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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2012
Applicant:
Bally Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Inventors:
Joshua D. Larsen, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Pravinkumar Patel, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Assignee:
Bally Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/14 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/61 (2013.01); G07F 17/32 (2013.01); G07F 17/3202 (2013.01); G07F 17/323 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments are directed to a gaming device that uses an internal hard drive for primary media storage. The software is installed on the hard drive without requiring physical access to the hard drive including, but not limited to, removal or replacement of the hard drive. According to one method, an install flash program is used to format and/or reformat an internal hard drive. Additionally, the install flash program is used to install media stored on a removable storage device onto the internal hard drive.