Progressive Server for Gaming Machine Jackpot Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional progressive controllers in electronic gaming systems are unable to perform two-way communications between electronic gaming machines (EGMs) and overhead signs, limiting their ability to display additional jackpot information such as multiplied progressive jackpot values and triggering meter protection faults when the jackpot exceeds a certain limit.
Innovation Solution
A progressive system server is introduced to communicate with EGMs and overhead displays, calculating and displaying multiplied progressive jackpot values while selecting appropriate celebration scenes based on jackpot levels and multipliers, thereby avoiding meter protection faults by performing the calculation remotely.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the progressive controller calculates and displays multiplied progressive jackpot values on overhead signs, then detailed jackpot information is displayed to enhance player engagement, but the progressive controller becomes incapable of handling the additional computational load and communication requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the computational function for calculating multiplied progressive jackpot values from the progressive controller and relocates it to the server. The server receives jackpot data from EGMs, performs the multiplication calculations, and sends the results to overhead signs for display. This extraction resolves the contradiction by enabling detailed information display without overloading the progressive controller.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces the server as an intermediary component between the EGMs and the overhead signs. The server mediates the communication by receiving jackpot data from EGMs, calculating the multiplied values, and transmitting the results to overhead signs. This intermediary role allows detailed jackpot information to be displayed while preventing the progressive controller from becoming overwhelmed with additional computational and communication responsibilities.
2Measurement precision
If the EGMs perform the calculation of multiplied progressive jackpots, then the jackpot values are accurately computed, but meter protection faults are triggered when jackpots exceed certain limits
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the jackpot calculation function from the EGMs and relocates it to the server. By performing the multiplication of progressive jackpot values on the server rather than on the EGMs, the system maintains accurate jackpot value computation while avoiding the meter protection faults that occur when EGMs attempt to calculate and store large jackpot values locally.
3Loss of information
If two-way communication is implemented between EGMs and overhead signs, then additional jackpot details can be displayed, but the communication infrastructure and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses the server as an intermediary to manage two-way communication between EGMs and overhead signs. The server receives jackpot data from EGMs, processes the information, and transmits the results to overhead signs. This intermediary approach enables detailed jackpot information transmission while simplifying the communication infrastructure, as the server centralizes the communication logic and eliminates the need for direct complex peer-to-peer communication between EGMs and overhead signs.
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AI summary
An electronic gaming system includes a first electronic gaming machine configured to execute a wagering game, a first overhead display, and a progressive system server communicatively coupled to the first electronic gaming machine and the first overhead display. The progressive system server is configured to receive, from the first electronic gaming machine, a message including a first progressive jackpot level, transmit a message including a first progressive jackpot value associated with the first progressive jackpot level, receive a message including the first progressive jackpot level, a first progressive jackpot multiplier awarded in the wagering game, and a first multiplied progressive jackpot value, select, in response and from a database of jackpot celebration scenes, a first jackpot celebration scene, and display, on the first overhead display, the selected first jackpot celebration scene and the first multiplied progressive jackpot value.