Data based awards for an electronic gaming device

• US 8,337,309 B2
• Filed: 02/14/2005
• Issued: 12/25/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AIM Management, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Douglas M. Okuniewicz
• Inventors: Okuniewicz, Douglas M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pandya, Sunit
• Application Number:
  US11/057,529
• Publication Number:
  US 20060154727A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,871 Days
• Field of Search: 463/1, 463/25, 463 16- 22, 463/31, 463/35, 463 39- 43, 273/138.1, 273/138.2, 273/139, 273/142.K, 273/143.R, 273/440
• US Class Current: 463/41
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3248 involving non-monetary media of fixed value, e.g. casino chips of fixed value
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3253 involving articles, e.g. paying in bottles, paying out toys
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/329 Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards

Abstract

A electronic gaming device that distributes data based awards has been developed. The gaming device includes an outcome processor that determines certain machine events and an award delivery device that delivers data based awards in response to the machine events.

Claims

1. An electronic gaming device comprising:

a wager input for receiving a wager;

a display device for displaying an outcome associated with the wager;

an outcome processor that determines a machine event; and

an electronic award delivery device that pays a player with a copy of a digital key in an end usable and player portable form in response to the machine event where the digital key is electronically actuable on a separate non-gaming device.

2. An electronic gaming device comprising:

a wager input for receiving a wager;

a display device for displaying an outcome associated with the wager;

an outcome processor that determines a machine event; and

an electronic award delivery device that pays a player with a copy of a password in an end usable and player portable form in response to the machine event where the password is electronically actuable on a separate non-gaming device.

3. An electronic gaming device comprising:

a wager input for receiving a wager;

a display device for displaying an outcome associated with the wager;

an outcome processor that determines a machine event; and

an electronic award delivery device that pays a player with a copy of an image in an end usable and player portable form in response to the machine event where the image is electronically actuable on a separate non-gaming device.

4. An electronic gaming device comprising:

a wager input for receiving a wager;

a display device for displaying an outcome associated with the wager;

an outcome processor that determines a machine event; and

an electronic award delivery device that pays a player with a copy of a lottery entry in an end usable and player portable form in response to the machine event where the lottery entry is electronically actuable on a separate non-gaming device.

5. An electronic gaming device comprising:

a wager input for receiving a wager;

a display device for displaying an outcome associated with the wager;

an outcome processor that determines a machine event; and

an electronic award delivery device that pays a player with a copy of a ring tone for a cellular telephone in an end usable and player portable form in response to the machine event where the ringtone is electronically actuable on a separate non-gaming device.

6. An electronic gaming device comprising:

a wager input for receiving a wager;

a display device for displaying an outcome associated with the wager;

an outcome processor that determines a machine event; and

an electronic award delivery device that pays a player with a copy of a telephonic communication in an end usable and player portable form in response to the machine event where the telephonic communication is electronically actuable on a separate non-gaming device.

7. An electronic gaming device comprising:

a wager input for receiving a wager;

a display device for displaying an outcome associated with the wager;

a processor that controls electronic casino gaming device outputs and responds to electronic casino gaming device inputs; and

an electronic award delivery device that delivers electronically actuable proprietary awards in an end usable and player portable data form to a cellular telephone provided by a player in response to the gaming device inputs or the gaming device outputs where the proprietary awards are player actuable in a casino and away from a casino.

8. An electronic gaming device comprising:

a wager input for receiving a wager;

a display device for displaying an outcome associated with the wager;

a processor that controls electronic casino gaming device outputs and responds to electronic casino gaming device inputs; and

an electronic award delivery device that delivers electronically actuable proprietary awards in an end useable and player portable data form to a personal digital assistant provided by a player in response to the gaming device inputs or the gaming device outputs where the proprietary awards are player actuable in a casino and away from a casino.

9. An electronic gaming device comprising:

a wager input for receiving a wager;

a display device for displaying an outcome associated with the wager;

a processor that controls electronic casino gaming device outputs and responds to electronic casino gaming device inputs; and

an electronic award delivery device that delivers electronically actuable proprietary awards in an end useable and portable data form to a medium or device that is USB compatible provided by a player in response to the gaming device inputs or the gaming device outputs where the proprietary awards are player actuable in a casino and away from a casino.

10. An electronic gaming device comprising:

a wager input for receiving a wager;

a display device for displaying an outcome associated with the wager;

a processor that controls electronic casino gaming device outputs and responds to electronic casino gaming device inputs; and

an electronic award delivery device that delivers electronically actuable proprietary awards in an end usable and player portable data form to a USB flash drive provided by a player in response to the gaming device inputs or the gaming device outputs where the proprietary awards are player actuable in a casino and away from a casino.

11. An electronic gaming device comprising:

a wager input for receiving a wager;

a display device for displaying an outcome associated with the wager;

a processor that controls electronic casino gaming device outputs and responds to electronic casino gaming device inputs; and

an electronic award delivery device that delivers electronically actuable proprietary awards in an end usable and player portable data form to a handheld game console provided by a player in response to the gaming device inputs or the gaming device outputs where the proprietary awards are player actuable in a casino and away from a casino.

12. An electronic gaming device comprising:

a wager input for receiving a wager;

a display device for displaying an outcome associated with the wager;

a processor that controls electronic casino gaming device outputs and responds to electronic casino gaming device inputs; and

an electronic award delivery device that delivers electronically actuable proprietary awards in an end usable and player portable data form to an MP3 player provided by a player in response to the gaming device inputs or the gaming device outputs where the proprietary awards are player actuable in a casino and away from a casino.

