Patent ID: 8348759

Claim:
A gaming machine including a gaming presentation, a gaming processor, and an embedded user interface, the embedded user interface comprising: a multimedia display screen, wherein the display screen presents web content data to a user via the display screen, wherein the multimedia display screen is separate from the gaming presentation of the gaming machine; a dictionary component, wherein the dictionary component translates a text data message directed to be displayed to a player upon a display screen into an XML, HTML, or DHTML enhanced player message directed to be displayed to the player upon the display screen by looking up the text data message in a dictionary data file which provides a mapping of possible text data messages to corresponding enhanced player messages; and an embedded processor that employs an internal operating system and communicates with the gaming processor and two or more servers, and wherein the embedded processor reads an incoming text data message directed to be displayed to the player upon the display screen, calls the dictionary component, and displays the corresponding enhanced player message directed to be displayed to the player upon the display screen on the multimedia display screen, wherein the embedded processor and the two or more servers direct content to the multimedia display screen; whereby the multimedia display screen increases player excitement by displaying the corresponding web content message to the player so as to provide a richer gaming experience than displaying the incoming text data message to the player.