restoring the first add-on technology container to render the new web page element.

16. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

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a computer readable storage medium having computer usable code executable on the at least one processor, the computer usable code including code to;

load a web page source that comprises configuration code;

execute the confirmation code;

instantiate an event queue manager that manages an event queue responsive to said execution of the confirmation code;

request web page construction code that indicates web page elements responsive to said execution of the confirmation code, wherein the web page elements comprise a first web page element that correspond to a first technology and a second web page elements that correspond to a second web page technology;

build up the web page source to include the web page elements in accordance with the web page construction code resulting in built up web page source; and

render the built up web page source wherein said code to render the built up web page source comprises code to

instantiate a first add-on technology container to render the first web page element, and

instantiate a second add-on technology container to render the second web page element.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising code to:

cause the first add-on technology container to one of execute code of the first web page element in accordance with the first technology and present content of the first web page element in accordance with the first technology.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the first add-on technology container comprises one of an interpreter, a virtual machine, an audio player, an animation engine, and a video player.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein said web page source comprises at least one of hypertext markup language and extensible markup language.

20. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the code to request the web page construction code that indicates the web page elements comprises code to generate a construction code request that indicates at least one of a construction code identifier, a wagering game identifier, a wagering game developer identifier, an operating system of a wagering game machine, and information about a web browser.