公开(公告)号：US08613663B2

公开(公告)日：2013-12-24

申请号：US12619646

申请日：2009-11-16

申请人： Nathan K. Harvey ,  Pravinkumar Patel ,  James Schaefer ,  Michael N. Dubose

发明人： Nathan K. Harvey ,  Pravinkumar Patel ,  James Schaefer ,  Michael N. Dubose

IPC分类号： A63F9/24 ,  A63F13/00

CPC分类号： G07F17/34 ,  G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/3202 ,  G07F17/3211

摘要： Various embodiments are directed to gaming machines having multi-monitor support for controlling up to four monitors on a gaming device. According to one embodiment, the gaming device includes a first display for presenting a primary game. The gaming device also includes a second display and a third display where the second display is positioned above the third display. The second and third displays are used in combination to present a secondary game. The gaming device further includes a multi-core processor in communication with a first video chipset and a second video chipset, wherein the first and second video chipsets support the first, second and third monitors.

摘要翻译： 各种实施例涉及具有多监视器支持的游戏机，用于在游戏设备上控制多达四个监视器。 根据一个实施例，游戏设备包括用于呈现主游戏的第一显示器。 游戏装置还包括第二显示器和第三显示器，其中第二显示器位于第三显示器上方。 第二和第三显示器组合使用以呈现辅助游戏。 游戏装置还包括与第一视频芯片组和第二视频芯片组通信的多核处理器，其中第一和第二视频芯片组支持第一，第二和第三监视器。

公开(公告)号：US20110117994A1

公开(公告)日：2011-05-19

申请号：US12619646

申请日：2009-11-16

申请人： Nathan K. Harvey ,  Pravinkumar Patel ,  James Schaefer ,  Michael N. Dubose

发明人： Nathan K. Harvey ,  Pravinkumar Patel ,  James Schaefer ,  Michael N. Dubose

IPC分类号： A63F13/00 ,  A63F9/24

CPC分类号： G07F17/34 ,  G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/3202 ,  G07F17/3211

摘要： Various embodiments are directed to gaming machines having multi-monitor support for controlling up to four monitors on a gaming device. According to one embodiment, the gaming device includes a first display for presenting a primary game. The gaming device also includes a second display and a third display where the second display is positioned above the third display. The second and third displays are used in combination to present a secondary game. The gaming device further includes a multi-core processor in communication with a first video chipset and a second video chipset, wherein the first and second video chipsets support the first, second and third monitors.

摘要翻译： 各种实施例涉及具有多监视器支持的游戏机，用于在游戏设备上控制多达四个监视器。 根据一个实施例，游戏设备包括用于呈现主游戏的第一显示器。 游戏装置还包括第二显示器和第三显示器，其中第二显示器位于第三显示器上方。 第二和第三显示器组合使用以呈现辅助游戏。 游戏装置还包括与第一视频芯片组和第二视频芯片组通信的多核处理器，其中第一和第二视频芯片组支持第一，第二和第三监视器。

公开(公告)号：US20120005049A1

公开(公告)日：2012-01-05

申请号：US12828152

申请日：2010-06-30

申请人： Pravinkumar Patel ,  Nathan K. Harvey ,  Joshua D. Larsen

发明人： Pravinkumar Patel ,  Nathan K. Harvey ,  Joshua D. Larsen

IPC分类号： G06F9/445 ,  G06Q10/00

CPC分类号： G06F21/105 ,  G06F2221/2109 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q40/12

摘要： The Alpha II installation architecture requires extra management of per-seat installations to ensure the games are only installed with as many instances as were sold to the site. The License Management method manages and enforces proper per-license activation since a mechanism is present on the gaming machines to copy the software which is sold on compact flashes and installed onto hard drives. A method for providing license management using an activation application to manage and enforce proper per-license activation is disclosed. The method includes: adding purchased game titles to an active license database; requesting activation installations for game titles that are desired to be activated on associated gaming machines; creating activation installations on a portable memory device that associates the activation installations with associated gaming machines; enabling software to be installed onto each machine which the software is inserted using the portable memory device; enabling return of the portable memory device to the activation application where the portable memory device is read, after completion of the gaming machines being updated; and passing the current snapshot and confirmation data to a central licensing host to confirm the activation installations and free any uninstalled software licenses.

