Multi-functional Peripheral Device for Wireless Fund Transfer
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Solution Overview
Problem
Gaming establishments face challenges in providing new services and increasing player attraction due to regulatory, maintenance, and cost-related issues with traditional gaming machines, which are not easily adaptable to incorporate new functionalities like wireless fund transfers.
Innovation Solution
A multi-functional peripheral device equipped with sensors, a processor, and a wireless interface that can detect user inputs and facilitate wireless fund transfers between a gaming device and a portable electronic device, enabling secure and context-based transactions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional gaming machines are upgraded to incorporate new functionalities like wireless fund transfers, then service functionality is improved, but cost and maintenance burden increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a portable electronic device as an intermediary that handles fund transfer functionality externally. The gaming machine communicates with this portable device via wireless interface, allowing fund transfer capabilities without modifying the gaming machine's core structure. This mediator approach enables new services while avoiding direct upgrades to the gaming machine hardware.
Solution Approach 2:
The peripheral device is designed with multi-functionality, serving both as a communication interface for fund transfers and as a general-purpose input device for game control. By consolidating multiple functions into a single portable device, the system avoids the need for separate dedicated hardware for each function, thereby reducing overall cost and complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional gaming machines are upgraded to incorporate new functionalities, then service functionality is improved, but maintenance burden increases
Solution Approach 1:
By using a portable electronic device as an intermediary for fund transfer operations, the system isolates complex functionality from the gaming machine. This portable device can be independently maintained, updated, or replaced without affecting the gaming machine's core operations, thereby reducing the maintenance burden on the gaming establishment.
Solution Approach 2:
The system separates fund transfer functionality from the gaming machine into a distinct portable electronic device. This segmentation allows independent maintenance of each component - the gaming machine can be serviced without touching fund transfer capabilities, and vice versa, significantly reducing overall maintenance complexity and burden.
3Device complexity
If a multi-functional peripheral device is used, then device complexity is reduced, but sensor detection accuracy requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The peripheral device integrates multiple functions including game control input, fund transfer initiation, and communication interfaces within a single unit. This multi-functionality reduces the overall number of separate devices needed in the system, simplifying the device landscape despite the increased capabilities required of each individual component.
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AI summary
A system, apparatus, and method for communicating information between a gaming device and a portable electronic device using a multi-functional peripheral device associated with the gaming device are disclosed. The multi-functional peripheral device may include a sensor to detect sensory input from the user and/or the portable electronic device associated with the user to play a game of chance on the gaming device.