GENERATING A SCORE RELATED TO PLAY ON GAMING DEVICES

• US 20120135800A1
• Filed: 01/31/2012
• Published: 05/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Acres Technology
• Original Assignee: Patent Investment & Licensing Company
• Inventors: Acres, John F.
• Granted Patent: US 9,666,015 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/25
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3211 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/322 Casino tables, e.g. tables having integrated screens, chip detection means
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/323 wherein the player is informed, e.g. advertisements, odds, instructions
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3234 about the performance of a gaming system, e.g. revenue, diagnosis of the gaming system
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3237 about the players, e.g. profiling, responsible gaming, strategy/behavior of players, location of players
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3239 Tracking of individual players
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3241 Security aspects of a gaming system, e.g. detecting cheating, device integrity, surveillance computer security G06F21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3246 involving coins and/or banknotes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3258 Cumulative reward schemes, e.g. jackpots
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3288 Betting, e.g. on live events, bookmaking

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to generating and displaying a score related to the results of wagering by a player on an electronic gaming machine. In one embodiment, a method for generating a score related to play on at least one electronic gaming device includes tracking the amount wagered on the gaming device, tracking the amount awarded by the gaming device, and generating a score related to the tracked amounts.

Claims

1. A method for generating a score related to play on at least one electronic gaming device comprising:

tracking an amount wagered on the at least one gaming device;

tracking an amount awarded by the at least one gaming device;

dividing the tracked amount awarded by the tracked amount wagered to generate an actual hold number;

comparing the actual hold number to a predefined table; and

generating a score related to the comparison.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the tracked amounts are related to a single gaming device.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the tracked amounts are related to a single player of the gaming device.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein the tracked amounts are related to multiple players of the gaming device.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the tracked amounts are related to a single player of multiple gaming devices.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the predefined table includes a theoretical hold number for an identified wager segment the gaming device.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising generating scores for multiple players and displaying at least some of the scores.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising generating a visible display related to the score.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the player may reset the tracked amounts to respective initial values after completion of a gaming event.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the tracked amounts are reset after a predetermined number of credits are wagered.

9. A method for generating a score related to play on an electronic gaming device comprising:

defining a total wager amount for a score tracking session;

tracking an amount awarded by the gaming device in response to wagers placed up to the defined total wager amount;

dividing the tracked amount awarded by the total wager amount to generate an actual hold number; and

generating a score for the score tracking session that is a function of the actual hold number.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the total wager amount is defined in response to a player input prior to the score tracking session.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein the total wager amount is defined by an input from a casino operator.

14. A method for generating a score on a gaming device associated with a player, the method comprising:

associating a player identifying mark with the player;

initiating a score tracking session;

tracking credits wagered by the player over a plurality of gaming sessions during the score tracking session;

tracking credits awarded to the player over the plurality of gaming sessions during the score tracking session;

ending the score tracking session;

calculating a final player score by dividing the tracked credits wagered by the tracked credits awarded during the score tracking session; and

displaying the player score with the player identifying mark.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the score tracking session is ended after a predetermined number of gaming sessions have been completed.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the score tracking session is ended after a predetermined amount of credits has been wagered.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the score tracking session is ended after a predetermined amount of time has passed.

18. A gaming system comprising:

a gaming device including;

a player identification device to identify a player playing the gaming device,

a processor to track an amount of credits wagered on the gaming device, track an amount of credits awarded on the gaming device, divide the tracked amounts awarded by the tracked amounts wagered to generate an actual hold value, and generate a score based on the actual hold value, and

a score display to display the score generated by the processor; and

a server coupled to the gaming device over a network, the server including a player database to store player information, wherein the player information stored in the database includes scores generated for respective identified players.

19. The gaming system of claim 18, wherein the scores generated for identified players stored in the database includes a ranked list of scores associated with a player.

20. The gaming system of claim 19, wherein the gaming device further includes a player top score display to show a predetermined number of top scores from the ranked list of scores associated with an identified player.

21. The gaming system of claim 19, wherein the ranked list of scores associated with a player includes a ranked list of scores associated with a particular gaming device.

22. The gaming system of claim 19, wherein the ranked list of scores associated with a player includes a ranked list of scores associated with a particular type of gaming device.

23. The gaming system of claim 19, wherein the ranked list of scores associated with a player includes a ranked list of scores associated with a gaming location or plurality of related gaming locations.

24. The gaming system of claim 18, wherein the gaming device further includes a device score portion to display a ranked list of top scores associated with the gaming device.

25. The gaming system of claim 24, wherein the gaming device further includes a device score portion to display a ranked list of top scores associated with a particular type of gaming device.

26. The gaming system of claim 24, wherein the gaming device further includes a device score portion to display a ranked list of top scores associated with gaming location or plurality of related gaming locations.

27. The gaming system of claim 18, wherein the scores generated for identified players stored in the database includes a ranked list of scores associated with a first group of players.

28. The gaming system of claim 27, wherein the server is configured to award a bonus prize to a highest ranked player from the ranked list of scores associated with the first group of players.

29. The gaming system of claim 27, wherein scores generated for identified players stored in the database further includes a ranked list of scores associated with a second group of players.

30. The gaming system of claim 29, wherein the server is configured to award a bonus prize to the first or second group of players based on the respective ranked lists of scores associated with the first and second group of players.