G - Physics – 07 – F
Patent
G - Physics
07
F
G07F 17/32 (2006.01) A63F 13/02 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2586535
A method of enumerating peripheral devices connected to a gaming machine includes establishing communications between each of the gaming peripherals and the master gaming controller; determining whether one or more peripheral devices on each gaming peripheral is authorized to communicate with the master gaming controller; querying each of the gaming peripherals for peripheral devices; for each peripheral device, loading a device driver for controlling features of the peripheral device; controlling operation of each peripheral device using the device driver for the peripheral device; storing critical information received from one of the gaming peripherals to a non-volatile memory wherein in an event of a malfunction occurring during play the critical information is used to restore the gaming machine to a state in the game of chance that occurred just prior to the malfunction; and generating, under control of the master gaming controller, the game of chance on the gaming machine.
Lemay Steven G.
Stockdale James
Fetherstonhaugh & Co.
Igt
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