Tournament Gaming Interface With Geolocation-Based Game Unlocking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic gaming machines lack systems for organizing and managing tournaments that engage players and encourage patronage, particularly in casino environments, with current methods failing to effectively leverage player engagement and loyalty programs.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for implementing tournament gaming on electronic gaming machines, including a graphical user interface that displays available and locked tournament games, adjusts player scores based on game outcomes, and utilizes geolocation to unlock games, offering perks and items within a predetermined geographical area, such as a casino.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If tournament gaming systems are implemented on electronic gaming machines, then player engagement and patronage are enhanced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The tournament system is segmented into separate functional modules: a tournament management server that handles high-level tournament organization and scoring, and local electronic gaming machines that handle individual game play. This segmentation allows the complex tournament functionality to be distributed across multiple devices, reducing the complexity burden on any single machine while maintaining full tournament capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
A tournament management server acts as an intermediary between multiple electronic gaming machines and the central casino system. This intermediary handles the complex tasks of tournament registration, score aggregation, leaderboard management, and prize distribution, allowing individual gaming machines to remain relatively simple while still participating in complex multi-machine tournaments.
2Adaptability or versatility
If geolocation-based game unlocking is implemented, then player patronage is encouraged through location-specific perks, but measurement precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements local quality by providing different game unlocks and perks based on the player's specific geographical location. Players at different casino locations or within different geographical areas receive location-specific tournament unlocks and bonuses, creating a personalized experience that encourages patronage at specific physical locations while using standard geolocation technology.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple locked and unlocked tournament games are managed, then player engagement increases through progressive unlocking, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The tournament game availability is made dynamic through a progressive unlocking system. Games transition from a locked state to an unlocked state based on tournament progress, player achievements, or time-based conditions. This dynamic state management allows the system to offer varied game selections and progressive rewards without requiring all games to be simultaneously active and managed, reducing overall system complexity.
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AI summary
Various gaming tournament-related techniques and systems for providing for game-of-chance gaming tournaments are disclosed, including techniques relating to criteria-based award of plays and/or perks for use in a particular tournament. Unlockable tournament games and geolocation-based award of tournament benefits are also discussed.