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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2006
Mark B. Gagner, West Chicago, IL (US);
Daniel Norman St. John, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Dale R. Buchholz, Palatine, IL (US);
Mark B. Gagner, West Chicago, IL (US);
Daniel Norman St. John, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Dale R. Buchholz, Palatine, IL (US);
WMS Gaming Inc., Waukegan, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for wireless mesh networking in a gaming environment are described herein. In one embodiment, the system includes a network interface unit to wirelessly receive gaming data from ones of a plurality of components of a wireless mesh network, the network interface unit to wirelessly transmit the gaming data to others of the plurality of components of the wireless mesh network. The system also includes a memory unit to store certain of the gaming data and to store instructions for conducting wagering games and a central processing unit to perform operations based in part on the certain of the gaming data and to perform operations based on the instructions.