Spontaneous player preferences

• US 9,875,606 B2
• Filed: 02/25/2014
• Issued: 01/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Incorporated (Aristocrat Leisure Limited)
• Original Assignee: Nguyen Gaming LLC
• Inventors: Nguyen, Binh T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Suhol, Dmitry
• Assistant Examiner(s): LARSEN, CARL VICTOR
• Application Number:
  US14/189,948
• Publication Number:
  US 20140179431A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,428 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/323 wherein the player is informed, e.g. advertisements, odds, instructions

Abstract

An apparatus, method, and system to present at least one game offering on a display of a gaming machine may include a portable electronic device having a processor operative with a spontaneous interest data application to acquire spontaneous interest data. A memory may store the spontaneous interest data and the spontaneous interest data application. The spontaneous interest data application may save the spontaneous interest data to the memory, and a data transfer interface can transfer the spontaneous interest data to a second device.

Claims

1. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a camera;

a processor operative with a spontaneous interest data application, the processor configured to;

acquire one or more spontaneous interest data based on at least one user action, the at least one user action being used to initiate capture of an image, using the camera, to acquire the spontaneous interest data, the captured image used to acquire the spontaneous interest data pertains to a picture of at least a portion of a gaming machine within a gaming establishment or an object within a gaming establishment; and

identify at least one user interest offering based on the spontaneous interest data; and

a memory configured to store the spontaneous interest data; and

a display to display the identified at least one user interest offering,

wherein the at least one user interest offering includes at least one offering associated with the gaming establishment, and wherein the at least one offering is at least one table game offering.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the user action is a spontaneous user action.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, where the processor is further configured to:

evaluate and prioritize the one or more spontaneous interest data; and

periodically update the at least one user interest offering.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the processor is configured to determine whether a second device associated with the at least one user interest offering is available,

wherein the one or more spontaneous interest data is prioritized based on whether the second device is available.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive a selection of one of the at least one user interest offering;

determine whether the selected at least one user interest offering is available; and

present one or more alternative products if it is determined that the selected at least one user interest offering is not available.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one user interest offering is based on a location of the portable electronic device.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the identified at least one user interest offering is a list of a plurality of user interest offerings.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one user interest offering is based on a location of the electronic device.

9. A spontaneous player preferences system, comprising

at least one portable electronic device configured to acquire a plurality of spontaneous interest data based on a user action, each of the at least portable electronic devices including:

an imaging device;

a processor configured to;

acquire one or more spontaneous interest data based on at least one user action, the at least one user action being used to initiate capture of an image, using the imaging device, to acquire the spontaneous interest data, the captured image used to acquire the spontaneous interest data made available within a gaming establishment; and

identify at least one user interest offering based on the spontaneous interest data;

a memory configured to store the one or more spontaneous interest data; and

a data transfer interface configured to facilitate transfer of the plurality of spontaneous interest data; and

a gaming device configured to communicate with the at least one portable electronic device via the data transfer interface to receive the plurality of spontaneous interest data, the gaming device configured to present at least one user interest offering.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising a gaming server configured to communicate with the at least one portable electronic device and the gaming device, the gaming server configured to:

evaluate the plurality of spontaneous interest data to determine the at least one user interest offering being presented on the gaming device, the presented at least one user interested offering based on the plurality of spontaneous interest data; and

update the at least one user interest offering.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the plurality of spontaneous interest data is prioritized based on a number of times a pre-defined group of spontaneous interest data is captured.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the plurality of spontaneous interest data is prioritized based on a plurality of historical spontaneous interest data.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the gaming server is configured to periodically update the at least one user interest offering, and wherein the at least one user interest offering includes at least one table game offering.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the at least one user interest offering is based on a location of the portable electronic device.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one portable electronic device further comprises:

a sensor configured to detect a positional change of the portable electronic device,

wherein the positional change is associated with at least one user action sensed by the spontaneous interest data application during capture of the image or identification of the spontaneous interest data.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the spontaneous interest data pertains to a picture of at least a portion of a gaming machine within a gaming establishment or an object within a gaming establishment.

17. A method for presenting at least one user interest offering on a display of a gaming device, comprising:

acquiring one or more spontaneous interest data based on at least one user action, the at least one user action being used to initiate capture of an image using an image acquisition device, the captured image used to acquire the spontaneous interest data pertains to a picture of at least a portion of a gaming machine within a gaming establishment or an object within a gaming establishment;

identifying at least one user interest offering based on the spontaneous interest data;

storing the spontaneous interest data; and

displaying the identified at least one user interest offering,

wherein the at least one user interest offering includes at least one table game offering,

wherein the gaming device is a portable electronic device.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the identifying of the at lest one user interest offering is further based on a location of the gaming device.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising evaluating and prioritizing the plurality of spontaneous interest data.

20. A method for presenting at least one user interest offering on a display of a gaming device, comprising:

acquiring one or more spontaneous interest data based on at least one user action, the at least one user action being used to initiate capture of an image, using an image acquisition device, to acquire the spontaneous interest data, the captured image used to acquire the spontaneous interest data pertains to a picture of at least a portion of a gaming machine within a gaming establishment or an object within a gaming establishment;

identifying at least one user interest offering based on the spontaneous interest data;

storing the spontaneous interest data;

displaying the identified at least one user interest offering;

receiving a selection to play at least one user interest offering;

determining a location of a second device compatible with the selected at least one user interest offering;

determining if the second device is available;

presenting one or more alternative products if the second device is not available; and

presenting the location of the second device if the second device is available.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the presenting one or more alternative products includes at least an availability estimate or location of a third device that is available.

22. The method of claim 20, further comprising transmitting the selected user interest offering to the second device if the second device is available.

23. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a camera;

a processor operative with a spontaneous interest data application, the processor configured to;

acquire one or more spontaneous interest data based on at least one user action, the at least one user action being used to initiate capture of an image, the captured image used to acquire the spontaneous interest data is presented throughout a gaming establishment;

evaluate and prioritize the one or more spontaneous interest data;

periodically update the at least one user interest offering; and

identify at least one user interest offering based on the spontaneous interest data; and

a display to display the identified at least one user interest offering.

24. The electronic device of claim 23, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive a selection of one of the at least one user interest offering;

determine whether the selected at least one user interest offering is available; and

present one or more alternative products if it is determined that the selected at least one user interest offering is not available.

25. The electronic device of claim 23, wherein the at least one offering is at least one table game offering.