13. An electronic gaming device comprising:

a wager input for receiving a wager;

a display device for displaying an outcome associated with the wager;

a processor that controls electronic casino gaming device outputs and responds to electronic casino gaming device inputs; and

an electronic award delivery device that delivers electronically actuable proprietary awards in an end usable and player portable data form to a video display device provided by a player in response to the gaming device inputs or the gaming device outputs where the proprietary awards are player actuable in a casino and away from a casino.

14. An electronic gaming device comprising:

a wager input for receiving a wager;

a display device for displaying an outcome associated with the wager;

a processor that controls electronic casino gaming device outputs and responds to electronic casino gaming device inputs; and

an electronic award delivery device that delivers electronically actuable proprietary awards in an end usable and player portable data form to an audiovisual device provided by a player in response to the gaming device inputs or the gaming device outputs where the proprietary awards are player actuable in a casino and away from a casino.

15. An electronic gaming device comprising:

a wager input for receiving a wager;

a display device for displaying an outcome associated with the wager;

a processor that controls electronic casino gaming device outputs and responds to electronic casino gaming device inputs; and

an electronic award delivery device that delivers electronically actuable proprietary awards in an end usable and player portable data form to a personal computer provided by a player in response to the gaming device inputs or the gaming device outputs where the proprietary awards are player actuable in a casino and away from a casino.

16. An electronic gaming device comprising:

a wager input for receiving a wager;

a display device for displaying an outcome associated with the wager;

a processor that controls electronic casino gaming device outputs and responds to electronic casino gaming device inputs; and

an electronic award delivery device that delivers electronically actuable proprietary awards in an end useable and player portable data form to a digital video recorder provided by a player in response to the gaming device inputs or the gaming device outputs where the proprietary awards are player actuable in a casino and away from a casino.

17. An electronic gaming device comprising:

a wager input for receiving a wager;

a display device for displaying an outcome associated with the wager;

a processor that controls electronic casino gaming device outputs and responds to electronic casino gaming device inputs; and

an electronic award delivery device that delivers electronically actuable proprietary awards in an end usable and player portable data form to a camera provided by a player in response to the gaming device inputs or the gaming device outputs where the proprietary awards are player actuable in a casino and away from a casino.

18. An electronic gaming device comprising:

a wager input for receiving a wager;

a display device for displaying an outcome associated with the wager;

a processor that controls electronic casino gaming device outputs and responds to electronic casino gaming device inputs; and

an electronic award delivery device that delivers electronically actuable proprietary awards via a Universal Serial Bus connection in an end usable and player portable data form to a medium or device provided by a player in response to the gaming device inputs or the gaming device outputs where the proprietary awards are player actuable in a casino and away from a casino.

19. An electronic gaming device comprising:

a wager input for receiving a wager;

a display device for displaying an outcome associated with the wager;

a processor that controls electronic casino gaming device outputs and responds to electronic casino gaming device inputs; and

an electronic award delivery device that delivers electronically actuable proprietary awards via a FireWire connection in an end usable and player portable data form to a medium or device provided by a player in response to the gaming device inputs or the gaming device outputs where the proprietary awards are player actuable in a casino and away from a casino.

20. An electronic gaming device comprising:

a wager input for receiving a wager;

a display device for displaying an outcome associated with the wager;

a processor that controls electronic casino gaming device outputs and responds to electronic casino gaming device inputs; and

an electronic award delivery device that delivers electronically actuable proprietary awards via a wireless connection in an end usable and player portable data form to a medium or device provided by a player in response to the gaming device inputs or the gaming device outputs where the proprietary awards are player actuable in a casino and away from a casino.

21. An electronic gaming device comprising:

a wager input for receiving a wager;

a display device for displaying an outcome associated with the wager;

a processor that controls electronic casino gaming device outputs and responds to electronic casino gaming device inputs; and

an electronic award delivery device that delivers electronically actuable proprietary awards via a cellular telephone network connection in an end usable and player portable data form to a medium or device provided by a player in response to the gaming device inputs or the gaming device outputs where the proprietary awards are player actuable in a casino and away from a casino.

22. An electronic gaming device comprising:

a wager input for receiving a wager;

a display device for displaying an outcome associated with the wager;

an outcome processor that determines machine events; and

an award delivery device that awards a player an electronic award and delivers the electronic award to a medium or device provided by the player in response to the machine events where the electronic award is a copy selected from the group consisting essentially of;

a program, content, a digital key, a game program, business software, a word processor, a photography program, an entertainment program, a software based application, a GPS program, cellular phone programming, a ring tone, a screensaver, an audio file, an MP3 file, a WMA file, an ACC file, a video game, video game content, a movie, a TV episode, a bonus game, an image file, an audio novel, a screensaver representative of a player'"'"'s status where the player owns the delivered copy.

23. An electronic gaming system for a slot machine, comprising:

a wager input for receiving a wager;

a display device for displaying an outcome associated with the wager;

an outcome processor operative to determine a gambling outcome;

a player activated input device operative to provide wagering information and instructions to the slot machine;

an output device operative to display the gambling outcome to a player;

a memory device containing a data based award where the award is an MPEG file that contains a copy of a movie;

a modem device operative to connect the slot machine to the Internet;

an email client operative to receive email commands from the slot machine;

an award delivery program executed by the slot machine where the award delivery program commands the email client to attach the MPEG file to an email addressed to a player and send the email and attachment to the player; and

a player'"'"'s email client operative to receive the email containing the MPEG file sent by the slot machine.