Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited

Drazen Lenger

Zoran Tomicic

Victor Blanco

A gaming system and processor module are therefore adapted to support simultaneous execution of two or more operating system instances. Program code is provided for play of the game uses two or more cooperating component processes partitioned such that at least one of the component processes executes using a first operating system instance, and at least one other cooperating component process executes using a further operating system instance. Each operating system instance may execute in its own virtual machine.

Gaming system and gaming system processor module

A method of transitioning from one image to another image on an electronic display device of a gaming machine without the use of any pre-generated animation data file is provided. The method includes identifying a first image and a second image, where the first image is associated with display control data, and controlling the electronic display device to display the first image overlaid on the second image. The method also includes extracting a first set of details from the display control data associated with the first image, where the first set of details specify a first visual change of an incremental visual transition from the first image to the second image. The method may also include processing the first set of details, and applying, based upon the processing, the first visual change to a first part of the first image, whereby the first part of the first image is removed to reveal a first part of the second image under the first part of the first image.

Systems and methods of gaming machine image transitions

A graphics system for changing images on a gaming machine display, having a transition library of transition types, a graphics engine and a control means. The graphics engine applies a selected transition type from the transition library to at least one of at least two images for determining the way in which a substitution of one of the images by the other of the images occurs and initializes transition data for effecting an incremental substitution of the one image by the other image. The control means modifies the transition data such that, when the selected transition type is being effected, an incremental substitution of at least a part of the one image by the other image occurs serially until the one image has been substituted by the other image on the gaming machine display.

In a first aspect the invention provides a storage method for a gaming machine, including allocating program code to one of at least two program categories including a first category of program code that is expected to be modified more frequently than a second category of program code and storing program code from the first and second categories in logically separate storage areas.

Storage method for a gaming machine

Gaming machine transitions

A method of conducting a software update of a gaming machine, including: starting a boot process of the gaming machine; determining during the boot process that a memory device potentially containing at least one software component more recent than a corresponding software component currently stored in gaming machine memory is in data communication with the gaming machine; determining that the memory device contains at least one authentic, more recent software component; and updating gaming machine memory with each more recent software component.

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Drazen Lenger