Wagering Game Portal Server Intermediary Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of electronic wagering games face the inconvenience of having to navigate multiple websites to access a variety of games, as each vendor's games are typically proprietary and only available from their respective servers, leading to a burden in accessing desired games.
Innovation Solution
A method where a user's computing device plays a wagering game within a window on a web page, with the game controlled by a source server, while the host server manages the web page outside the game window, allowing the user's device to download an application support module and route critical information requests to the source server through the host server, enabling seamless game play across different vendors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users access games from multiple vendor servers, then game variety is improved, but user navigation burden increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a portal server as an intermediary that aggregates game access points from multiple vendor servers. The portal server receives user requests, routes them to appropriate vendor servers, and consolidates game access in a single location. This mediator structure allows users to access diverse games without navigating multiple independent vendor websites, resolving the contradiction between game variety and navigation ease.
Solution Approach 2:
The portal server performs multiple functions: it serves as a unified entry point for users, a routing switch for game requests, and a consolidation platform for various vendor games. By making the portal server universal and multi-functional, the system enables access to diverse games while maintaining a single-point access model, thus resolving the contradiction between versatility and ease of operation.
2Reliability
If vendor servers maintain proprietary control, then game security is improved, but system integration complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the system into distinct functional components: vendor servers that maintain proprietary game control and security, and a portal server that handles access coordination. This segmentation allows each component to specialize - vendor servers focus on security and game integrity while the portal server manages integration logistics, reducing overall system complexity despite maintaining security boundaries.
Solution Approach 2:
The portal server acts as an intermediary layer between users and vendor servers, standardizing communication protocols and access methods. This mediator simplifies integration by providing a uniform interface to multiple proprietary systems, reducing the complexity of connecting different vendor servers while preserving their security and control mechanisms.
Data Source
AI summary
The play of a wagering game by a user on the user's computing device is supported while a web page from a host server is displayed on the user's screen. The game is contained in a window on the web page, but the game is under the control of a server. The user's computing device downloads a module of an application that supports play of the wagering game. Requests from the user's computing device for critical game information is routed via the host server to the source server. A reply to this request is transmitted from the source server via the host server to the user's computing device thereby permitting play of the game within web page window as displayed on the user's screen. The host server controls the subject matter displayed on the web page outside the window containing the wagering game.