Method and apparatus for data communication in a gaming system
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1. A method for configuring a first gaming system to send or receive formatted data, the formatted data including a plurality of formatting tags, the method comprising:
- receiving by the first computing device via a network, an indication of a set of formatting tags including a set of formatting tags recognized by a second computing device;
determining by the first computing device, based on the set of formatting tags received via the network, a first mapping in response to the receiving of the indication, the first mapping comprising a mapping of identifiers to formatting tags in the set of formatting tags;
configuring by the first computing device at least one of an encoder, a decoder, and a parser of the first computing device with the first mapping, thereby allowing the first computing device to send or receive formatted data in accordance with the set of formatting tags recognized by the second computing device without interfering with the gaming operations of the first gaming apparatus;
transmitting to the second device an indication of the first mapping;
identifying formatting tags from formatted data to be sent to the second computing device; and
replacing each identified formatting tag in the formatted data to be sent based on the first mapping with a corresponding identifier indicative of the formatting tag.
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Abstract
In a method for configuring a first computing device to send or receive formatted data is provided, wherein the formatted data includes a plurality of formatting tags, an indication of a set of formatting tags recognized by a second computing device may be received via a network. A mapping of identifiers to formatting tags in the set of formatting tags may be determined. At least one of an encoder, a decoder, and a parser of the first computing device may be configured with the mapping.
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1. A method for configuring a first gaming system to send or receive formatted data, the formatted data including a plurality of formatting tags, the method comprising:
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receiving by the first computing device via a network, an indication of a set of formatting tags including a set of formatting tags recognized by a second computing device; determining by the first computing device, based on the set of formatting tags received via the network, a first mapping in response to the receiving of the indication, the first mapping comprising a mapping of identifiers to formatting tags in the set of formatting tags; configuring by the first computing device at least one of an encoder, a decoder, and a parser of the first computing device with the first mapping, thereby allowing the first computing device to send or receive formatted data in accordance with the set of formatting tags recognized by the second computing device without interfering with the gaming operations of the first gaming apparatus; transmitting to the second device an indication of the first mapping; identifying formatting tags from formatted data to be sent to the second computing device; and replacing each identified formatting tag in the formatted data to be sent based on the first mapping with a corresponding identifier indicative of the formatting tag. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 45)
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14. A method for setting up a communication of formatted data between a first computing device and a second computing device, the formatted data including a plurality of formatting tags, the method comprising:
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receiving via a network an indication of a set of encrypted versions of formatting tags recognized by the second computing device; determining by the first computing device a first mapping, the first mapping comprising a mapping of identifiers to formatting tags conesponding to the set of encrypted versions of formatting tags recognized by the second computing device; configuring at least one of an encoder, a decoder, and a parser of the first computing device with the first mapping; transmitting to the second computing device an indication of the first mapping; identifying formatting tags from formatted data to be sent to the second computing device; and replacing each identified formatting tag in the formatted data to be sent based on the mapping with a conesponding identifier indicative of the formatting tag. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A gaming system apparatus, comprising:
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a network interface device to communicatively couple to a plurality of gaming machines via a communication link; a controller operatively coupled to the network interface device, the controller comprising; a processor; a memory operatively coupled to the processor; a negotiator to receive via the communication link an indication of a set of formatting tags recognized by a computing device separate from the gaming apparatus; a mapping determiner to determine a mapping of identifiers to formatting tags in the set of formatting tags; at least one of an encoder capable of being configured to encode formatted data based on the mapping, a decoder capable of being configured to decode encoded formatted data based on the mapping, and a parser capable of being configured to parse encoded formatted data based on the mapping; and wherein the negotiator is configured to send to the separate computing device, via the network interface device, an indication of the mapping, and wherein formatting tags from formatted data to be sent to the separate computing device are identified and replaced with corresponding identifiers according to the mapping. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. A gaming system apparatus, comprising:
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a network interface device to communicatively couple to a plurality of gaming machines via a communication link; a controller operatively coupled to the network interface device, the controller comprising; a processor; a memory operatively coupled to the processor; a negotiator to receive via the communication link a set of encrypted versions of formatting tags recognized by a computing device separate from the gaming apparatus; a mapping determiner to determine a first mapping based on the set of encrypted versions of formatting tags recognized by the separate computing device, the first mapping comprising a mapping of identifiers to formatting tags corresponding to the set of encrypted versions of formatting tags; and at least one of an encoder capable of being configured to encode formatted data based on the first mapping, a decoder capable of being configured to decode encoded formatted data based on the first mapping, and a parser capable of being configured to parse encoded formatted data based on the first mapping; wherein the mapping determiner is configured to determine a second mapping comprising a mapping of identifiers to encrypted versions of formatting tags in the set of encrypted versions of formatting tags; and wherein the negotiator is configured to send to the separate computing device, via the network interface device, an indication of the second mapping, and wherein formatting tags from formatted data to be sent to the separate computing device are identified and replaced with corresponding identifiers according to the mapping. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for configuring a first computing device to send or receive formatted data, the formatted data including a plurality of formatting tags, the method comprising:
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transmitting to a second computing device via a network an indication of a set of formatting tags recognized by the first computing device; determining a first mapping, the first mapping comprising a mapping of identifiers to formatting tags in the set of formatting tags; and configuring at least one of an encoder and a decoder of the first computing device with the first mapping, the encoder identifying formatting tags from formatted data to be sent to the second computing device; and
replacing each identified formatting tag in the formatted data to be sent based on the first mapping with a corresponding identifier indicative of the formatting tag. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 46)
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38. A method for setting up a communication of formatted data between a first computing device and a second computing device, the formatted data including a plurality of formatting tags, the method comprising:
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transmitting via a network an indication of a set of encrypted versions of formatting tags recognized by the first computing device; determining a first mapping, the first mapping comprising a mapping of identifiers to formatting tags conesponding to the set of encrypted versions of formatting tags; and configuring at least one of an encoder and a decoder of the first computing device with the first mapping, the encoder identifying formatting tags from formatted data to be sent via the network and replacing each identified formatting tag in the formatted data based on the first mapping with a conesponding identifier indicative of the formatting tag. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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