Granted Patent B2

US 9,087,429 · App. 14/080,272 · Granted Jul 21, 2015

Abstract

Claims (43)

1. A method comprising:

detecting, by a master wagering game machine in a bank of wagering game machines, an indication to initiate an audio presentation for wagering game machines in the bank of wagering game machines;

determining, by the master wagering game machine, position offsets for one or more of the wagering game machines in the bank of wagering game machines based, at least in part, on positions of the one or more wagering game machines relative to the master wagering game machine;

determining, by the master wagering game machine, one or more position-based time delays for the one or more wagering game machines in the bank of wagering game machines based, at least in part, on the position offsets; and

initiating, by the master wagering game machine, the audio presentation on the one or more wagering game machines in the bank of wagering game machines according to the one or more position-based time delays.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting from the master wagering game machine to the one or more wagering game machines in the bank of wagering game machines, the one or more position-based time delays and instructions for presenting the audio presentation according to the one or more position-based time delays.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the position offset for the one or more wagering game machines in the bank of wagering game machines comprises:

determining position numbers associated with the one or more wagering game machines in the bank of wagering game machines relative to a position number associated with the master wagering game machine; and

determining a position offset for each of the one or more wagering game machines in the bank of wagering game machines based on a difference between the position numbers associated with the one or more wagering game machines in the bank of wagering game machines and the position number associated with the master wagering game machine.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the one or more position-based time delays for the one or more wagering game machines in the bank of wagering game machines comprises:

determining a base time delay associated with the audio presentation; and

determining the one or more position-based time delays for the one or more wagering game machines based on the position offsets for the one or more wagering game machines and the base time delay.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the determining the one or more position-based time delays comprises multiplying the position offsets for the one or more wagering game machines in the bank of wagering game machines by the base time delay.

6. A method comprising:

detecting, at a wagering game machine in a bank of wagering game machines, an indication to participate in an audio presentation;

determining, at the wagering game machine, a position offset for the wagering game machine based, at least in part, on a position of the wagering game machine relative to a reference wagering game machine in the bank of wagering game machines;

determining, at the wagering game machine, a position-based time delay for presenting a portion of the audio presentation based, at least in part, on the position offset for the wagering game machine; and

presenting, by the wagering game machine, the portion of the audio presentation after waiting the position-based time delay for the wagering game machine.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the indication to participate in the audio presentation is detected by receipt of the indication from the reference wagering game machine.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the indication to participate in the audio presentation is detected by receipt of the indication from a wagering game server.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the indication to participate in the audio presentation is detected in response to an event occurring in a wagering game presented on the wagering game machine.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the determining the position offset for the wagering game machine and the determining the position-based time delay for the wagering game machine comprises:

determining a position number associated with the wagering game machine relative to a position number associated with the reference wagering game machine;

determining the position offset for the wagering game machine based on a difference between the position number associated with the wagering game machine and the position number associated with the reference wagering game machine;

determining a base time delay associated with the audio presentation; and

determining the position-based time delay for the wagering game machine based on the position offset and the base time delay.

11. A method comprising:

detecting, by a wagering game server, an indication to initiate an audio presentation for one or more wagering game machines in a bank of wagering game machines;

determining, by the wagering game server, position offsets for the one or more wagering game machines in the bank of wagering game machine based, at least in part, on positions of the one or more wagering game machines relative to a reference wagering game machine;

determining, by the wagering game server, one or more position-based time delays for the one or more wagering game machines in the bank of wagering game machines based, at least in part, on the position offsets; and

initiating, by the wagering game server, the audio presentation on the one or more wagering game machines in the bank of wagering game machines according to the one or more position-based time delays.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the determining, by the wagering game server, the position offsets for the one or more wagering game machines in the bank of wagering game machines comprises:

determining position numbers associated with the one or more wagering game machines in the bank of wagering game machines relative to a position number associated with the reference wagering game machine; and

determining a position offset for each of the one or more wagering game machines in the bank of wagering game machines based on a difference between the position numbers associated with the one or more wagering game machines in the bank of wagering game machines and the position number associated with the reference wagering game machine.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the determining the one or more position-based time delays for the one or more wagering game machines in the bank of wagering game machines comprises:

determining a base time delay associated with the audio presentation; and

determining the one or more position-based time delays for the one or more wagering game machines based on the position offsets for the one or more wagering game machines and the base time delay.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the determining the one or more position-based time delays comprises multiplying the position offsets for the one or more wagering game machines in the bank of wagering game machines by the base time delay.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the detecting, by the wagering game server, an indication to initiate an audio presentation comprises:

receiving, at the wagering game server from one of the one or more wagering game machines, the indication to initiate the audio presentation.

16. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

transmitting, from the wagering game server to the one or more wagering game machines in the bank of wagering game machines, the one or more position-based time delays and instructions for presenting the audio presentation according to the one or more position-based time delays.

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