Controlling mechanical outcome indicators of gaming machines
First Claim
1. A gaming system comprising:
- a display device;
an input device configured to detect a physical item associated with a monetary value that establishes a credit balance; and
game-logic circuitry including a primary controller and a secondary controller, the primary controller configured to;
receive an initiation input indicative of a wager covered by the credit balance to initiate and play a primary wagering game,in response to the initiation input, actuate a mechanical outcome indicator in a first instance to display an outcome of the primary wagering game, andin response to a cashout input, initiate a payout from the credit balance; and
the secondary controller configured to;
receive a secondary game user input;
in response to the secondary game user input, generate a command causing the primary controller to actuate the mechanical outcome indicator in a second instance to display an outcome associated with a secondary game; and
generate modified output data for display on the display device by processing graphics data for the primary wagering game to include secondary graphics data.
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Abstract
The present invention describes a system having a gaming machine using game circuitry logic and a primary controller to perform a primary wagering game. The system may further include a secondary controller using mechanical components of the gaming machine to perform secondary wagering games. The secondary controller is configured to actuate and control mechanical components of the gaming machine system controlled by the primary controller. The secondary controller further combines output of the primary and secondary wagering games to generate a unified graphical user interface displayed on a display device of the gaming machine. The secondary controller also actively translates input and output coordinate data between each of the primary and secondary controller graphical user interfaces and the unified graphical user interface.
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20 Claims
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1. A gaming system comprising:
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a display device; an input device configured to detect a physical item associated with a monetary value that establishes a credit balance; and game-logic circuitry including a primary controller and a secondary controller, the primary controller configured to; receive an initiation input indicative of a wager covered by the credit balance to initiate and play a primary wagering game, in response to the initiation input, actuate a mechanical outcome indicator in a first instance to display an outcome of the primary wagering game, and in response to a cashout input, initiate a payout from the credit balance; and the secondary controller configured to; receive a secondary game user input; in response to the secondary game user input, generate a command causing the primary controller to actuate the mechanical outcome indicator in a second instance to display an outcome associated with a secondary game; and generate modified output data for display on the display device by processing graphics data for the primary wagering game to include secondary graphics data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-implemented method in a gaming system having one or more electronic input devices, a display device, and game-logic circuitry including a primary controller and a secondary controller, the method comprising the steps of:
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detecting, via at least one of the one or more electronic input devices, a physical item associated with a monetary value that establishes a credit balance; receiving, by the primary controller, an initiation input via at least one of the one or more electronic input devices indicative of a wager covered by the credit balance to initiate and play a primary wagering game, in response to the initiation input, actuating a mechanical outcome indicator in a first instance to display an outcome of the primary wagering game; receiving, by the primary controller, a cashout input via at least one of the one or more electronic input devices initiating a payout from the credit balance; receiving, by the secondary controller, a secondary game user input; in response to the secondary game user input, generating a command by the secondary controller causing the primary controller to actuate the mechanical outcome indicator in a second instance to display an outcome associated with a secondary game; and generating, by the secondary controller, modified output data for display on the display device by processing graphics data for the primary wagering game to include secondary graphics data. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer-implemented method in a gaming system having one or more electronic input devices and game-logic circuitry, at least one of the one or more electronic input devices configured to detect a physical item associated with a monetary value that establishes a credit balance and the game-logic circuitry including a primary controller and a secondary controller, the primary controller configured to control actuation of a mechanical outcome indicator for a wagering game in response to an input indicative of a wager covered by the credit balance initiating the wagering game, the method comprising:
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receiving, by the primary controller, an event list request from the secondary controller; in response to the receiving, sending, by the primary controller, a list of events to the secondary controller; subscribing, by the secondary controller, to an event in the list of events; in response to the event, forwarding, by the primary controller, the event to the secondary controller; in response to the forwarding, generating, by the secondary controller, a command causing the primary controller to actuate the mechanical outcome indicator; and receiving, by the primary controller via at least one of the one or more electronic input devices, a cashout input that initiates a payout from the credit balance. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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