Remote content management and resource sharing on a gaming machine and method of implementing same
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1. An electronic gaming machine comprising:
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a wireless communication interface;
a plurality of input devices supported by the housing, said plurality of input devices including an acceptor, and a cashout device;
at least one display device supported by the housing;
at least one processor supported by the housing; and
at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to;
responsive to a physical item being received via the acceptor, establish a credit balance based, at least in part, on a monetary value associated with the received physical item,receive a wager on a play of a game,for the wagered on play of the game;
randomly determine a game outcome,cause the at least one display device to display, in a game window controlled by the at least one processor, the determined game outcome,determine any award associated with the displayed game outcome, andcause the at least one display device to display any determined award associated with the displayed game outcome,upon an occurrence of a designated event and after a determination, based at least in part on a usage of the at least one processor, occurs to allocate control of the wireless communication interface of the electronic gaming machine to a remote host executing remote host software, cause data received from the remote host and associated with a remote host controlled service window to be wirelessly communicated, via the wireless communication interface of the electronic gaming machine, to a mobile device, wherein the mobile device is separate and distinct from the electronic gaming machine, the remote host is distinct from the at least one processor, and the wirelessly communicated data enables the mobile device to display, via a mobile device display device and in the remote host controlled service window, at least one of;
an available player selectable player service and an available player selectable function, andresponsive to a cashout input being received via the cashout device, cause an initiation of any payout associated with the credit balance.
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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.
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1. An electronic gaming machine comprising:
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a housing; a wireless communication interface; a plurality of input devices supported by the housing, said plurality of input devices including an acceptor, and a cashout device; at least one display device supported by the housing; at least one processor supported by the housing; and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to; responsive to a physical item being received via the acceptor, establish a credit balance based, at least in part, on a monetary value associated with the received physical item, receive a wager on a play of a game, for the wagered on play of the game; randomly determine a game outcome, cause the at least one display device to display, in a game window controlled by the at least one processor, the determined game outcome, determine any award associated with the displayed game outcome, and cause the at least one display device to display any determined award associated with the displayed game outcome, upon an occurrence of a designated event and after a determination, based at least in part on a usage of the at least one processor, occurs to allocate control of the wireless communication interface of the electronic gaming machine to a remote host executing remote host software, cause data received from the remote host and associated with a remote host controlled service window to be wirelessly communicated, via the wireless communication interface of the electronic gaming machine, to a mobile device, wherein the mobile device is separate and distinct from the electronic gaming machine, the remote host is distinct from the at least one processor, and the wirelessly communicated data enables the mobile device to display, via a mobile device display device and in the remote host controlled service window, at least one of;
an available player selectable player service and an available player selectable function, andresponsive to a cashout input being received via the cashout device, cause an initiation of any payout associated with the credit balance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A gaming system comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to; receive data associated with a placement of a wager on a play of a game of an electronic gaming machine, wherein the wager is placed after a physical item is received via an acceptor of the electronic gaming machine to establish a credit balance based, at least in part, on a monetary value associated with the physical item and for the wagered on play of the game, at least one display device of the electronic gaming machine displays, the determined game outcome in a game window, and upon an occurrence of a designated event and following an occurrence of a determination, based at least in part on a usage of at least one processor of the electronic gaming machine, to allocate a wireless communication interface of the electronic gaming machine to the at least one processor which is distinct from the at least one processor of the electronic gaming machine, cause data associated with a service window to be wirelessly communicated to a mobile device, wherein the wirelessly communicated data enables the mobile device to display, by a mobile device display device and in the service window and separate from the at least one display device of the electronic gaming machine, at least one of;
an available player service and an available function. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of operating an electronic gaming machine, said method comprising:
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establishing a credit balance responsive to a physical item being received via an acceptor, said credit balance being based, at least in part, on a monetary value associated with the received physical item, receiving a wager on a play of a game, for the wagered on play of the game; randomly determining, by at least one processor of the electronic gaming machine, a game outcome, causing a display, via at least one display device of the electronic gaming machine and in a game window controlled by the at least one processor, the determined game outcome, determining, by the at least one processor of the electronic gaming machine, any award associated with the displayed game outcome, and causing a display, via the at least one display device of the electronic gaming machine, of any determined award associated with the displayed game outcome, upon an occurrence of a designated event and after a determination, based at least in part on a usage of the at least one processor of the electronic gaming machine, occurs to allocate control of a wireless communication interface of the electronic gaming machine to a remote host executing remote host software, causing data received from the remote host and associated with a remote host controlled service window to be wirelessly communicated, via the wireless communication interface of the electronic gaming machine, to a mobile device, wherein the mobile device is separate and distinct from the electronic gaming machine, the remote host is distinct from the at least one processor of the electronic gaming machine and the wirelessly communicated data enables the mobile device to display, via a mobile device display device and in the remote host controlled service window, at least one of;
an available player selectable player service and an available player selectable function, andcausing, by the at least one processor, an initiation of any payout associated with the credit balance responsive to a cashout input being received via a cashout device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A gaming system comprising:
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a processor; and a memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by processor upon an occurrence of a designated event and after an occurrence of a determination, based at least in part on a usage of a processor of an electronic gaming machine, to allocate a wireless communication interface of the electronic gaming machine to the processor which is distinct from the processor of the electronic gaming machine, cause the processor to cause data to be wirelessly communicated to a mobile device, wherein the wirelessly communicated data enables the mobile device to display, by a mobile device display device and separate from a display device of the electronic gaming machine, a sporting event wager available to be placed on a sporting event. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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