Pass-through live validation device and method
First Claim
1. An authentication enabling system for an electronic gaming system comprising:
- processing intelligence separate from a host gaming computer;
at least one information storage medium communicatively connected to processing intelligence;
the processing intelligence communicatively connected to a gaming computer;
wherein the at least one information storage medium is write protected or read only memory; and
the processing intelligence contains an authentication function to authenticate data on the at least one information storage medium.
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Abstract
Hardware, systems, devices, architecture and methods for a wagering game specific platform features secure storage and verification of game code and/or other data. An external connection securely communicates with a computerized wagering gaming system. Some embodiments of the invention provide the ability to identify game program code as certified or approved. This is provided by use of various electronic devices and elements for encryption, including at least a device that is internally embedded in the gaming device that access digital signatures, encrypted files, encrypted compiled files and hash functions as well as other encryption methods. Such functions are able to be effected, and security and validation is advantageously applied to data loaded into storage media even while the gaming machine is in operation.
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66 Claims
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1. An authentication enabling system for an electronic gaming system comprising:
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processing intelligence separate from a host gaming computer;
at least one information storage medium communicatively connected to processing intelligence;
the processing intelligence communicatively connected to a gaming computer;
wherein the at least one information storage medium is write protected or read only memory; and
the processing intelligence contains an authentication function to authenticate data on the at least one information storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 39, 41, 43, 45)
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- 33. A gaming apparatus comprising a housing, a game computer, a storage media having at least some casino game information, an external accessible port, and an externally accessible pass through security device that can be accessed through the external accessible port, the externally accessible pass through security device being capable of enabling verification of at least some casino game information.
- 34. A gaming apparatus comprising a housing, a game computer having memory, a storage media having at least some casino game information, an externally accessible communication port, and communicatively between the game computer and the storage media an externally accessible pass through security device that can be accessed through the externally accessible port, the externally accessible pass through security being capable of enabling verification of casino game information.
- 48. A method of verifying casino gaming data in a computer-based gaming apparatus comprising connecting a computer communication device to an external communication port on a casino gaming apparatus so that the computer communication device is in communication with a) a security device inside of the gaming apparatus that authenticates data on information storage media within the apparatus and is distinct from a game computer and the information storage media in the gaming apparatus, and the computer communication device authenticates casino gaming data in storage media.
- 58. A method of verifying casino gaming data in a computer-based gaming apparatus comprising connecting a computer communication device to an external communication port on a casino gaming apparatus so that the computer communication device is in communication with a security device inside of the gaming apparatus that is distinct from a game computer and storage media in the gaming apparatus, and the security device verifies casino gaming data in storage media.
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64. A method of authentication of data within a gaming machine during operation, comprising:
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providing a gaming machine with a host computer, a security device comprising separate intelligence and associated memory, and at least one storage media for storing gaming data; and
while the gaming machine is in operation, verifying the data in the storage media by executing a verification program on the separate intelligence. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66)
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