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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:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2013
Igt, Reno, NV (US);
John H. Kim, Reno, NV (US);
Matthew D. Kerr, Reno, NV (US);
Nicholas M. Hansen-Hiraki, Reno, NV (US);
William M. Salivar, Reno, NV (US);
Warner R. Cockerille, IV, Sparks, NV (US);
A. Michael Kinsley, Reno, NV (US);
Regan J. Snyder, Reno, NV (US);
IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for creating and managing certificates for gaming machines in a gaming network using a portable memory device. A gaming machine creates a certificate signing request which is stored on a portable memory device at the machine. Then, the memory device is coupled with an appropriate CA server. A certificate batch utility program on the server downloads and processes the CSRs. A certificate services program on the server issues gaming machine certificates according to the CSRs. In one embodiment, the certificates are uploaded onto the memory device, along with copies of certificate authority server certificates, including a root CA certificate. Then, the memory device is coupled with the gaming machine and software on the machine identifies and downloads its certificate based on the certificate file name.