Patent ID: 7951005

Claim:
A data presentation system of a gaming network, comprising: a communications interface to the gaming network to allow information data about the gaming network to be accessed by a plurality of wireless access servers, the gaming network including a plurality of gaming machines and a database repository configured to store information data, the wireless access servers being distributed around a gaming floor on which the gaming machines are available for play, the wireless access servers including a data parser and a database and being coupled via an event monitor to the database repository on which information data is stored and the wireless access servers configured to receive information data from the database repository, the event monitor being configured to combine live information data from the gaming network with information data stored on the database repository to generate a warning, indication or signal used in monitoring a possible problem condition associated with operation of the gaming machines on the gaming network; at least one handheld wireless device configured to communicate with a wireless access server over a wireless link to access information data on the wireless access server in response to a query from a user of the wireless device, the wireless device having a display for viewing information data including information data displayed in graphical form relating to parameters of operation of the gaming network; and a user machine, other than the wireless device, configured to access information data on a wireless access server in response to a query from a user of the user machine and to present a response on a display of the user machine in graphical form relating to parameters of operation of the gaming network, the user machine including a browser configured to provide access and control of a display of information data.