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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:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2006
Mark B. Gagner, West Chicago, IL (US);
Nevin J. Liber, Libertyville, IL (US);
Craig J. Sylla, Round Lake, IL (US);
Matthew J. Ward, Northbrook, IL (US);
Jason A. Smith, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Jacob C. Greenberg, Elgin, IL (US);
Mark B. Gagner, West Chicago, IL (US);
Nevin J. Liber, Libertyville, IL (US);
Craig J. Sylla, Round Lake, IL (US);
Matthew J. Ward, Northbrook, IL (US);
Jason A. Smith, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Jacob C. Greenberg, Elgin, IL (US);
WMS Gaming Inc., Waukegan, IL (US);
Abstract
A system, apparatus and method for dependency verification of content distributed to a gaming machine is described herein. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving, over a network and into a gaming machine, data that includes a software component. The method also includes verifying that the gaming machine includes the version or the range of versions of a component, upon determining that the software component is dependent on a version or a range of versions of the component that is part of the gaming machine.