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Peripheral management device for virtual game interaction

  • US 10,467,857 B2
  • Filed: 12/08/2015
  • Issued: 11/05/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for communicating information between a gaming machine and a portable electronic device, the gaming machine including at least one peripheral device and a peripheral controller, and the portable electronic device including at least one virtual peripheral device, comprising:

  • receiving, at the portable electronic device by way of a user interface, at least one request to access the at least one virtual peripheral device of the portable electronic device, the at least one virtual peripheral device of the portable electronic device having a counterpart peripheral device of the gaming machine;

    transmitting, from the portable electronic device, the at least one request to the peripheral controller;

    determining, at the peripheral controller, the counterpart peripheral device from the at least one peripheral device of the gaming machine that corresponds to the at least one virtual peripheral device of the portable electronic device based on the at least one request; and

    processing, at the gaming machine, the at least one request to access the at least one virtual peripheral device as if it were a request to access the counterpart peripheral device.

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