Central Controller for Synchronized Multi-Device Game Coordination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional slot machines lack innovative features to enhance player engagement and entertainment beyond basic games, particularly in offering synchronized second games that allow participation from multiple devices with varying bet methods and payout rates.
Innovation Solution
A game system comprising multiple devices executing basic games, a central controller for coordinating second games, and separate second game devices, enabling participation and payout calculations across devices with different bet methods and payout rates, and allowing players to choose between basic and second games based on predetermined conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a single slot machine executes both basic game and second game, then device complexity is reduced, but player engagement and entertainment value are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides game execution into separate components: basic games are executed by individual slot machine devices, while second games are executed by a separate second game device. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently and enables multiple devices to participate in the second game simultaneously, enhancing player engagement without overcomplicating individual device architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The second game device serves multiple functions: it executes second games for multiple different slot machine devices, manages bet information from various devices, and coordinates game results across the network. This multi-functionality allows a single centralized system to serve multiple purposes, improving adaptability while maintaining relative simplicity in individual devices.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple devices participate in second game with different bet methods, then entertainment value increases, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The center controller acts as an intermediary between multiple slot machine devices and the second game device. It receives bet information from various devices with different bet methods, standardizes the data format, and transmits unified bet information to the second game device. This intermediary layer abstracts the complexity of handling diverse bet methods, allowing the system to support multiple devices without proportionally increasing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts parameters such as payout rates and bet methods based on the specific slot machine device and game conditions. The center controller and second game device can modify payout structures and game parameters in real-time, allowing flexible adaptation to different devices and player preferences while maintaining a unified game execution framework.
3Measurement precision
If second game results are calculated centrally, then measurement precision of payouts is improved, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The center controller performs preliminary processing by receiving and validating bet information from multiple devices before the second game begins. It pre-calculates and prepares payout structures and game parameters, so that when the second game executes, the actual result calculation can proceed more quickly with ready-to-use reference data, reducing real-time processing requirements.
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AI summary
A game system for playing a basic game, includes: slot machines which, when a combination of “BONUS” symbols stop in a winning line, transmit a signal for switching to a roulette game; a second game device, separate from the slot machines, which executes a second game; and a display for displaying an image corresponding to game status of the second game device. In cases in which the switching signal has been transmitted from any one of the slot machines, other slot machines enter a mode that allows the players at the other slot machines to participate in the second game. Furthermore, the game system includes a central controller which can communicate with the slot machines, the second game device, and the display, and which, upon reception of the switching signal from the slot machine, transmits a roulette game start signal to start the roulette game in the second game device.