System and method for delivering wager gaming machine information
View Patent ↗Systems and methods for delivering wager gaming machine information are described herein. In one embodiment, the method includes collecting information about a wager gaming machine. The method can also include creating a human-readable wager gaming machine information report based on the information and e-mailing the wager gaming machine report to an email address.
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
requesting, from a central controller, wager gaming machine information from a plurality of wager gaming machines;
receiving, at the central controller, the wager gaming machine information from the plurality of wager gaming machines;
creating a human-readable wager gaming machine information report based on the information received from the plurality of wager gaming machines; and
e-mailing the wager gaming machine information report or a reference to the wager gaming machine information report to an email address, wherein the information report includes financial performance of the plurality of wager gaming machines over a time period and a change in the financial performance over time, and wherein the information report is presented in a graphical format.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the email address is accessible from a reporting console.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the creating the wager gaming machine information report further includes performing a statistical analysis of the information.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the e-mailing includes,
creating an email message that includes the wager gaming machine information report; and
transmitting the email message to the email address.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the email message is transmitted to the email address using Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the wager gaming machine information report is emailed as an attachment.
7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the wager gaming machine information report is embedded in a message transmitted to the email address.
8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the wager gaming machine information includes operational information about the wager gaming machine.
9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the wager gaming machine information includes game content information indicating which games are installed on the wager gaming machine.
10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the wager gaming machine information includes wager gaming machine class information indicating a type of wager gaming machine, the type of wager gaming machine being one of: a mechanical game, a video game, or a hybrid mechanical and video game.