Temporary Progressive Award Association to Reduce Gaming Idle Time
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing gaming systems fail to dynamically associate progressive awards with specific players, leading to static availability and potential player fatigue due to unavailability of awards, resulting in idle time and inefficient system operation.
Innovation Solution
A gaming system that temporarily associates progressive awards with specific players, allowing the award to be won only by that player during a limited period, and dynamically modifies system operations to ensure the award is exclusively available to the eligible player, while displaying relevant information to other players to maintain engagement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If progressive awards are made available to all players continuously, then player engagement is maintained, but system inefficiency and player fatigue increase due to award unavailability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic award association where the progressive award is temporarily and exclusively associated with a specific player based on game outcomes. This dynamic reassignment optimizes system efficiency by ensuring awards are always available to eligible players while maintaining engagement through exclusive access periods.
2Productivity
If progressive awards are exclusively associated with a specific player, then system efficiency is optimized and idle time is reduced, but other players experience award unavailability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs periodic reassignment of progressive awards to different players based on predetermined criteria and time periods. This periodic action ensures that while awards are exclusively associated with one player at a time, all players eventually receive award opportunities, maintaining system efficiency while ensuring broad player participation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the system continuously monitors and reassigns awards to players, then award availability is optimized, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a self-service mechanism where the gaming system automatically monitors game outcomes, determines eligibility criteria met, and reassigns progressive awards to appropriate players without manual intervention. This automation optimizes award availability while managing system complexity through rule-based automatic decision-making.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods that temporarily associate an award with a specific user such that during the temporary association, the award is only available to be won by that specific user.