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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013
Filed:
May. 26, 2010
James Morrow, Sparks, NV (US);
Lawrence Mcallister, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Robert Dubner, Westwood, NJ (US);
David Carman, Glenwood, MD (US);
James Morrow, Sparks, NV (US);
Lawrence McAllister, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Robert Dubner, Westwood, NJ (US);
David Carman, Glenwood, MD (US);
Bally Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A system for verifying one or more downloaded componentsof a gaming devicethat includes the gaming device, which has an alterable hard drive(or other persistent storage media), and the downloaded components that further include gaming-related content-. A related method includes: enabling initiation of a game on the gaming device; downloading the gaming-related content-to the alterable hard drivewhile the gaming deviceis enabled for game play; reading an identifier associated with the gaming-related content-; verifying that the identifier is valid (using verification software); and reconfiguring the gaming deviceto utilize the newly-downloaded, gaming-related content-in response to an initiating event.