Mobile Device Control for Wagering Game Machines
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wagering game machines require players to position themselves uncomfortably to interact with controls, limiting player comfort and entertainment experience.
Innovation Solution
Enabling players to control and view wagering games on mobile devices, associating the mobile device with a wagering game machine through unique identifiers, allowing for remote interaction and comfortable gameplay.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If players interact with controls on the wagering game machine, then the game can be controlled and played, but the player must position themselves uncomfortably
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a mobile device as an intermediary between the player and the wagering game machine. The mobile device receives control inputs from the player and transmits them to the game machine, allowing the player to control the game from a comfortable position without directly interacting with the machine's physical controls.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a virtual copy of the control interface on the mobile device that mirrors the functionality of the physical controls on the wagering game machine. This digital replica allows players to interact with the game through familiar control mechanisms while maintaining physical comfort.
2Adaptability or versatility
If players use mobile devices to control wagering games, then player comfort and engagement increase, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the mobile device serve multiple functions: it acts as a control interface, a display device, and a communication bridge between the player and the wagering game machine. This multi-functionality increases gaming flexibility while managing system complexity by utilizing an existing device the player already possesses.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the mobile device receives real-time game state information from the wagering game machine and transmits control inputs back to the machine. This bidirectional communication ensures synchronized operation while maintaining system manageability through established communication protocols.
Data Source
AI summary
A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include communicably connecting a mobile device to a wagering game server on a wagering game network. The operations can further include associating, by the wagering game server, the mobile device with a selected wagering game machine among a plurality of wagering game machine. The operations can further include providing content to present on the mobile device, the content including a play initiation button of a wagering game played via the selected wagering game machine. The operations can further include in response to the play initiation button being actuated, receiving, at the wagering game server, a command from the mobile device to initiate play of the wagering game. The operations can further include in response to the command, presenting a result of the wagering game on the selected wagering game machine.