Message director service in a service-oriented gaming network environment
A message director service for a gaming network including gaming machines provides systems and methods for processing messages between entities on the gaming network. The gaming services framework comprises a set of services, protocols, XML schemas, and methods for providing gaming system functionality in a distributed, network based architecture that includes gaming machines and servers. The systems and methods provide a service-oriented framework for gaming and property management based upon internetworking technology and web services concepts.
1 . A method for providing a message director service in a gaming network including gaming machines, the method comprising:
publishing an availability of the message director service on the gaming network;
receiving a discovery request for the message director service;
registering by a gaming client with the message director service; and
processing one or more service requests between the gaming client and the message director service, said service requests conforming to an internetworking protocol.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the message director service comprises a web service.
3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the service request is formatted according to a service description language.
4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the service description language is a Web Services Description Language (WSDL).
5 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the message director service is registered in a UDDI registry.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the gaming client comprises a gaming machine.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the gaming client comprises a service provider.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the service request comprises a request by the gaming client to start receiving at least one specified event message from the message director service.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the service request comprises a request by the gaming client to stop receiving at least one specified event message from the message director service.
10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the service request comprises a request by the gaming client to send a message to the message director service.
11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the event message conforms to an XML format.
12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the event message comprises a gaming machine play event.
13 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising authenticating the gaming client.
14 . A gaming network system providing a message director service, the gaming network system comprising:
a gaming client communicably coupled to the gaming network; and
a message director service communicably coupled to the gaming network and operable to:
publish an availability of the message director service on the gaming network;
register a gaming client with the message director service; and
process one or more service requests between the gaming client and the message director service, said service requests conforming to an internetworking protocol.
15 . The gaming network system of claim 14 , wherein the message director service comprises a web service.
16 . The gaming network system of claim 15 , wherein the service request is formatted according to a service description language.
17 . The gaming network system of claim 16 , wherein the service description language is a Web Services Description Language (WSDL).
18 . The gaming network system of claim 14 , wherein the message director service is registered in a UDDI registry.
19 . The gaming network system of claim 14 , wherein the gaming client comprises a gaming machine.
20 . The gaming network system of claim 14 , wherein the gaming client comprises a service provider in the gaming network.
21 . The gaming network system of claim 14 , wherein the service request comprises a request by the gaming client to start receiving at least one specified event message from the message director service.
22 . The gaming network system of claim 14 , wherein the service request comprises a request by the gaming client to stop receiving at least one specified event message from the message director service.
23 . The gaming network system of claim 14 , wherein the service request comprises a request by the gaming client to send a message to the message director service.
24 . The gaming network system of claim 14 , wherein the event message conforms to an XML format.
25 . The gaming network system of claim 23 , wherein the event message comprises a gaming machine play event.