摘要翻译： Alpha II安装体系结构需要对每个座位的安装进行额外的管理，以确保游戏仅安装在出售给该站点的实例中。 许可证管理方法管理和执行适当的每个许可证激活，因为游戏机上存在机制来复制以紧凑型闪存销售并安装到硬盘驱动器上的软件。 公开了一种使用激活应用程序提供许可证管理来管理和执行适当的每个许可证激活的方法。 该方法包括：将购买的游戏标题添加到活动许可证数据库; 要求在相关联的游戏机上希望激活的游戏标题的激活装置; 在将激活装置与相关联的游戏机相关联的便携式存储装置上创建激活装置; 使用便携式存储设备将软件安装到插入软件的每个机器上; 在更新游戏机的完成之后，使便携式存储设备返回到便携式存储设备被读取的激活应用; 并将当前快照和确认数据传递给中央许可主机，以确认激活安装并释放任何卸载的软件许可证。

公开(公告)号：US20110014964A1

公开(公告)日：2011-01-20

申请号：US12856507

申请日：2010-08-13

申请人： Robert W. Crowder, JR. ,  Anthony E. Green ,  Pravinkumar Patel ,  Nathan K. Harvey ,  Joshua D. Larsen ,  Kirk K. Johnson ,  Vince Edmiston Heyworth

发明人： Robert W. Crowder, JR. ,  Anthony E. Green ,  Pravinkumar Patel ,  Nathan K. Harvey ,  Joshua D. Larsen ,  Kirk K. Johnson ,  Vince Edmiston Heyworth

IPC分类号： G06F17/00

CPC分类号： G07F17/3258 ,  G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/3276

摘要： A gaming system and method for concurrently playing a base game and an associated tournament game is disclosed. The system includes one or more gaming machines that are capable of stand-alone base game play. The gaming machines are coupled to a network that enables players of the gaming machines to place side wagers against other players of other gaming machines in the gaming system. As players at the gaming machines play stand-alone base games, the players are concurrently offered an opportunity to engage in side wagers on tournament play against other players at the gaming machines using scores from play of the stand-alone base games.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于同时播放基本游戏和相关比赛游戏的游戏系统和方法。 该系统包括能够独立的基本游戏游戏的一个或多个游戏机。 游戏机耦合到网络，其使得游戏机的玩家能够将赌注放置在游戏系统中的其他游戏机的其他玩家身上。 随着游戏机玩家独立的基础游戏，这些玩家同时提供了一个机会，使用游戏机上的其他玩家从事单机游戏的分数进行比赛。

公开(公告)号：US20110119474A1

公开(公告)日：2011-05-19

申请号：US12619654

申请日：2009-11-16

申请人： Anand Singh ,  Pravinkumar Patel ,  Darren LeBlanc ,  Robert W. Crowder, JR. ,  James Schaefer ,  George Mayfield

发明人： Anand Singh ,  Pravinkumar Patel ,  Darren LeBlanc ,  Robert W. Crowder, JR. ,  James Schaefer ,  George Mayfield

IPC分类号： G06F15/177

CPC分类号： G06F8/65

摘要： Various embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a serial peripheral interface-based (SPI-based) BIOS system for improved upgrading of a BIOS software image in a gaming machine. The system includes a flash BIOS chip and a SPI BIOS chip. The flash BIOS chip is operable to be written to by an Intel chipset for storage of an onboard Ethernet controller's information, wherein the flash BIOS chip may contain a new BIOS software image. The SPI BIOS chip comprises a traditional BIOS including gaming extensions to the BIOS. The SPI BIOS chip can be disabled from write actions at a jumper/circuit level. When a SPI BIOS write enable jumper circuit is ON, a write protect pin of the serial peripheral interface BIOS is in the disabled state. In this regard, when the write protect pin is in the disabled state, the SPI BIOS content may be updated to the new BIOS software image from a BIOS install compact flash. When the BIOS write enable jumper circuit is OFF, the write protect pin of the serial peripheral interface BIOS is in enabled state. In this regard, when the write protect pin is in the enabled state the serial peripheral interface BIOS content cannot be updated

摘要翻译： 本文公开的各种实施例涉及一种用于改进游戏机中的BIOS软件图像升级的基于串行外围接口（SPI）的BIOS系统。 该系统包括闪存BIOS芯片和SPI BIOS芯片。 闪存BIOS芯片可操作以由英特尔芯片组写入以存储板载以太网控制器的信息，其中闪存BIOS芯片可以包含新的BIOS软件映像。 SPI BIOS芯片包括传统的BIOS，包括BIOS的游戏扩展。 可以在跳线/电路级别对SPI BIOS芯片进行写操作。 当SPI BIOS写入使能跳线电路为ON时，串行外设接口BIOS的写保护引脚处于禁止状态。 在这方面，当写保护引脚处于禁止状态时，SPI BIOS内容可能会从BIOS安装Compact Flash更新到新的BIOS软件映像。 当BIOS写使能跳线电路为OFF时，串行外设接口BIOS的写保护引脚处于使能状态。 在这方面，当写保护引脚处于使能状态时，无法更新串行外设接口BIOS内容

