Progressive Server Standalone Prize Pool Segmentation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current progressive gaming systems struggle to maintain player interest and excitement, as the large-scale progressive prize pools, while popular, lack innovative methods to engage players effectively.

Innovation Solution

Implementing a method where a progressive server controls standalone progressive prize pools for individual gaming machines, allowing for dynamic contributions and awards based on player inputs, with eligibility determinations and random or non-random contribution triggers, to enhance player engagement.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If traditional large-scale progressive prize pools are used, then player attraction is improved, but player interest and excitement over time deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveprize pool sizeVSAvoidplayer interest duration

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSDuration of action of moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the traditional large-scale progressive prize pool into multiple smaller standalone progressive pools, each associated with a specific gaming machine. This segmentation allows each machine to have its own progressive prize that can be won independently, creating more frequent winning opportunities and maintaining player excitement without requiring participation across multiple machines.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements local quality by making each gaming machine have unique standalone progressive pools with customized characteristics. Each machine can have different prize amounts, different contribution rates, and different triggering mechanisms, allowing operators to optimize player engagement at each specific location rather than using a uniform approach across all machines.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

2Adaptability or versatility

If standalone progressive pools are implemented, then player engagement is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveplayer engagementVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements self-service by enabling each gaming machine to independently manage its own standalone progressive pools. The machines automatically calculate contributions from wagers, track pool accumulations, determine winning conditions, and award prizes without requiring centralized progressive system infrastructure. This self-service approach simplifies the overall system architecture while maintaining high adaptability and engagement capabilities.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS9842457B2Method, apparatus, and program product for allocating progressive prize pools

Publication Date: 2017.12.12 EVERI GAMES INC

AI summary

A method for controlling contributions to progressive prize pools includes providing a progressive server which manages standalone progressive prize pools for each of multiple individual gaming machines. The progressive server may further provide group progressive prize pools, allowing a gaming machine to have standalone pools and also be a member in a group pool. Where multiple standalone progressive prize pools are maintained for a single gaming machine, additional steps are taken to identify which pool or pools are to be increased when a standalone progressive contribution is made.