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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2013
Wms Gaming, Inc., Waukegan, IL (US);
Jorge Luis Shimabukuro, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Ranjan Dasgupta, Naperville, IL (US);
WMS GAMING, INC., Waukegan, IL (US);
Abstract
An electronic gaming machine (EGM) may use a temporary network to perform configuration updates upon determining that a maintenance mode is active and that normal gaming operation is suspended. The temporary network may use cryptographically paired wireless devices that prevent man-in-the-middle attacks or eavesdropping. Alternatively, the temporary network may use an existing network that is utilized during normal gaming operation for accessories and/or loyalty data. Once the temporary, or ad hoc, network is established, a host electronic gaming machine or a standalone device may be used as a repository from which configuration information may be propagated to other electronic gaming machines, even if the other electronic gaming machines have a different games or configurations from that of the host. This capability may be particularly helpful in jurisdictions where EGM networking is prohibited during game play operation.