Mobile Web Browser Interface for Electronic Gaming Machine Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Electronic gaming machines (EGMs) have limitations in input and display capabilities, restricting player interaction and enhancing gaming experiences, as they often require dedicated gaming applications on mobile devices, which may not be preferred by players and occupy storage space.
Innovation Solution
A system that utilizes a mobile device's web browser to access a dedicated webpage, enabling players to control EGMs via enhanced input and display operations without the need for dedicated gaming applications, by creating HTML5 webpages that communicate with the EGM's server to modify game parameters based on mobile device inputs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If players use dedicated gaming applications on mobile devices to control EGMs, then input and display capabilities are enhanced, but storage space is occupied and device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a virtual copy of the gaming application through a web browser interface. Instead of requiring players to install the full EGM application on their mobile devices, the system provides a functional replica accessible through standard web browsing, eliminating the need for storage while maintaining gameplay capabilities
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a web browser as an intermediary layer between the player's mobile device and the EGM system. This intermediary enables interaction with the gaming machine through standard web protocols without requiring direct installation of the gaming application, thus resolving the storage space constraint
2Adaptability or versatility
If players install dedicated gaming applications on mobile devices, then gaming functionality is improved, but ease of operation decreases due to installation requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a virtual copy of the gaming application through a web browser interface. Instead of requiring players to install the full EGM application on their mobile devices, the system provides a functional replica accessible through standard web browsing, eliminating the need for storage while maintaining gameplay capabilities
Solution Approach 2:
The patent makes the gaming system universally accessible through standard mobile web browsers, which are already installed on most devices. This approach eliminates the need for players to install dedicated gaming applications while maintaining full gaming functionality, thus improving ease of operation
3Device complexity
If EGMs use standard input devices, then device complexity is reduced, but input capabilities are limited and player interaction is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a web browser as an intermediary layer between the player's mobile device and the EGM system. This intermediary enables interaction with the gaming machine through standard web protocols without requiring direct installation of the gaming application, thus resolving the storage space constraint
Solution Approach 2:
The patent makes the gaming system universally accessible through standard mobile web browsers, which are already installed on most devices. This approach eliminates the need for players to install dedicated gaming applications while maintaining full gaming functionality, thus improving ease of operation
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AI summary
A system which enables one or more events to be initiated via a gaming establishment device and concluded via one or more inputs received via a webpage accessed by a mobile device.