License management in a gaming system
View Patent ↗There is disclosed a gaming system comprising, a gaming machine terminal configured to seek to initiate a game session, a license management client configured to control initiation of the game session based on a license control parameter, and a license management server in data communication with the license management client and configured to generate the license control parameter and serve the license control parameter to the license management client.
1. A gaming system comprising:
a gaming machine terminal configured to request an initiation of a game by sending an initiation request for a respective game session; a license management client (LMC) configured to communicate said initiation request and to control the initiation of the game session based on one or more license control parameters (LCPs), and a license management server (LMS) in data communication with the LMC and configured to, responsive to receiving from the LMC data informative of the initiation request, generate a plurality of LCPs and to serve the generated plurality of LCPs to the LMC, wherein the plurality of LCPs is generated in accordance with a set of license control rules and comprises at least one first LCP configured to enable the requested game session and at least one second LCP configured to restrict one or more player's options when the game is enabled, and wherein the restricted player's option is an access during an enabled game, to betting stakes higher than a predefined value.
2. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the rules in the set of license control rules being individually settable at multiple levels including:
at a country level wherein all gaming machine terminals in a country are affected;
at a venue level wherein only gaming machine terminals within a venue affected;
at operator level wherein only gaming terminals under the same operator are affected, and
at a bank level wherein only gaming machine terminals within a bank in a venue are affected.
3. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the generated plurality of LCPs further comprises at least one LCP generated in accordance with a predetermined maximum amount of money that can be paid into the gaming system for playing games during a specific time period.
4. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the generated plurality of LCPs further comprises at least one LCP generated in accordance with a predetermined maximum amount of money that can be paid out from the gaming system as prizes during a specific time period.
5. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the generated plurality of LCPs further comprises at least one third LCP configured to control a lifespan of the at least one first LCP configured to enable the requested game session.
6. The gaming system of claim 5 , wherein the at least one third LCP is configured to terminate the at least one first LCP when the gaming machine is logged out from the gaming system.
7. The gaming system of claim 5 , wherein the at least one third LCP is configured to terminate the at least one first LCP depending on a credit balance for a current player.
8. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the license management client is provided in a game server.
9. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the license management client is provided in the gaming machine terminal.
10. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one first LCP encodes plural license conditions.
11. A method of license management in a computerized gaming system having at least one gaming terminal and a license management server, said license management server storing a set of license control rules, the method comprising:
responsive to receiving by the license management server (LMS) data informative of an initiation request sent by a gaming machine terminal for initiating of a game session, generating, in accordance with the set of license control rules, a plurality of LCPs; and
controlling, by the LMS, initiation of the game session based on the generated plurality of LCPs,
wherein the generated plurality of LCPs comprises at least one first LCP configured to enable the requested game session and at least one second LCP configured to restrict one or more player's options when a game corresponding to the initiation request is enabled, and wherein the restricted player's option is an access, during an enabled game to betting stakes higher than a predefined value.
12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising individually setting the rules in the set of license control rules at multiple levels including:
at a country level wherein all gaming machine terminals in a country are affected;
at a venue level wherein only gaming machine terminals within a venue are affected;
at operator level wherein only gaming terminals under the same operator are affected, and
at a bank level wherein only gaming machine terminals within a bank in a venue are affected.
13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the generated plurality of LCPs further comprises at least one LCP generated in accordance with a predetermined maximum amount of money that can be paid into the gaming system for playing games during a specific time period.
14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the generated plurality of LCPs further comprises at least one LCP generated in accordance with a predetermined maximum amount of money that can be paid out from the gaming system as prizes during a specific time period.
15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the generated plurality of LCPs further comprises at least one third LCP configured to control a lifespan of the at least one first LCP configured to enable the requested game session.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the at least one third LCP is configured to terminate the at least one first LCP when the gaming machine is logged out from the gaming system.
17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the at least one third LCP is configured to terminate the at least one first LCP depending on a credit balance for current player.
18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least one first LCP encodes plural license conditions.