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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:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2004
Christopher W. Blackburn, Reno, NV (US);
Rory L. Block, Carson City, NV (US);
Thomas A. Gentles, Algonquin, IL (US);
Vikram Swamy, Chicago, IL (US);
Terry D. Warkentin, Carson City, NV (US);
Christopher W. Blackburn, Reno, NV (US);
Rory L. Block, Carson City, NV (US);
Thomas A. Gentles, Algonquin, IL (US);
Vikram Swamy, Chicago, IL (US);
Terry D. Warkentin, Carson City, NV (US);
WMS Gaming Inc., Waukegan, IL (US);
Abstract
A gaming network includes a discovery service, gaming machines and services providers. The discovery service receives service information from the service providers and publishes the service information to gaming machines and other entities on the gaming network. The discovery service and service providers may be implemented as web services with a gaming services framework. 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. Systems and methods provide a service-oriented framework for gaming and property management based upon internetworking technology and web services concepts.