Patent ID: 8192283
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of displaying gaming activity to a user of a control station communicatively coupled to a plurality of physical gaming machines disposed about a gaming floor, the method comprising: calculating a range of values (R) corresponding to wagering activity at the plurality of physical gaming machines with a processor of a computing device, the range of values defined by a minimum range value and a maximum range value; calculating a value of a divisor (D) by which to divide the range of values with at least one processor of a computing device, where the divisor (D) is greater than one (1); calculating a quotient and a remainder from division of the range of values (R) by the divisor (D) with the at least one processor of the computing device; color coding a respective first icon of an approximately D number of first icons with a respective color of an approximately D number of colors of a graduated color scale, each respective first icon corresponding to a respective subrange of an approximately D number of subranges of the range of values, wherein the approximately D number of subranges are ordered from a lowest subrange to a highest subrange, and wherein the approximately D number of first icons are color coded in accordance with the order of the subranges and the graduated color scheme; and displaying a first number of first icons on a display device of the control station.