Patent ID: 8249729
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A visual analysis method for analyzing the performance of gaming machines in a casino comprising the steps of: acquiring respective gaming machine data, by a server connected to receive data from the gaming machines, for each of the gaming machines arranged in the casino, said gaming machine data having a plurality of separate components; the server being programmed for generating information for a display device, wherein the display device generates a plurality of three-dimensional icons on a two-dimensional medium, each three-dimensional icon corresponding to one of the gaming machines, an arrangement of the three-dimensional icons on the two-dimensional medium corresponding to a physical layout of the plurality of gaming machines within the casino; and for each particular generated three-dimensional icon, displaying a physical dimension of each three-dimensional icon to be approximately proportional to a first data component of the gaming machine represented by an associated three-dimensional icon.