Mobile App for Locating Electronic Gaming Machines
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Solution Overview
Problem
Players face challenges in locating specific electronic gaming machines (EGMs) due to changes in their location or memory issues, leading to frustration and inefficiency in their gaming experience.
Innovation Solution
A mobile device application that collects and transmits data related to players' experiences at EGMs, allowing for the display of identifiers and historical data, enabling players to easily find preferred EGMs during subsequent visits and making informed decisions about which machines to play.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If players rely on memory to locate EGMs, then no additional system complexity is introduced, but players experience frustration and inefficiency when locations change or memory fails
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by capturing EGM identifier data and player experience data in advance, storing it in a database before the player needs to locate the machine. This allows the mobile device to quickly retrieve and display location information without requiring the player to remember details or search manually, thereby improving ease of operation without significant complexity
Solution Approach 2:
A central database serves as an intermediary between the EGMs and the player's mobile device. The database stores identifier data and location information, mediating the interaction by providing players with accurate machine locations through wireless communication, thus solving the location problem without requiring complex direct tracking systems
2Loss of time
If players manually search for EGMs, then no technology infrastructure is needed, but time and energy are wasted
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by capturing player experience data at the EGM and using it to provide personalized recommendations and accurate location information back to the player's mobile device. This feedback loop ensures players receive relevant information quickly, reducing time loss and preventing information loss about preferred machines
Solution Approach 2:
Identifier data and location information are captured and stored in advance in the central database before players need to locate machines. This preliminary data capture eliminates the need for players to manually search or remember identifiers, significantly reducing both time loss and information loss
3Adaptability or versatility
If EGM locations are changed to optimize floor space, then space utilization improves, but players cannot find their preferred machines
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides real-time feedback to players about the current locations of their preferred EGMs by retrieving updated location data from the central database and displaying it on mobile devices. This feedback mechanism ensures that even when EGMs are moved for space optimization, players can reliably find them through the application
Solution Approach 2:
The central database acts as an intermediary that decouples the physical location of EGMs from player knowledge of locations. The database stores and manages location information, allowing EGMs to be moved freely for space optimization while the system maintains reliable location data that is transmitted to players via mobile devices
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods that utilizes an application running on a mobile device to collect game data regarding a player's experience at an electronic gaming machine, wherein the application subsequently utilizes such collected game data is inform the player of their prior experiences at different EGMs.