Patent ID: 7918731

Claim:
A system for providing centralized control of the audio output for one or more gaming machines in a casino gaming network, the system comprising: one or more noise level detectors positioned in a casino gaming floor environment to obtain noise level data; a microphone interface connected to each of the one or more noise level detectors, wherein the microphone interface monitors the casino noise level, collects noise level data, and analyzes the collected data; an ambient interface connected to the microphone interface, wherein the ambient interface monitors, analyzes, and averages the ambient casino noise level by applying normalizing techniques to collected ambient noise level data to average the ambient noise level data; a system server connected to the ambient interface to receive the obtained noise level data and to determine the appropriate audio output for one or more gaming machines, wherein the appropriate audio output for the one or more gaming machines is determined with respect to the averaged casino noise level that was monitored by the ambient interface, and wherein the system server sends sequential sound files to a group of adjacent gaming machines and enables the group of adjacent gaming machines to produce a Doppler sound effect; and an audio hub positioned within each gaming machine and connected to the system server, wherein each audio hub receives audio instructions from the system server and adjusts the audio output for one or more gaming machines.