Patent ID: 9189921
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for processing data in a gaming system having at least one processor device, the method comprising: receiving a wage from a wage acceptor from at least one of a plurality of gaming devices for funding progressive awards; collecting a current progressive value by a progressive controller from at least one of an available plurality of gaming devices funding the progressive awards in communication with the progressive controller; acquiring and managing information from the at least one of an available plurality of gaming devices via a virtual information host in communication with the progressive controller for graphically displaying in real time the current progressive value; processing the universal progressive data feed by a monitoring system in association with the progressive controller; implementing a protocol by the progressive controller incorporating the current progressive value with current geolocation data associated with the one of the available plurality of gaming devices as a universal progressive data feed; dynamically updating the current progressive value by the monitoring device from each one of the available plurality of gaming devices for providing real-time access to data on each one of the available plurality of gaming devices during a gaming session; and publishing to an external application by the progressive controller and the monitoring system a display of a ranked order of winning gaming devices based on the universal progressive data feed and a map of the at least one of an available plurality of gaming devices according to the current geolocation data according to the ranked order of the winning gaming devices based on the current progressive values, wherein the universal progressive data feed is updated in real time.