Gaming System Peripherals With Automatic System Configuration
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1. A method comprising:
- adding a gaming machine peripheral to a gaming machine including selecting a gaming machine peripheral to be added, wherein the selected gaming machine peripheral appears as a virtual peripheral on the gaming machine so that the gaming machine is not aware of the physical location of the peripheral device.
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Abstract
Embodiments described herein include a method comprising: adding a gaming machine peripheral to a gaming machine including selecting a gaming machine peripheral to be added, wherein the selected gaming machine peripheral appears as a virtual peripheral on the gaming machine so that the gaming machine is not aware of the physical location of the peripheral device.
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1. A method comprising:
adding a gaming machine peripheral to a gaming machine including selecting a gaming machine peripheral to be added, wherein the selected gaming machine peripheral appears as a virtual peripheral on the gaming machine so that the gaming machine is not aware of the physical location of the peripheral device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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8. An apparatus comprising:
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a gaming machine; a gaming machine peripheral that appears as a virtual peripheral on the gaming machine so that the gaming machine is not aware of the physical location of the peripheral device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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17. A system, comprising:
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a gaming machine peripheral that includes a machine readable identification; and a gaming machine operating system operable on a gaming machine to read the identification of the gaming machine peripheral, to determine if the gaming machine peripheral is allowed to be added to the gaming machine and to automatically locate and install a driver to support the gaming machine peripheral, wherein automatically locating includes requesting a driver from a gaming server. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 26)
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22. A method of adding a gaming machine peripheral to a gaming machine connected to a gaming network having a plurality of network devices, including a gaming server and another gaming machine, the method comprising:
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selecting a gaming machine peripheral, wherein the selected gaming machine peripheral includes a machine readable identification; reading the machine readable identification of the gaming machine peripheral; determining if the gaming machine peripheral is allowed to be added to the gaming machine; and if the gaming machine peripheral is allowed to be added to the gaming machine, automatically locating and installing a driver associated with the gaming machine peripheral, wherein automatically locating includes requesting a driver from one of the plurality of network devices. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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