Patent ID: 9022866
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for managing networked gaming machines, wherein each networked gaming machine includes a game display and the gaming machine provides a game on the game display having a plurality of winning outcomes, the method comprising: providing an embedded user interface on each gaming machine, wherein the game display is separate from the embedded user interface, wherein the embedded user interface system includes an additional processor, a web page display screen, and a dictionary extension; establishing one or more triggering events for the networked gaming machines, wherein the triggering events are winning outcomes; initiating a gaming session on one or more of the networked gaming machines, wherein each networked gaming machine generates a game outcome when the game is played; establishing a group of gaming machines participating in a single-player-initiated, grouped bonus period, wherein the group of gaming machines comprises two or more gaming machines; enabling a system host to communicate with the additional processor of the embedded user interface system from each gaming device; displaying a first single-player-initiated, grouped bonus period on each embedded user interface in response to the one or more triggering events during a base game on the established group of gaming machines; displaying a notification message regarding the initiation of the first grouped bonus period on each embedded user interface of the group of gaming machines; and awarding a prize in response to a winning outcome being achieved by one or more of the networked gaming machines during the first grouped bonus period.