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Standard peripheral communication

  • US 6,503,147 B1
  • Filed: 08/09/2000
  • Issued: 01/07/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/06/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for controlling operation of a plurality of gaming peripherals connected to a gaming machine, each gaming peripheral comprising i) a peripheral controller, ii) one or more peripheral devices and iii) a standard peripheral communications connection for connecting the peripheral controller to a master gaming controller wherein the perpherial controller includes a control microprocessor for controlling communication with the master gaming controller over the standard peripheral communications connection the method comprising:

  • sending a high level instruction for controlling a first gaming peripheral in the plurality of gaming peripherals from the master gaming controller to a peripheral controller in the first gaming peripheral via the standard peripheral communications connection, wherein the high level instruction does not precisely specify how the gaming peripheral must perform low level operations associated with the high level instruction;

    converting the high level instruction to one or more low level operating instructions for controlling the operation of the one or more peripheral devices provided with the gaming peripheral using the control microprocessor in the first gaming peripheral; and

    controlling operation of the one or more peripheral devices with the low level operating instructions. wherein each controller microprocessor is substantially identical in each gaming peripheral of the plurality of gaming peripherals.

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