Information Processor Payout Ratio Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
In smartphone-based games, the shift to special games with higher payout probabilities can lead to excessively large payouts, disadvantageing the game provider.
Innovation Solution
An information processor that executes unit games with random determination, accepting bets, calculating payout ratios, and awarding payouts only when the ratio falls within a predetermined range, with repeated random determinations if the ratio does not meet the range, ensuring payouts are not excessively large.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the probability of obtaining a specific benefit or payout by random determination is increased in the special game, then the player's winning probability is improved, but the payout amount becomes excessively large which disadvantages the game provider
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the parameter of payout ratio by introducing a verification mechanism that checks whether the payout-to-bet ratio falls within a predetermined range. When the ratio is outside the range, the game state is changed (ending the special game) before the excessive payout is awarded. This parameter control resolves the contradiction by allowing high winning probability while preventing excessively large payouts.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the system verifies the payout ratio after random determination and before awarding the payout. If the ratio exceeds the predetermined range, the system provides feedback by changing the game state to prevent the excessive payout. This feedback loop ensures that while players can win frequently, the payouts remain within acceptable limits for the game provider.
2Reliability
If random determination is executed multiple times to increase payout probability, then the player's chance of winning is improved, but the game complexity and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by establishing the predetermined payout ratio range before the random determination process begins. This pre-set parameter allows multiple random determinations to be performed without increasing complexity, as the verification criterion is already defined. The system can efficiently check whether each payout result falls within the predetermined range without requiring complex real-time calculations.
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AI summary
The information processor executes the processes of: (a) accepting a bet amount by a betting device; (b) executing random determination based on the bet amount accepted in the process (a); (c) when there is a payout as a result of the random determination in the process (b), calculating the ratio of the payout to the bet amount; (d) determining whether the ratio calculated in the process (c) falls within a predetermined range; (e) when the ratio falls within the predetermined range in the process (d), awarding the payout and terminating the unit game; and (f) when the ratio does not fall within the predetermined range in the process (d) or when there is no payout in the process (b), executing the processes (b) to (e) again.