WO2007030301A3 - Hybrid gaming network - Google Patents

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WO2007030301A3
WO2007030301A3 PCT/US2006/032479 US2006032479W WO2007030301A3 WO 2007030301 A3 WO2007030301 A3 WO 2007030301A3 US 2006032479 W US2006032479 W US 2006032479W WO 2007030301 A3 WO2007030301 A3 WO 2007030301A3
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David Salls
James W Morrow
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Bally Gaming Int Inc
David Salls
James W Morrow
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/3202—Hardware aspects of a gaming system, e.g. components, construction, architecture thereof
    • G07F17/3223—Architectural aspects of a gaming system, e.g. internal configuration, master/slave, wireless communication
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/3241—Security aspects of a gaming system, e.g. detecting cheating, device integrity, surveillance

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Abstract

[0086] The invention provides a method and apparatus for linking a plurality of independent networks to a single central control system. In one embodiment, a casino accounting and reporting processing system provides a common back end to a plurality of networks. In one embodiment, the central server is coupled to at least one network using the same protocol so that no translation or interface is necessary. One or more other networks are coupled to the central server via an interface for translating communications and commands from the independent network to the host network protocol. In one embodiment, the interface is implemented using a standard interface referred to as 'S2S'. An advantage of the invention is that it can be used to provide a common user interface, common accounting and security, and common player tracking management.
PCT/US2006/032479 2005-09-07 2006-08-17 Hybrid gaming network WO2007030301A2 (en)

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US11/220,781 2005-09-07
US11/220,781 US8392707B2 (en) 2005-09-07 2005-09-07 Gaming network
US11/319,034 2005-12-23
US11/319,034 US8118677B2 (en) 2005-09-07 2005-12-23 Device identification
US11/380,854 US20070054740A1 (en) 2005-09-07 2006-04-28 Hybrid gaming network
US11/380,854 2006-04-28

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