Granted Patent B2

US 8,727,884 · App. 12/670,818 · Granted May 20, 2014

Abstract

Claims (47)

1. A method for resolving an unfinished wagering game, the method comprising:

detecting a first group of events associated with a wagering game being presented at a wagering game machine, wherein the events include a financial transaction on a player account;

detecting a second group of events associated with the wagering game, wherein the second group of events includes random number information indicating an intermediate result for the wagering game, wherein the random number information originates outside the wagering game machine;

determining, based on one or more events in the first and second groups of events, that wagering game was interrupted and that a final result has not been determined for the wagering game;

determining the final result for the wagering game, wherein the final result is determined during the interruption and without additional player input; and

modifying, a balance of the player account without presenting the result on the wagering game machine, wherein the modifying is based on the final result.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

storing the first group of events in a first data format;

encrypting the second group of events; and

storing the second group of events in the first data format;

after modifying the balance of the player account,

decrypting the second group of events; and

converting the first and second groups of events into a compressed data format.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein events in the first data format and events in the compressed data format are stored in different data stores.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first data format is a clear text format.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the compressed data format requires less storage space than the first data format.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein events in the first data format are in a native database format, and wherein events in the compressed data format are in an archival format.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first group of events further includes player input indicating one or more of a wager, a game element selection, and a game invocation.

8. A machine-readable storage device including instructions executable by a machine, the instructions comprising:

instructions for receiving, via a wagering game network, a player account identifier associated with a player account and one or more authentication credentials;

instructions for verifying the authentication credentials;

determining there is an unfinished wagering game associated with the player account identifier; and

instructions for procuring, via the wagering game network, one or more events associated with the unfinished wagering game, wherein the one or more events include information about the progress of the unfinished wagering game, and wherein a final result has not been determined for the unfinished wagering game;

instructions for determining the final result of the unfinished wagering game without additional player input, wherein the determining the final result is based on rules for unfinished games; and

instructions for crediting the player account based on the final result.

9. The machine-readable medium of claim 8 , the instructions further comprising:

instructions for causing presentation of the final result for the unfinished wagering game on a wagering game machine.

10. The machine-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the one or more events indicate player input associated with the unfinished wagering game.

11. The machine-readable medium of claim 8 , the instructions further comprising:

instructions for transmitting, to a wagering game machine, the one or more events for use in presenting the final result for the unfinished wagering game.

12. The machine-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the events indicate player inputs that have been detected and content that has been presented.

13. A wagering game network comprising:

a wagering game machine configured to report events associated with a wagering game and a player account;

a wagering game server configured to generate random number information in response to one or more of the events, wherein the random number information indicates a result for the wagering game;

a game history server including,

an event recorder configured to record the events and the random number information; and

a wagering game resolution unit configured to

determine, based on the events, that the wagering game was interrupted and that a final result of the wagering game has not been determined;

determine the final result of the wagering game without further player input; and

cause modification of a balance of the player account based on the result.

14. The wagering game network of claim 13 , wherein the wagering game server and game history server are included in a single device.

15. The wagering game network of claim 13 , wherein the wagering game server and game history server are separate devices of the wagering game network.

16. The wagering game network of claim 13 further comprising:

an account server configured to perform the modification of the balance of the player account.

17. The wagering game network of claim 13 , wherein the events indicate one or more selected from the set consisting of a wager, a game element selection, and a game invocation.

18. The wagering game network of claim 13 , wherein the wagering game machine is a mobile model.

19. The wagering game network of claim 13 , wherein the game history sever is further configured to encrypt the random number information.

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