Patent ID: 6884170
Filing Date: 2005-04-26
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of configuring a graphical user interface for use in a casino gaming environment comprising: generating a graphical representation of a gaming system which exists in the casino gaming environment, said graphical representation including elements graphically representing one or more components of said gaming system; displaying at least a portion of said graphical representation in a window of said graphical user interface on a display device for allowing a user viewing the display device to understand a performance of one or more of the components of the gaming system within a context of the casino gaming environment in which it resides, said at least a portion of said graphical representation including one or more displayed elements, wherein a least a portion of said elements are displayed in positions relative to one another by scaling from actual positions of said components of said gaming system relative to one another in an actual casino which said elements represent and wherein at least the portion of said elements are displayed in sizes relative to one another by scaling from actual sizes of said components of said gaming system relative to one another in an actual casino which said elements represent; accepting selection of one or more of said displayed elements; generating information regarding the one or more components of said gaming system represented by said selected displayed elements of said graphical representation; and displaying at least a portion of said generated information.