公开(公告)号：US20120064979A1

公开(公告)日：2012-03-15

申请号：US13301638

申请日：2011-11-21

申请人： Robert W. Crowder, JR. ,  Pravinkumar Patel ,  Joshua D. Larsen

发明人： Robert W. Crowder, JR. ,  Pravinkumar Patel ,  Joshua D. Larsen

IPC分类号： A63F9/24

CPC分类号： A63F9/24 ,  G07F17/32

摘要： A local game-area network includes a plurality of gaming devices and local game-area servers. Each local game-area server is associated with a corresponding gaming device. Each local game-area server in the local game-area network is operatively associated with every other local game-area server in the local game-area network. Additionally, one of the local game-area servers is a host local game-area server while the remaining gaming devices and associated local game-area servers are clients. Furthermore, the host status of the host local game-area server moves dynamically to an available local game-area server in the local game-area network in response to the host local game-area server becoming non-operational.

摘要翻译： 本地游戏区域网络包括多个游戏设备和本地游戏区服务器。 每个本地游戏区域服务器与相应的游戏设备相关联。 本地游戏区域网络中的每个本地游戏区域服务器与本地游戏区域网络中的每个其他本地游戏区域服务器可操作地相关联。 此外，其中一个本地游戏区域服务器是主机本地游戏区服务器，而剩余的游戏设备和相关联的本地游戏区域服务器是客户端。 此外，主机本地游戏区域服务器的主机状态响应于主机本地游戏区域服务器变得不可操作地动态地移动到本地游戏区域网络中的可用本地游戏区域服务器。

公开(公告)号：US20110131401A1

公开(公告)日：2011-06-02

申请号：US12629859

申请日：2009-12-02

申请人： Anand Singh ,  Pravinkumar Patel ,  Anthony E. Green ,  Raymond C. Cammilleri ,  Peter R. Pitts

发明人： Anand Singh ,  Pravinkumar Patel ,  Anthony E. Green ,  Raymond C. Cammilleri ,  Peter R. Pitts

IPC分类号： G06F9/00 ,  G06F11/30

CPC分类号： G06F21/572 ,  G06F21/31 ,  G06F21/575 ,  G06F2221/2103 ,  G06F2221/2109 ,  G06F2221/2151 ,  H04L9/3234 ,  H04L9/3271

摘要： Various embodiments disclosed herein are directed to gaming devices having a secured basic input/output system (BIOS) and methods for determining the validity of the gaming device's BIOS. According to one embodiment, the gaming device includes a secured module for authenticating the BIOS of the gaming device. During the boot-up process, the secured module selects a challenge from a plurality of challenges, and the selected challenge is issued to the BIOS. The BIOS generates a response to the challenge, and the secured module determines whether the BIOS response matches the calculated response of the secured module. If the BIOS response matches the secured module response, the gaming device continues the boot process. Otherwise, the boot process is halted by the gaming device.

摘要翻译： 本文公开的各种实施例涉及具有安全的基本输入/输出系统（BIOS）的游戏设备和用于确定游戏设备的BIOS的有效性的方法。 根据一个实施例，游戏设备包括用于认证游戏设备的BIOS的安全模块。 在启动过程中，安全模块从多个挑战中挑选出挑战，并且将选择的挑战发布到BIOS。 BIOS产生对挑战的响应，并且安全模块确定BIOS响应是否匹配所计算的安全模块的响应。 如果BIOS响应与安全模块响应匹配，游戏设备将继续启动进程。 否则，引导过程被游戏设备停止。

公开(公告)号：US20110118016A1

公开(公告)日：2011-05-19

申请号：US12618662

申请日：2009-11-13

申请人： James Lawrence ,  Pravinkumar Patel ,  Lasse Faabeng

发明人： James Lawrence ,  Pravinkumar Patel ,  Lasse Faabeng

IPC分类号： A63F13/00 ,  A63F9/24

CPC分类号： G07F17/3211 ,  G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/3223

摘要： Various embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a game platform and video extension system for a gaming machine, in which game videos interact with the game platform and video extension system. The system includes a game operating system that provides services to render graphics for the gaming machine. Further, the operating system includes an OS video engine and a window server. The system also includes a game, wherein the game comprises a game library and game application. The game library includes one or more library video engines, in which each video engine may be used in conjunction with the window server of the operating system. The game application includes one or more game modules, in which each game module is associated with, and supported by, a corresponding library video engine in the game library or OS video engine in the game operating system. The game application uses an application program interface of the operating system to display video content. Additionally, the system enables game modules within the gaming application that have new features which are not supported by the video engine of the game operating system to be instead supported by corresponding library video engines within the game library. In this manner, the system does not require game operating system enhancements to play game modules that have new features which are unsupported by the game operating system.

