Gaming device with customizable template for advertising display

• US 20080004097A1
• Filed: 06/30/2006
• Published: 01/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Original Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Inventors: Ashman, Kevin, Kaminkow, Joseph E., Jones, Aaron, Maya, Darren
• Application Number:
  US11/480,080
• Publication Number:
  US 20080004097A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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

Abstract

The invention provides for generating a customizable gaming-machine template for advertising on a gaming-machine. A customizable template may be generated to allow a user, such as a casino or licensee, to customize secondary gaming information to be displayed on the gaming-machine. The user may select what type of information is to be displayed, when is it displayed (e.g., times of days), triggers for its display (e.g., particular states of the gaming-machine) and a format for its display (e.g., size, shape, device, colors, display locations, etc.).

Claims

1. A gaming-machine having a user customizable template, comprising:

a master gaming controller for controlling one or more games played on the gaming-machine, each game comprising;

receiving a wager on an outcome of the game;

determining an outcome for the game;

presenting the outcome for the game;

a PCI bus for communication between the master gaming controller and at least one device connected to the PCI bus;

an interface in communication with the master gaming controller to receive an approved portable memory device having at least one approved gaming software therein;

an authenticator in communication with the master gaming controller via the PCI bus to authenticate the portable memory device;

a non-volatile memory that communicates with the master gaming controller to store the at least one approved gaming software;

a menu generator in communication with the master game controller via the PCI bus to generate the template listing a plurality of advertising images to be selected by a user, the plurality of advertising images embedded within the approved gaming software;

a slave processor in communication with the master gaming controller via the PCI bus to process the selected advertising image for display on a gaming-machine.

2. The gaming-machine of claim 1 further comprising a gaming-machine display to display the selected advertising images processed by the master gaming controller.

3. The gaming-machine of claim 1 wherein the at least one advertising image further comprises at least one upcoming game advertising image having a time stamp.

4. The gaming-machine of claim 1 wherein the timing to display the advertising image corresponds to a state of the gaming-machine.

5. The gaming-machine of claim 2 wherein the selected advertising images are displayed on a scrolling ticker.

6. The gaming-machine of claim 2 wherein the selected advertising images are displayed on a top, bottom, and side of the display.

7. The gaming-machine of claim 2 wherein the selected advertising images are flashed into the display.

8. The gaming-machine of claim 2 wherein the display is an active video platform operating system to allow a player to obtain instant information about the advertisement.

9. The gaming-machine of claim 10 wherein the advertising image is time sensitive.

10. The gaming-machine of claim 1 wherein the menu generator is only accessible in an operator mode.

11. The gaming-machine of claim 1 wherein the menu generator further comprises a preview mode to preview the selected advertising images.

12. A method for creating a gaming-machine customizable template, comprising:

inserting an approved portable memory device into a gaming-machine, the memory device having at least one approved gaming software;

authenticating the memory device by a master game controller;

generating the template by a menu generator having a plurality of advertising images to be displayed by a master gaming controller, the advertising images embedded into the approved gaming software;

selecting by a user at least one of the advertising images to be displayed on a gaming-machine display;

previewing the selected advertising image on the gaming-machine display.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the selecting further comprises matching the selected advertising image to be displayed with at least one state of the gaming-machine.

14. The method of claim 12 further comprising storing the selected advertising image to a memory coupled to the master gaming controller.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein the memory is a non-volatile random access memory.

16. The method of claim 12 wherein the previewing further comprises displaying the selected advertising image on a scrolling ticker.

17. The method of claim 12 wherein the previewing further comprises displaying the selected advertising image on a bottom, top, and side of the display.

18. The method of claim 12 wherein the previewing further comprises flashing the selected advertising image on the display.

19. The method of claim 12 wherein the gaming-machine display is an active video platform to allow a gaming-machine player to obtain instant information about the advertisement.

20. The method of claim 12 wherein the advertising image is time sensitive and comprises a time stamp.