Peripheral management device for virtual game interaction
First Claim
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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Abstract
In one embodiment, a peripheral management device may have a controller configured to communicate with a gaming machine and a portable electronic device. The controller may be configured to: (i) receive a peripheral data packet from a gaming machine processor, the peripheral data packet including at least one command; (ii) determine whether to process the peripheral data packet on at least one peripheral device of the gaming machine or at least one virtual peripheral device of the portable electronic device; (iii) generate an instructional data packet for the at least one virtual peripheral device if the peripheral data packet is determined to be processed on the at least one virtual peripheral device; and (iv) transmit the instructional data packet to the portable electronic device.
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20 Claims
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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:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for a gaming environment in which gaming machines communicate with portable electronic devices, each of the portable electronic devices including at least one virtual peripheral device and a user interface, said system comprising:
a gaming machine including at least one peripheral device and a peripheral controller, and the gaming machine being configured to; receive at least one request at the peripheral controller, the at least one request being provided at a portable electronic device by way of a user interface thereof and wirelessly transmitted therefrom to the gaming machine, the at least one request requesting 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; determine, 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. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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