Optimized Power Consumption in a Network of Gaming Devices

• US 20160240044A1
• Filed: 04/25/2016
• Published: 08/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Incorporated (Aristocrat Leisure Limited)
• Original Assignee: Binh Nguyen
• Inventors: Nguyen, Binh
• Granted Patent: US 10,249,134 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3202 Hardware aspects of a gaming system, e.g. components, construction, architecture thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3223 Architectural aspects of a gaming system, e.g. internal configuration, master/slave, wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3227 Configuring a gaming machine, e.g. downloading personal settings, selecting working parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 9/00 Circuit arrangements for emergency or stand-by power supply, e.g. for emergency lighting

Abstract

In one embodiment, a gaming system, method, and device may have a memory having a plurality of power management rules and a processor configured to receive a power status information from at least one secondary gaming device, retrieve at least one power management rule from the memory, and configure a power state of the gaming device based on the power status information received from the at least one secondary gaming device and the at least one power management rule.

Claims

1. A gaming device, comprising:

a memory having a plurality of power management rules; and

a processor configured to;

receive a power status information from at least one secondary gaming device;

retrieve at least one power management rule from the memory; and

set a power state of the gaming device based on the power status information received from the at least one secondary gaming device and the at least one power management rule,

wherein the gaming device is one of a plurality of gaming devices coupled to a network, wherein the secondary gaming device is another one of the plurality of gaming devices, and

wherein the gaming device and the secondary gaming device are proximately located in an establishment and within a predetermined zone within the establishment.

2. The gaming device of claim 1, further comprising an activity monitoring device.

3. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to transmit the power state of the gaming device to other gaming devices in the plurality of gaming devices.

4. The gaming device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to transmit power reconfiguration instructions to at least one other of the gaming devices.

5. A system for controlling power consumption in a plurality of gaming devices coupled to a network, comprising:

a first gaming device configured to;

retrieve a first power control rule;

configure a power state of the first gaming device based on the first power control rule; and

transmit the power state of the first gaming device to a second gaming device;

the second gaming device configured to;

receive the power state of the first gaming device;

retrieve a second power control rule; and

configure a power state of the second gaming device based on the power state of the first gaming device and the second power control rule.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the first gaming device is configured to transmit the power state of the first gaming device to two or more of the plurality of gaming devices, including the second gaming machine, based on a propagation pattern.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the propagation pattern includes a set of instructions to the two or more of the plurality of gaming devices to transmit the power state of the first gaming device.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein the first gaming device is further configured to transmit reconfiguration instructions to at least one of a plurality of non-gaming devices.

9. A method for controlling power consumption in a plurality of gaming devices interconnected via one or more networks, comprising:

receiving, at a first gaming device of the plurality of gaming devices, a power operating parameter from at least one other gaming device of the plurality of gaming devices;

retrieving, at the first gaming device, at least one power control rule; and

configuring a power state of the first gaming device based on the power operating parameter from the at least one other gaming device and the at least one power control rule.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the method comprises:

obtaining the at least one power control rule from a rules database accessible by the first gaming device.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the plurality of gaming devices are associated with an establishment, and internal to the establishment are a plurality of user-defined geographic zones.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the method comprises:

transmitting the power state of the first gaming device to other of the gaming devices in the same user-defined zone as the first gaming device.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the transmitting comprises:

retrieving a propagation pattern from a rules database.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the method comprises:

determining a power state for a plurality of the other gaming devices based in part on the propagation pattern.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the method comprises:

receiving a power operating parameter from at least one of the other gaming devices; and

configuring the power state of the first gaming device in response to the power operating parameter from the at least one of the other gaming devices.