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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2003
Applicants:
Russell T. Bradford, Incline Village, NV (US);
Robert A. Luciano, Jr., Reno, NV (US);
Inventors:
Russell T. Bradford, Incline Village, NV (US);
Robert A. Luciano, Jr., Reno, NV (US);
Assignee:
Sierra Design Group, Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A replacement device for a conventional bill acceptor in a gaming machine, located in the same space as the bill acceptor, has a bill acceptor or voucher reader/printer, plus at least a fingerprint reader. In one preferred embodiment, the new device has a bill acceptor, fingerprint reader, magnetic strip card reader, and an LCD screen. All interface to the existing game processor board using the bill acceptor's existing serial connection, and optionally to backend systems using an ethernet connection directly from the new device.