Sharing resources in wagering game systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8961318-B2
Application number	US-201213708629-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 7, 2012
Priority date	Jan 4, 2008
Publication date	Feb 24, 2015
Grant date	Feb 24, 2015

Abstract

Techniques for sharing resources in wagering game systems are described herein. Some embodiments include a method comprising: detecting, by the wagering game machine, low processing capabilities of the wagering game machine. The method can include determining, based on the detecting low processing capabilities, that remote resources are needed for processing video content associated with a wagering game. The method can include requesting, via a network, the remote resources from the remote wagering game machine. The method can also include receiving, from the remote wagering game machine via the network, processed video content for the wagering game, and presenting, on a display device, the wagering game using the processed video content.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for utilizing, in a wagering game machine, video processing resources of a remote wagering game machine, the method comprising:
detecting, by the wagering game machine, low processing capabilities of the wagering game machine;
determining, in response to the detecting low processing capabilities, that remote resources are needed for processing video content associated with a wagering game;
requesting, via a network, the remote resources fr…

Assignees

• Wms Gaming Inc

Inventors

• Liber Nevin J
• Schulhof Scott H
• Smith Jason A
• Sylla Craig J

Classifications

• G07F17/32 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G07F17/3234

  Physics · mapped topic

• G07F17/3218

  Physics · mapped topic

• G07F17/3223

  Physics · mapped topic

• G07F17/3227 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic