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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:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2005
Applicants:
Steven Lee, Naperville, IL (US);
Craig J. Sylla, Round Lake, IL (US);
James E. Sutton, Cary, IL (US);
Faith Lebrun, Chicago, IL (US);
Jerome Carpenter, Woodridge, IL (US);
Inventors:
Steven Lee, Naperville, IL (US);
Craig J. Sylla, Round Lake, IL (US);
James E. Sutton, Cary, IL (US);
Faith LeBrun, Chicago, IL (US);
Jerome Carpenter, Woodridge, IL (US);
Assignee:
WMS Gaming Inc., Waukegan, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 (2006.01); A63F 13/00 (2014.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Software is download to a gaming device as a background operation while the gaming application runs in the foreground. An authorization operation may be completed before the download operation to prevent unauthorized installation of software. New games, software updates, and advertising content can be downloaded to the gaming machine in a background operation.