摘要翻译： 本文公开的各种实施例涉及用于游戏机的游戏平台和视频扩展系统，其中游戏视频与游戏平台和视频扩展系统交互。 该系统包括提供用于为游戏机渲染图形的服务的游戏操作系统。 此外，操作系统包括OS视频引擎和窗口服务器。 该系统还包括游戏，其中游戏包括游戏库和游戏应用程序。 游戏库包括一个或多个库视频引擎，其中每个视频引擎可以与操作系统的窗口服务器一起使用。 游戏应用程序包括一个或多个游戏模块，其中每个游戏模块与游戏操作系统中的游戏库或OS视频引擎中的相应库视频引擎相关联并由其支持。 游戏应用程序使用操作系统的应用程序界面来显示视频内容。 此外，该系统使游戏应用程序内的游戏模块能够由游戏操作系统的视频引擎不支持的新功能来替代由游戏库内的相应的库视频引擎支持。 以这种方式，该系统不需要游戏操作系统增强来玩游戏模块，游戏模块具有游戏操作系统不支持的新特征。

公开(公告)号：US20100062844A1

公开(公告)日：2010-03-11

申请号：US12619639

申请日：2009-11-16

申请人： Robert W. Crowder, JR. ,  Anand Singh ,  Anthony E. Green ,  Thomas E. Buckeyne ,  Pravinkumar Patel ,  Ronald A. Cadima

发明人： Robert W. Crowder, JR. ,  Anand Singh ,  Anthony E. Green ,  Thomas E. Buckeyne ,  Pravinkumar Patel ,  Ronald A. Cadima

IPC分类号： A63F9/24

CPC分类号： G07F17/3241 ,  G06F21/57 ,  G06F21/575 ,  G06F21/64 ,  G06F2221/2109 ,  G07F17/32

摘要： Systems and methods for authenticating and validating a device are disclosed herein. In one method, a manifest file is created for a gaming component, wherein the manifest file includes contents of each file from the gaming component. A digital signature is generated for each file from the gaming component, wherein the digital signature is created by using the contents of each file. Each digital signature is saved with each file in the manifest file. A digital signature calculation is performed on a file accessed during a bootup process. The contents of the accessed file are validated by comparing the calculated digital signature to the saved digital signature, and an error message is presented on a video display when the contents of the accessed file is not validated.

摘要翻译： 本文公开了用于认证和验证设备的系统和方法。 在一种方法中，为游戏组件创建清单文件，其中清单文件包括来自游戏组件的每个文件的内容。 为来自游戏组件的每个文件生成数字签名，其中通过使用每个文件的内容来创建数字签名。 每个数字签名与清单文件中的每个文件一起保存。 对在启动过程中访问的文件执行数字签名计算。 所访问的文件的内容通过将计算的数字签名与保存的数字签名进行比较来验证，并且当访问文件的内容未被验证时，在视频显示器上呈现错误消息。

公开(公告)号：US20090124375A1

公开(公告)日：2009-05-14

申请号：US12263373

申请日：2008-10-31

申请人： Pravinkumar Patel

发明人： Pravinkumar Patel

IPC分类号： A63F9/24

CPC分类号： G07F17/323 ,  G07F17/32

摘要： The license manager provides an automated process that reduces the need for human interaction associated with licensing components, distribution of the same, product distribution, debugging, product building, assembly, installation, configuration and maintenance. In addition, there is an interface for use by regulators that allows the regulators to test and to receive notifications from the license manager. Finally, there is a third party interface to facilitate equipment add-ons to the system. The license management system provides enablement/disablement of software products, generation and maintenance of accounting records, and logs for licenses that are generated and distributed throughout the system. An audit trail is also created that includes who authorized the purchase of the license, as well as audit trails relating to different system levels to verify system security. Finally, a change notification system provides for the control of any changes to the system and monitors these changes on a multi-tiered level within the system.

摘要翻译： 许可证管理器提供了一个自动化过程，减少了与许可组件相关的人员交互需求，分发相同的产品分发，调试，产品构建，组装，安装，配置和维护。 此外，还有一个监管机构使用的界面，允许监管机构测试和接收许可证管理者的通知。 最后，还有一个第三方界面来方便系统的设备附加功能。 许可证管理系统提供软件产品的启用/禁用，会计记录的生成和维护以及在整个系统中生成和分发的许可证的日志。 还创建了一个审计跟踪，其中包括授权购买许可证的人员，以及与不同系统级别相关的审计跟踪，以验证系统的安全性。 最后，更改通知系统提供对系统的任何更改的控制，并监视系统内多层次的这些更改。