Network gaming system and casino management system link

摘要

A network (e.g., Internet) based gaming system and one or more casino management systems (CMS) are connected to manage patron data, loyalty programs, and other data. The connection may be implemented as an abstracted integration. As such, the connection mechanism may be used to connect the network based gaming system to a variety of proprietary and other CMS types. The connection mechanism may be synchronous, such as for example via a web service using XML over SOAP, or asynchronous, such as for example using a message sender/listener system such as system-2-system (S2S).

主权项

1. A method for communicating loyalty credit information, comprising:
accessing account information for a user's first account with an online gaming service, the user's first account associated with first loyalty credits; accessing account information for a user's second account with a casino management system, the user's second account associated with second loyalty credits; and communicating loyalty credit information for the user between a server providing the online gaming service and machines providing the casino management system, wherein communicating loyalty credit information includes:
determining whether first loyalty credits from the user's first account are transferrable to the casino management system, andtransmitting a number of first loyalty credits from the user's first account with the online gaming service to the user's second account with the casino management system when it is determined that the first loyalty credits are transferrable to the casino management system, wherein the number of first loyalty credits transmitted is based on available first loyalty credits in the user's first account and user input.