Dynamic Progressive Pool Reward Calculation
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Solution Overview
Problem
The gaming industry faces challenges in developing new and innovative ways to represent games and gameplay, due to financial and regulatory restrictions, leading to static gameplay and rewards in existing gaming machines.
Innovation Solution
The proposed solution involves a gaming system with one or more gameplay stations and a gaming server that uses a progressive pool processing system to dynamically determine reward values based on partitioned award levels, allowing for increased variability and enjoyment in progressive pool gaming while reducing regulatory and processing constraints.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional gaming machines use fixed reward structures, then regulatory compliance is easier, but gameplay variability and player engagement decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic reward values that change based on progressive pool balances and wager amounts. The gaming machine calculates variable rewards using formulas that incorporate current pool status, transforming static fixed rewards into dynamic adaptive rewards that evolve with gameplay conditions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes reward parameters dynamically based on progressive pool balances and wager amounts. By adjusting reward values as parameters (pool balance, wager size) change, the system achieves variability without requiring multiple fixed game configurations, thus managing complexity through parameterization rather than structural multiplication.
2Productivity
If progressive jackpots are increased through pooling multiple machines, then jackpot growth accelerates, but regulatory reporting requirements and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the progressive pool into multiple independent pools, each associated with specific wager amounts or game types. This segmentation allows parallel processing of rewards, simplified regulatory reporting by pool, and flexible configuration without requiring monolithic system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces a progressive pool balance as an intermediary parameter that mediates between wager amounts and reward values. This intermediary simplifies the relationship between multiple machines and regulators by providing a standardized pool balance metric that can be reported independently, reducing overall system complexity while enabling pooled jackpot growth.
3Ease of operation
If reward values are dynamically adjusted based on progressive pool, then player engagement increases, but processing requirements and computational complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-calculates and stores progressive pool balance values and reward formulas in advance. By having the pool balance readily available and using predetermined reward formulas that only require simple substitutions, the system minimizes real-time computational complexity while maintaining dynamic engagement.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces complex mechanical reward calculation systems with mathematical formulas that use progressive pool balances and wager amounts as inputs. This substitution transforms cumbersome processing requirements into straightforward computational operations, reducing processing burden while maintaining dynamic reward adjustment capabilities.
4Reliability
If fixed return to player calculations are used, then financial predictability for providers is maintained, but innovation in gameplay representation is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback loops where progressive pool balances and wager amounts continuously inform reward calculations. This feedback mechanism allows the system to adapt to changing gameplay conditions and player behavior patterns while maintaining financial stability through the self-regulating nature of progressive pools that automatically adjust to ensure expected return.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal reward calculation framework that can handle multiple game types, wager amounts, and pool configurations through a single standardized system. This multi-functional approach enables gameplay innovation across different game representations while maintaining financial predictability through the unified progressive pool mechanism.
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AI summary
Improved gaming systems, machines, devices, and methods are provided enabling variable gameplay using variable and/or dynamic reward values. The gaming system includes at least a gaming server and one or more gameplay stations, the gaming server determining a reward value in response to receiving a gameplay request and evaluating an award level of the gameplay request based on a progressive pool processing system, the reward value including at least a value based on one of a plurality of partitioned sections of one or more progressive pool(s).