Gaming network environment having a language translation service

Abstract

A gaming network including gaming machines and gaming services further includes a language translation service that provides systems and methods for providing translations for clients in the gaming network. The gaming services framework comprises a set of services, protocols, XML schemas, and methods for providing gaming system functionality in a distributed, network based architecture that includes gaming machines and servers. The systems and methods provide a service-oriented framework for gaming and property management based upon internetworking technology and web services concepts.

1 . A method for providing a language translation service in a gaming network including gaming machines, the method comprising: 
 publishing an availability of the language translation service on the gaming network;    receiving a discovery request for the language translation service;    registering by a gaming client with the language translation service; and    processing one or more service requests between the gaming client and the language translation service, said service requests conforming to an intemetworking protocol.    
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the language translation service comprises a web service.  
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the service request is formatted according to a service description language.  
   
   
       4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the service description language is a Web Services Description Language (WSDL).  
   
   
       5 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the language translation service is registered in a UDDI registry.  
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the gaming client comprises a gaming machine.  
   
   
       7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the gaming client comprises a service provider.  
   
   
       8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the service request comprises a request by the gaming client for a translation of a text string from the language translation service.  
   
   
       9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the text string comprises an XML (extensible Markup Language) formatted text string.  
   
   
       10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the service request comprises a request by the gaming client for a set of translations from the language translation service.  
   
   
       11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the language translation service provides the set of translations in a file.  
   
   
       12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the file conforms to an XML format.  
   
   
       13 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising authenticating the gaming client to determine if the gaming client is authorized to receive language translations.  
   
   
       14 . A gaming network system, the gaming network system comprising: 
 a gaming client communicably coupled to the gaming network; and    a language translation service communicably coupled to the gaming network and operable to: 
 publish an availability of the language translation service on the gaming network;  
 register a gaming client with the language translation service; and  
 process one or more service requests between the gaming client and the language translation service, said service requests conforming to an intemetworking protocol.  
   
   
   
       15 . The gaming network system of  claim 14 , wherein the language translation service comprises a web service.  
   
   
       16 . The gaming network system of  claim 14 , wherein the service request is formatted according to a service description language.  
   
   
       17 . The gaming network system of  claim 16 , wherein the service description language is a Web Services Description Language (WSDL).  
   
   
       18 . The gaming network system of  claim 14 , wherein the language translation service is registered in a UDDI registry.  
   
   
       19 . The gaming network system of  claim 14 , wherein the gaming client comprises a gaming machine.  
   
   
       20 . The gaming network system of  claim 14 , wherein the gaming client comprises a service provider in the gaming network.  
   
   
       21 . The gaming network system of  claim 14 , wherein the service request comprises a request by the gaming client for a translation of a text string from the language translation service.  
   
   
       22 . The gaming network system of  claim 21 , wherein the text string comprises an XML (eXtensible Markup Language) formatted text string.  
   
   
       23 . The gaming network system of  claim 14 , wherein the service request comprises a request by the gaming client for a set of translations from the language translation service.  
   
   
       24 . The gaming network system of  claim 23 , wherein the language translation service provides the set of translations in a file.  
   
   
       25 . The gaming network system of  claim 24 , wherein the file conforms to an XML format.  
   
   
       26 . The gaming network system of  claim 14 , further comprising an authentication service operable to authenticate the gaming client to determine if the gaming client is authorized to receive language translations.  
   
   
       27 . The gaming network system of  claim 26 , wherein the authentication service includes a RADIUS authentication service.  
   
   
       28 . The gaming network system of  claim 26 , further comprising a localizing database operable to store a set of one or more translations.  
   
   
       29 . The gaming network system of  claim 28 , wherein the set of one or more translations are organized by one or more fields selected from the group consisting of application name, version number, device type, language type.