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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2015
Applicant:
Igt, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Inventors:
Kevin M. Higgins, Reno, NV (US);
Dwayne R. Nelson, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Steven G. LeMay, Reno, NV (US);
Derrick Price, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Assignee:
IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/3211 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2013.01); G07F 17/3225 (2013.01); G07F 17/3244 (2013.01); G07F 17/3269 (2013.01);
Abstract
Banked EGM light and sound shows which reduce the probability of appearing unsynchronized are described herein. A modified client time protocol on each EGM stores an offset from a time reference source. The time offset is used to schedule banked light and sound shows so that the performance of each EGM is synchronized, without requiring the actual clocks of the EGMs to be synchronized.