Patent · US Active

Gaming device having hard drive based media and related methods

US8317608B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

5References

18Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Bally Gaming, Inc. · US

Inventors

Joshua Larsen · Spanish Fork, US
Pravinkumar Patel · Las Vegas, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 13, 2009
Grant date	Nov 27, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 20, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG07F17/323
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Various embodiments are directed to a gaming device that uses an internal hard drive for primary media storage. The software is installed on the hard drive without requiring physical access to the hard drive including, but not limited to, removal or replacement of the hard drive. According to one method, an install flash program is used to format and/or reformat an internal hard drive. Additionally, the install flash program is used to install media stored on a removable storage device onto the internal hard drive.

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