Patent ID: 9552689
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. A method of announcing awards in a gaming system having a plurality of gaming devices for play by players and a central authority computing device communicatively coupled to each of the plurality of gaming devices, said method comprising: configuring, within a memory of the central authority computing device, a plurality of announcement packages including a first announcement package associated with a first event trigger satisfied during play of a gaming device of the plurality of gaming devices, and a second announcement package associated with a second event trigger satisfied during play of the gaming device, wherein the first announcement package includes an announcement of an opportunity to win an additional award; configuring, within the memory of the central authority computing device, target client eligibility for eligible target clients to receive at least one of the first and second announcement packages, wherein each of the first and second announcement packages includes at least pre-programmed audio and video celebration content that is individually customized based on respective eligible target clients associated with the first and second announcement packages; detecting, by the central authority computing device, when an event trigger occurs at a gaming device of the plurality of gaming devices; determining, by the central authority computing device, whether the event trigger satisfies at least one of the first and second event triggers; upon determining satisfaction of the first event trigger, transmitting, by the central authority computing device, the first announcement package to the eligible target clients eligible to receive the first announcement package, including a first plurality of clients that are clients other than the gaming device at which the first event trigger occurred, thereby announcing the opportunity to win the additional award and displaying the customized, pre-programmed audio and video celebration content associated with the first announcement package to the first plurality of clients; and upon determining satisfaction of the second event trigger, transmitting, by the central authority computing device, the second announcement package to the eligible target clients eligible to receive the second announcement package, including a second plurality of clients that are clients other than the gaming device at which the second event trigger occurred, thereby displaying the customized, pre-programmed audio and video celebration content associated with the second announcement package to the second plurality of clients.