Printer interpreter for a gaming machine
First Claim
1. A gaming system comprising:
- a gaming machine or terminal having a plurality of input and output devices adapted to facilitate the acceptance of a wager, display of a game and granting of a monetary payout;
a master gaming controller in communication with one or more of said plurality of input and output devices, said master gaming controller being adapted to execute or control one or more aspects of said game by performing game execution operations;
a printer located at said gaming machine or terminal and configured to print to cashless instruments monetary amounts issued by said gaming system, each said cashless instrument including at least one regulated field and one non-regulated field;
a first set of firmware configured to reference a jurisdictional requirement of the at least one regulated field, and to control printing of the instrument within the regulated field;
a second set of firmware, separate and distinct from said first set of firmware, configured to control printing of the at least one unregulated field; and
a printer interpreter, in direct communication with and interposed between the master gaming controller and the printer, said printer interpreter being isolated from the game execution operations of the master game controller such that the printer interpreter cannot affect execution or an outcome of the game;
wherein said printer interpreter is configured to;
receive a credit amount from said master gaming controller;
convert the credit amount to a player-selectable first currency amount in a first currency unit different from both the units of the credit amount and a second currency amount in a second currency unit; and
under control of said first set of firmware and said second set of firmware, instruct the printer to print, to the cashless instrument, textual information, said textual information being in a language corresponding to the first currency units of said player selectable first currency amount and comprising the at least one regulated field as indicated by said first set of firmware.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for issuing cashless instruments and providing a printer interpreter for a gaming machine are disclosed. A printer and specialized printer interpreter (controller) are provided to facilitate the conversion of a specific credit amount to a currency amount in differing units (first form of currency), and the subsequent issuance of a cashless instrument reflecting that currency amount. Where the printer interpreter is reconfigurable, a second currency amount in different units (second form of currency) could also be selected. Multiple different currencies and their corresponding languages can be available to the printer interpreter, such that a given credit amount can be issued to a cashless instrument in one of many different currencies. Game execution operations of the MGC are isolated from the printer interpreter, such that recertification of the gaming machine or system is not necessary when reconfiguring the printer interpreter from one form of currency to another.
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13 Claims
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1. A gaming system comprising:
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a gaming machine or terminal having a plurality of input and output devices adapted to facilitate the acceptance of a wager, display of a game and granting of a monetary payout; a master gaming controller in communication with one or more of said plurality of input and output devices, said master gaming controller being adapted to execute or control one or more aspects of said game by performing game execution operations; a printer located at said gaming machine or terminal and configured to print to cashless instruments monetary amounts issued by said gaming system, each said cashless instrument including at least one regulated field and one non-regulated field; a first set of firmware configured to reference a jurisdictional requirement of the at least one regulated field, and to control printing of the instrument within the regulated field; a second set of firmware, separate and distinct from said first set of firmware, configured to control printing of the at least one unregulated field; and a printer interpreter, in direct communication with and interposed between the master gaming controller and the printer, said printer interpreter being isolated from the game execution operations of the master game controller such that the printer interpreter cannot affect execution or an outcome of the game; wherein said printer interpreter is configured to; receive a credit amount from said master gaming controller; convert the credit amount to a player-selectable first currency amount in a first currency unit different from both the units of the credit amount and a second currency amount in a second currency unit; and under control of said first set of firmware and said second set of firmware, instruct the printer to print, to the cashless instrument, textual information, said textual information being in a language corresponding to the first currency units of said player selectable first currency amount and comprising the at least one regulated field as indicated by said first set of firmware. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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