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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 25, 2015
Applicant:

Bally Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);

Inventors:

Jamie W. Vann, Chicago, IL (US);

Erik W. Funkhouser, Chicago, IL (US);

Yokeshwaran Srinivasan, Chicago, IL (US);

Assignee:

Bally Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); H04W 4/00 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/323 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0205 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2013.01); G07F 17/3206 (2013.01); G07F 17/3209 (2013.01); G07F 17/3211 (2013.01); G07F 17/3213 (2013.01); G07F 17/3227 (2013.01); G07F 17/3244 (2013.01); G07F 17/3286 (2013.01); H04W 4/008 (2013.01);
Abstract

A gaming system includes a plurality of input devices for operating a wagering game feature. A level of adoption is determined and dynamically modified for one or more input devices based upon player interaction during the feature. A tailored level of messaging is presented to the player corresponding to the level of adoption. A level of adoption may be maintained separately for each feature of the wagering game and for each input device. The level of adoption may be based on determined player familiarity, proficiency, desirability, usage, etc., of the input device, during one or more features of the wagering game. The level of adoption for a player, the one or more input devices, and all available feature contexts of the wagering game may evolve during a single gaming cycle session, starting at a predetermined default value and changing in response to player interaction with the input devices and operation of the gaming features. An optional player account allows information to remain persistent over multiple gaming cycles.


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