WO2007035388A3 - Methods and apparatus for interacting with players of video machines - Google Patents

Methods and apparatus for interacting with players of video machines Download PDF

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WO2007035388A3
WO2007035388A3 PCT/US2006/035746 US2006035746W WO2007035388A3 WO 2007035388 A3 WO2007035388 A3 WO 2007035388A3 US 2006035746 W US2006035746 W US 2006035746W WO 2007035388 A3 WO2007035388 A3 WO 2007035388A3
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gaming machine
video gaming
players
server
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Marius Swart
Sam Johnson
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Las Vegas Gaming Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/3225—Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users
    • G07F17/3232—Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users wherein the operator is informed
    • G07F17/3237—Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users wherein the operator is informed about the players, e.g. profiling, responsible gaming, strategy/behavior of players, location of players
    • G07F17/3239—Tracking of individual players
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements

Abstract

A system for interacting with players of video gaming machines is described. The system includes a video gaming machine, a database for storing player information and player interaction rules for a plurality of players, and a server. The server is coupled to the video gaming machine and the database. The server is programmed to monitor the video gaming machine including identifying a player utilizing the video gaming machine and recording activities of the identified player on the video gaming machine. The server is also programmed to determine whether a player interaction rule is satisfied based on the identification of the player and the recorded- activities of the identified player, and- display, an award offer on the video, gaming machine for inducing the identified player to continue playing when a player interaction rule is satisfied.
PCT/US2006/035746 2005-09-15 2006-09-13 Methods and apparatus for interacting with players of video machines WO2007035388A2 (en)

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US11/469,108 US20070004519A1 (en) 2003-10-20 2006-08-31 Methods and apparatus for interacting with players of video machines

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