Patent ID: 8275848
Filing Date: 2012-09-25
Classification: G07F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A notification system to provide notifications to clients of a server, comprising: a first communications network at a casino having a number of electronic gaming machines coupled thereto, wherein communications carried by the first communications network conforms to a first communication protocol; a plurality of clients at the casino and communicatively coupled to a second communications network, the plurality of clients including at least one registered-client that receives a respective multi-cast client-notification message over the second communications network wherein communications carried by the second communications network conforms to a second communication protocol different from the first communication protocol; a notification server at the casino communicatively coupled to the plurality of clients by the second communications network and communicatively coupled to the plurality of gaming machines by the first communications network, the notification server configured to receive a respective notification message via the first communications network and configured to multicast a respective client-notification message carrying information indicative of the respective notification message to selected registered-clients based at least on a respective message classifier associated with the respective notification message which is carried to the notification server via the second communications network, wherein the notification server and each respective client communicate in at least a client request-server response mode where the respective client provides a respective request and the server provides a respective response to the respective request; and a database stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium having at least one look-up table that associates information indicative of a logical address and information indicative of a respective notification type requested by a respective registered client with a respective message classifier for each registered client of the plurality of clients, wherein the notification server receives a first notification message via the first communication network and based at least on a respective message classifier for the first notification message and the at least one look-up table, the notification server determines a respective logical address of each registered client associated with the respective message classifier of the first notification message and addresses a first multi-cast client notification message with the respective logical address of each the registered clients associated with the respective message classifier of the first notification message.