I/O Overlay for Gaming Event Recreation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Gaming establishments face challenges in allowing players to re-experience and share gaming events efficiently while minimizing resource consumption and adhering to regulatory and security concerns, as traditional video recording methods are costly and resource-intensive.
Innovation Solution
Implementing an input/output (I/O) overlay mechanism on gaming devices that samples data from gaming machines, processes it to create a facsimile animation recreation, and allows players to edit and share these recreations through external data processing devices, reducing bandwidth and storage requirements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If video recording methods are used to capture and share gaming events, then players can re-experience and share gaming events, but resource consumption (bandwidth, storage, processing) increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a facsimile animation recreation that copies the essential visual and audio elements of the gaming event without using full video recording. The system samples game data and reconstructs the event using animated representations, providing a simplified copy that consumes fewer resources while maintaining the core re-experience functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The system extracts only the essential data elements needed to recreate the gaming event (game state data, audio cues, key events) rather than capturing the complete video stream. This extraction approach isolates the critical information while discarding redundant visual data, significantly reducing bandwidth and storage requirements.
2Loss of information
If cameras and video cameras are deployed in gaming settings to capture events, then players can record experiences for sharing, but regulatory, safety, privacy, and security concerns arise
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses an intermediary approach by having the gaming device itself generate and export event data, which is then processed into facsimile animations by external devices. This intermediary data exchange mechanism avoids the need for physical cameras in the gaming environment, eliminating privacy and security concerns while still enabling event capture and sharing.
3Quantity of substance
If data is sampled and processed to create facsimile animation recreations, then resource consumption is minimized, but system complexity increases due to data processing requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the event recreation process into distinct stages: data sampling at the gaming device, data transmission, and facsimile animation generation at external devices. This segmentation distributes processing complexity across multiple components, preventing any single device from becoming overly complex while maintaining resource efficiency.
4Adaptability or versatility
If I/O overlay mechanism is implemented on gaming devices, then event capture functionality is added, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The I/O overlay mechanism is designed as a universal interface that can capture multiple types of gaming events across different game titles and devices through a standardized data sampling approach. This multi-functional design allows a single overlay implementation to serve various capture needs without proportionally increasing device complexity.
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AI summary
For facilitating re-experience of an event of a gaming device with a player, upon a triggering mechanism associated with an event, an input/output (I/O) mechanism is overlaid on the gaming device using a system device in communication with the gaming device. Through use of the I/O mechanism, input is received from the player and output is returned to the player. The I/O mechanism overlaying the gaming device is then removed.