Method of selecting a device profile for provisioning an amusement device

Abstract

A method of selecting a device profile for provisioning an amusement device, wherein the amusement device has a touchscreen, a memory and a controller. The method includes the steps of establishing a connection between the amusement device and a remote server over a network, transmitting a list of amusement device profiles from the remote server to the amusement device, displaying the list of amusement device profiles on the touchscreen, receiving a selection from the touchscreen of one of the device profiles in the list of device profiles displayed on the touchscreen and transmitting the selected device profile to the amusement device. The device profiles in the list of amusement device profiles are selected from a plurality of available amusement device profiles based on information associated with the amusement device. The selected device profile is used to provision the amusement device.

1 . A method of selecting a device profile for provisioning an amusement device, the amusement device having a touchscreen, a memory and a controller, the method comprising:
 a) establishing a connection between the amusement device and a remote server over a network;   b) transmitting a list of amusement device profiles from the remote server to the amusement device, the device profiles in the list of amusement device profiles being selected from a plurality of available amusement device profiles based on information associated with the amusement device;   c) permitting display of the list of amusement device profiles on the touchscreen;   d) receiving a selection from the touchscreen of one of the device profiles in the list of device profiles displayed on the touchscreen; and   e) transmitting the selected device profile to the amusement device, wherein the selected device profile is used to provision the amusement device.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the transmitted profile of step (e) is selected based at least in part on a geographic location associated with the amusement device. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 f) transmitting log-in information associated with the operator to the remote server prior to step (b).   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , further comprising:
 g) determining a geographic location associated with the amusement device based on the log-in information.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the amusement device is not operable by the user prior to provisioning with the selected device profile in step (e). 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of profiles is an XML file. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 f) re-provisioning the amusement device in response to the amusement device being moved to another geographic location.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the location is selected from the group consisting of a municipality, a city, a county, a province, a state and a country. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the selected device profile of step (e) includes at least a game list, a date, a part number, a file name, a checksum, a description, a language list and a coin default. 
     
     
         10 . A method of provisioning a plurality of amusement devices, each of the amusement devices having a touchscreen, a memory and a controller, the method comprising:
 a) storing a plurality of amusement device profiles at a server remotely located from the amusement devices, each profile of the plurality of amusement device profiles defining a plurality of settings for provisioning the amusement devices;   b) receiving, by the server over a network, a request for a profile from a first amusement device of the plurality of amusement devices;   c) selecting at least one of the plurality of amusement device profiles based at least in part on information associated with the first amusement device; and   d) transmitting the selected at least one profile to the first amusement device over the network.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the information associated with the first amusement device of step (c) includes at least a geographic location of the first amusement device. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the geographic location is selected from the group consisting of a municipality, a city, a county, a province, a state and a country. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the information associated with the first amusement device of step (c) includes at least operator log-in information. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising:
 e) identifying a location associated with the first amusement device based on the operator log-in information.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein transmitting the selected at least one profile of step (d) further comprises transmitting a description of the at least one profile to the first amusement device. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the at least one profile is comprised of a plurality of profiles. 
     
     
         17 . An amusement device comprising:
 a) an input/output interface configured to:
 (i) transmit a provisioning request to a remote server over a network, and 
 (ii) receive one or more profiles from the remote server, the one or more profiles being selected from a plurality of available profiles based on information associated with the amusement device; 
   b) a memory configured to store the received one or more profiles;   c) a display screen having a touchscreen configured to:
 (i) display information identifying the one or more profiles, and 
 (ii) receive a selection of one of the one or more profiles from an operator associated with the device; and 
   d) a controller configured to provision the amusement device with the selected profile, wherein the amusement device is not operable by a user prior to the provisioning.   
     
     
         18 . The amusement device of  claim 17 , wherein the information associated with the first amusement device includes at least a location of the first amusement device.