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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 11, 2015
Applicant:

Igt, Las Vegas, NV (US);

Inventors:

Sam Johnson, Las Vegas, NV (US);

Chad Ryan, Henderson, NV (US);

Bradley G. Ward, Kingston, NV (US);

Assignee:

IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G07F 17/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/3244 (2013.01); G07F 17/329 (2013.01); G07F 17/3211 (2013.01); G07F 17/3223 (2013.01); G07F 17/3225 (2013.01); G07F 17/3227 (2013.01); G07F 17/3239 (2013.01); G07F 17/3248 (2013.01); G07F 17/3255 (2013.01); G07F 17/3267 (2013.01); G07F 17/3272 (2013.01); G07F 17/42 (2013.01);
Abstract

A modified gaming machine includes a plurality of gaming machine peripheral devices for use in implementing one or more games to a player, and a master gaming controller configured to implement primary gaming machine functionality, including generating and transmitting information to the plurality of gaming machine peripherals. The modified gaming machine further comprises a secondary controller interposed between one or more of the plurality of gaming machine peripheral devices and the master gaming controller, whereby the secondary controller may forward information generated by the master gaming controller to the gaming machine peripheral devices and transmit secondary information to the peripheral devices.


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