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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2008
William R. Brosnan, Reno, NV (US);
Steven G. Lemay, Reno, NV (US);
Warner Cockerille, Sparks, NV (US);
Dwayne Nelson, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Robert Breckner, Sparks, NV (US);
William R. Brosnan, Reno, NV (US);
Steven G. LeMay, Reno, NV (US);
Warner Cockerille, Sparks, NV (US);
Dwayne Nelson, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Robert Breckner, Sparks, NV (US);
IGT, Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
Open architecture communication systems and methods are provided that allow flexible data transmission between gaming machines and other devices and nodes within a gaming machine network. The gaming machine and other devices employ a communication interface that sends and receives data via a common communication protocol and via common communication hardware. The communication interface and common communication protocol allow data transfer between gaming machines and other network nodes such as gaming service servers, despite the presence of different proprietary gaming machine functions and proprietary communication protocols and despite the presence of various proprietary hardware and proprietary communication protocols relied on by the servers.