Open architecture communications in a gaming network
First Claim
1. A communication interface for communicating between a gaming machine and a gaming machine network, the interface comprising:
- multiple non-network communication ports, a first one the non-network communication ports allowing communication of data according to a first communication protocol and a second one the non-network communication ports allowing communication of data according to a second communication protocol; and
a network communication port, wherein the network communication port allows communication of data according to a third communication protocol.
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Abstract
Open architecture communication systems and methods are provided that allow flexible data transmission between gaming machines and other devices and nodes within a gaming machine network. The gaming machine and other devices employ a communication interface that sends and receives data via a common communication protocol and via common communication hardware. The communication interface and common communication protocol allow data transfer between gaming machines and other network nodes such as gaming service servers, despite the presence of different proprietary gaming machine functions and proprietary communication protocols and despite the presence of various proprietary hardware and proprietary communication protocols relied on by the servers.
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14 Claims
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1. A communication interface for communicating between a gaming machine and a gaming machine network, the interface comprising:
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multiple non-network communication ports, a first one the non-network communication ports allowing communication of data according to a first communication protocol and a second one the non-network communication ports allowing communication of data according to a second communication protocol; and a network communication port, wherein the network communication port allows communication of data according to a third communication protocol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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