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Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 07, 2006
Applicants:

Mark B. Gagner, West Chicago, IL (US);

Robertus A. Kloes, London, GB;

Michael R. Bytnar, Naperville, IL (US);

Matthew Huy-gia Phan, Las Vegas, NV (US);

Jorge Luis Shimabukuro, Las Vegas, NV (US);

Inventors:

Mark B. Gagner, West Chicago, IL (US);

Robertus A. Kloes, London, GB;

Michael R. Bytnar, Naperville, IL (US);

Matthew Huy-Gia Phan, Las Vegas, NV (US);

Jorge Luis Shimabukuro, Las Vegas, NV (US);

Assignee:

Bally Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/00 (2006.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G07F 17/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/32 (2013.01); G07F 17/34 (2013.01);
Abstract

Method and apparatus are provided wherein, in one example embodiment, a gaming machine includes a computing platform and a software program executing on the computing platform to provide a gaming experience to a user of the gaming machine, and there are provided one or more hardware or software components operative on the computing platform to detect faults occurring on the platform. At least one fault recovery software component is also operative on the gaming platform, and the fault recovery software component is adapted to operate in response to the detection of a fault.


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