Centralized Server Mediates Player Symbol Sets for PVP Gaming
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current gaming systems lack an efficient method for enabling player versus player (PVP) games across multiple electronic gaming machines, where players can interact and compete using player symbol sets, with a centralized management system to determine winners and awards.
Innovation Solution
A gaming system comprising a processor and memory that receives and modifies player symbol sets from multiple gaming machines, compares them to determine winning combinations, and communicates awards to the winning machines, allowing for centralized management and display of PVP game results.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If player versus player games are implemented across multiple gaming machines with centralized management, then player engagement and system efficiency are improved, but device complexity and maintenance requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
A centralized server acts as an intermediary between multiple gaming machines, managing player symbol sets, modifying them according to game rules, and determining winners. This mediator approach enables PVP games across multiple machines without requiring complex peer-to-peer communication between machines, thus improving system efficiency while managing complexity through a dedicated coordination component.
Solution Approach 2:
The centralized server performs multiple functions: receiving player symbol sets from different machines, modifying symbols according to PVP rules, comparing modified symbol sets to determine winners, and distributing awards. This multi-functional approach consolidates what would otherwise require separate systems, improving productivity while containing device complexity within a single multi-purpose component.
2Adaptability or versatility
If player symbol sets are modified and compared across multiple gaming machines, then player interaction and competition are enhanced, but data management and communication overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and separates the data management function from the gaming machines themselves, moving symbol set modification, comparison, and winner determination to a centralized server. This extraction reduces the data management burden on individual machines and minimizes communication overhead by consolidating data processing in a single location that can efficiently manage all player symbol sets.
3Reliability
If centralized PVP game management is implemented, then award distribution transparency is improved, but system configuration and setup complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The centralized server provides transparent feedback to players about the modification of their symbol sets, the comparison results, and the winner determination process. This feedback mechanism ensures that players can verify the fairness and transparency of award distribution, as all modifications and comparisons are centrally managed and can be communicated back to players for verification.
Data Source
AI summary
Gaming systems and methods that provide player versus player games using symbol combinations from underlying game plays.