Method and apparatus for integrating remotely-hosted and locally rendered content on a gaming device

US8777737B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• IGT · US

Inventors

• Steven G. LeMay · Reno, US
• Nicole M. Beaulieu · Reno, US
• David A. Gipp · Portland, US
• William C. Little · Las Vegas, US
• Daniel J. De Waal · Las Vegas, US
• Vincent S. Manfredi · Henderson, US
• Bryan Bullard · Las Vegas, US
• Cara L. Iddings · Henderson, US
• Richard J. Schneider · Las Vegas, US
• Keith Russell · North Las Vegas, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 10, 2006
• Grant date: Jul 15, 2014
• Expiry date: Jun 9, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F17/3239
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A gaming system including a number of host devices each coupled to one or more gaming machines, wherein content provided by the host device is output on the gaming machine. To output the content provided by the remote host, a host-controlled process that is authenticated by the gaming machine and executed in a secure memory location such that it is isolated from other processes executing on the gaming machine may be utilized. The host-controlled processes may be decoupled from the process used to execute the game of chance played on the gaming machine such that the content output by the host-controlled process doesn't alter the play of game of chance.