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Granted Patent B2
US 9,514,602 · App. 14/022,844 · Granted Dec 6, 2016

System data triggering for facilitation of gaming event re-creation

Inventor: Mark C. Nicely (Daly City, CA)
Assignee: IGT
G07F17/3225G07F17/3258G07F17/34
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,514,602
App. No.
14/022,844
Granted
Dec 6, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

For facilitating re-experience of an event of a gaming device with a player, at least one of an available plurality of data sampled by the gaming device by a gaming system having supervisory hierarchical control over the gaming device, is monitored. The data is compared against a predetermined threshold to determine whether the predetermined threshold is exceeded. If the threshold is exceeded, at least a portion of the sampled data is provided to a data processing device to be processed in re-creating the event at a subsequent time.

Claims (29)

1. A method for facilitating re-experience of an event of a gaming device having at least one payment acceptor with a player, comprising at least one processor and memory configured with executable instructions that:

monitor at least one of an available plurality of data sampled from the gaming device by a gaming system having supervisory hierarchical control over the gaming device, wherein the at least one payment acceptor receives physical media having a monetary value to establish a credit balance for a placement of one or more wagers and to receive potential winnings resulting from one or more game wins of the event, wherein the event is a gaming event resulting from the placement of the one or more wagers using the payment acceptor;

compare the at least one of the available plurality of data against a predetermined threshold, to determine whether the predetermined threshold has been exceeded by evaluating a size of a game win in relation to a last wager of the player, using the payment acceptor, against a previously stored award multiplier threshold; and

if the predetermined threshold has been exceeded, providing at least a portion of the sampled data to be processed in recreating the event at a subsequent time.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the executable instructions that monitor the at least one of the available plurality of data further include executable instructions that monitor at least one of system time data, card reader data, coin-in meter data, coin-out meter data, game state data, random number generator bit request data, and incrementation signals.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the executable instructions that compare the at least one of the available plurality of data against the predetermined threshold further include executable instructions that perform at least one of observing whether more than a single random number generation request per wager is maintained and observing time delays between random number generation requests.

4. The method of claim 1 , further include executable instructions that set, by the gaming system, the predetermined threshold by examining the sampled data over time.

5. The method of claim 1 , further include executable instructions that set the predetermined threshold to correspond specifically to a game currently operational on the gaming device; wherein the predetermined threshold that is set is one of an available plurality of predetermined thresholds.

6. The method of claim 1 , further include executable instructions that define the predetermined threshold based at least partially on a current game state.

7. A system for facilitating re-experience of an event of a gaming device, having at least one payment acceptor, with a player, comprising:

a system device having supervisory hierarchical control over the gaming device, wherein the at least one payment acceptor receives physical media having a monetary value to establish a credit balance for a placement of one or more wagers and to receive potential winnings resulting from one or more game wins of the event, wherein the event is a gaming event resulting from the placement of the one or more wagers using the payment acceptor:

samples an available plurality of data from the gaming device,

monitors at least one of the available plurality of sampled data,

compares the at least one of the available plurality of data against a predetermined threshold, to determine whether the predetermined threshold has been exceeded and evaluates a size of a game win in relation to a last wager of the player, using the payment acceptor, against a previously stored award multiplier threshold, and

if the predetermined threshold has been exceeded, provides at least a portion of the sampled data to be processed in recreating the event at a subsequent time.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the system device, pursuant to monitoring the at least one of the available plurality of data, monitors at least one of system time data, card reader data, coin-in meter data, coin-out meter data, game state data, random number generator bit request data, and incrementation signals.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the system device, pursuant to comparing the at least one of the available plurality of data against the predetermined threshold, performs at least one of observing whether more than a single random number generation request per wager is maintained and observing time delays between random number generation requests.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the system device sets the predetermined threshold by examining the sampled data over time.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the system device sets the predetermined threshold to correspond specifically to a game currently operational on the gaming device; wherein the predetermined threshold that is set is one of an available plurality of predetermined thresholds.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the system device defines the predetermined threshold based at least partially on a current game state.

13. A computer program product for facilitating re-experience of an event of a gaming device, having at least one payment acceptor, with a player, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

a first executable portion that monitors at least one of an available plurality of data sampled from the gaming device by a gaming system having supervisory hierarchical control over the gaming device, wherein the at least one payment acceptor receives physical media having a monetary value to establish a credit balance for a placement of one or more wagers and to receive potential winnings resulting from one or more game wins of the event, wherein the event is a gaming event resulting from the placement of the one or more wagers using the payment acceptor;

a second executable portion that compares the at least one of the available plurality of data against a predetermined threshold, to determine whether the predetermined threshold has been exceeded and evaluates a size of a game win in relation to a last wager of the player, using the payment acceptor, against a previously stored award multiplier threshold; and

a third executable portion that, if the predetermined threshold has been exceeded, provides at least a portion of the sampled data to be processed in recreating the event at a subsequent time.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 , further including a fourth executable portion that, pursuant to monitoring the at least one of the available plurality of data, monitors at least one of system time data, card reader data, coin-in meter data, coin-out meter data, game state data, random number generator bit request data, and incrementation signals.

15. The computer program product of claim 13 , further including a fourth executable portion that, pursuant to comparing the at least one of the available plurality of data against the predetermined threshold, performs at least one of observing whether more than a single random number generation request per wager is maintained and observing time delays between random number generation requests.

16. The computer program product of claim 13 , further including a fourth executable portion that sets, by the gaming system, the predetermined threshold by examining the sampled data over time.

17. The computer program product of claim 13 , further including a fourth executable portion that sets the predetermined threshold to correspond specifically to a game currently operational on the gaming device; wherein the predetermined threshold that is set is one of an available plurality of predetermined thresholds.

18. The computer program product of claim 13 , further including a fourth executable portion that defines the predetermined threshold based at least partially on a current game state.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 3, 2025
From: IGT
To: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 071817/0394 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2013
From: NICELY, MARK C.
To: IGT
Reel/Frame 031176/0406 →
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