Granted Patent B2

US 9,005,011 · App. 12/681,985 · Granted Apr 14, 2015

Abstract

Claims (57)

1. A method comprising:

configuring a wagering game terminal for contemporaneously presenting a plurality of primary wagering games,

the configuring including,

dividing a player interface into a plurality of areas, wherein each of the areas is associated with one of the primary wagering games;

resizing content for the primary wagering games to fit in the areas; and

creating separate credit meters for each of the primary wagering games;

receiving, from at least one remote wagering game server, results for one or more of the primary wagering games and information about a secondary wagering game;

determining a priority for each of the results and the information, wherein at least one of the results has lower priority than the information;

updating one or more of the credit meters based on the results for the one or more of the primary games;

displaying, in order of the priority, the results in the one or more areas of the player interface; and

superimposing the information over the at least one of the game results that has lower priority than the information.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a request to present non-gaming content in the player interface, wherein the non-gaming content is stored on the wagering game terminal; and

presenting the non-gaming content in the player interface.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the non-gaming content includes one or more selected from advertising content, player messaging content, hospitality content, and attract mode content.

4. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

subdividing the player interface to include another area;

resizing the non-gaming content to fit in the other area, wherein the presenting displays the non-gaming content in the other area.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the content resides on the wagering game terminal before the results are received.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the areas are different sizes.

7. A wagering game terminal comprising:

a content store including wagering game content associated with a plurality of primary and secondary wagering games, wherein the secondary wagering games are not triggered by events in the primary wagering games, and wherein the secondary wagering games are funded independently of the primary wagering games; and

a presentation controller including,

a control unit configured to receive control data including results for the plurality of primary wagering games, and information indicating separate credit meter balances for each of the plurality of primary wagering games,

receive information about a secondary wagering game;

determine a priority for each of the results and the information about the secondary wagering game, wherein one of the results has a lower priority than the information about the secondary wagering game;

a graphics unit configured to

display, in order of the priority for each of the results, the results in separate areas of a player interface, wherein each of the separate areas corresponds with a different one of the plurality of primary wagering games;

present the separate credit meter balances for each of the plurality of primary wagering games;

superimpose the information about the secondary wagering game over the one of the results that has a lower priority than the information about the secondary wagering game; and

an audio unit configured to process and present, via an audio presentation device, sounds included in the wagering game content.

8. The wagering game terminal of claim 7 , wherein the content store also includes non-gaming content, and wherein the control data further includes a request to present the non-gaming content, and wherein the graphics unit is further configured to present the non-gaming content in the player interface.

9. The wagering game terminal of claim 8 , wherein the non-gaming content includes advertising content, player messaging content, hospitality content, and attract mode content.

10. The wagering game terminal of claim 7 , wherein the content store also includes non-gaming content, and wherein the control data further includes a request to present the non-gaming content, and wherein the graphics unit is further configured to superimpose the non-gaming content over one or more of the game elements.

11. The wagering game terminal of claim 7 , wherein the game content include one or more selected from slot reel symbols, playing cards, and keno game pieces.

12. The wagering game terminal of claim 7 further comprising:

an input device configured to receive player input, wherein the wagering game terminal is configured to forward the player input to a wagering game server.

13. The wagering game terminal of claim 7 , wherein the control data originates at a remote wagering game server.

14. A tangible machine-readable storage device including code executable by a wagering game terminal, the code comprising:

code to detect initiation of a plurality of primary wagering games;

code to collect wagers on secondary wagering games, wherein the secondary wagering games are triggered by events independent of the primary wagering games, and wherein the wagers are independent of the plurality of primary wagering games;

code to divide a player interface into a plurality of areas, wherein each of the areas corresponds to one of the primary wagering games;

code to shrink game elements to fit in the areas, wherein the game elements are associated with the primary and secondary wagering games;

code to receive, from at least one remote wagering game network device, results for the primary wagering games and information about one of the secondary wagering games;

code to assign a priority to each of the results and the information, wherein the assignment of the priority causes at least one of the results to have lower priority than the information;

code to display, in at least one of the areas, each of the results for the primary wagering games in order of the priority assigned to each of the results;

code to display, in at least one of the areas, a plurality of credit meters, where each of the credit meters indicates a credit balance for a different one of the primary wagering games;

code to superimpose, the information over one or more of the results that was assigned lower priority than the information.

15. The tangible machine-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the game elements include playing cards and slots reels.

16. The tangible machine-readable storage medium of claim 14 further comprising:

code to superimpose a message about one of the plurality of wagering games over one or more of the game elements of the first group.

17. The tangible machine-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the secondary wagering games do not depend on results of the primary wagering games.

18. The tangible machine-readable storage medium of claim 14 further comprising:

code to receive a request to present non-gaming content, wherein the non-gaming content is stored on the wagering game terminal; and

code to superimpose non-gaming content over one or more of the game elements of the first and second groups.

19. The tangible machine-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the information about at least one of the secondary wagering games indicates a jackpot for one of the secondary wagering games for which a result has not been determined.

20. The tangible machine-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the information about at least one of the secondary wagering games indicates a result for one of the secondary wagering games.

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