Account-Based Gaming System Progressive Award Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current progressive award systems in wagering games are costly to design, implement, and maintain, and require periodic reconciliation between independent systems, leading to errors and a lack of seamless integration with base games and accounting systems, which affects player engagement and operational efficiency.
Innovation Solution
An account-based gaming system that assigns ownership of progressive game instances to accounts within a centralized accounting system, allowing for direct financial transactions and eliminating the need for separate infrastructure, enabling seamless integration and real-time accounting of progressive awards.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If independent progressive award systems with separate hardware and network infrastructure are used, then progressive awards can be monitored and contributions determined, but system complexity and cost increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the progressive award system with the gaming terminal's existing accounting system by assigning account ownership to the game instance. This integration eliminates the need for separate progressive award hardware and network infrastructure, reducing system complexity while maintaining monitoring accuracy through the unified accounting framework.
Solution Approach 2:
The gaming terminal's accounting system is designed to serve multiple functions: it handles both the base gaming operations and progressive award tracking simultaneously. By making the accounting system universal, the patent eliminates dedicated progressive award infrastructure while maintaining the ability to monitor contributions and distribute awards accurately.
2Measurement precision
If independent progressive award systems are implemented, then award contributions can be monitored, but periodic reconciliation is required leading to errors and time loss
Solution Approach 1:
By combining progressive award tracking with the gaming terminal's accounting system, the patent eliminates the need for periodic reconciliation between separate systems. The unified accounting framework ensures that award contributions are monitored continuously and accurately without requiring separate reconciliation processes, thereby saving time and reducing errors.
3Reliability
If proprietary protocols are used for communication with gaming terminals, then progressive award monitoring is enabled, but implementation and maintenance costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the accounting system universal, allowing it to handle both base gaming operations and progressive award tracking using the same protocols and infrastructure. This eliminates the need for separate proprietary communication protocols for progressive awards, reducing implementation and maintenance costs while maintaining communication reliability through the unified system.
4Adaptability or versatility
If seamless integration of base games, bonus games, progressive awards, and electronic data is provided, then player engagement improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs the accounting system to be universal, capable of handling multiple game types (base games, bonus games), progressive awards, and electronic data integration within a single framework. This multi-functional approach enables seamless integration that enhances player engagement while avoiding the need for separate specialized systems that would increase overall complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
Apparatus, systems, architectures, and methods provide instrumentality to assign a game instance as an account owner in a gaming system and to convey owner functions in the gaming system to the game instance.