Cloud based virtual environment authentication

• US 9,053,603 B2
• Filed: 04/17/2012
• Issued: 06/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Power-One Incorporated (ABB Limited), IGT (International Game Technology)
• Original Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Inventors: Hudlow, Gandolf G., Bond, Eugene T., Thompson, Adam J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Rowland, Steve
• Application Number:
  US13/449,221
• Publication Number:
  US 20130274006A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,148 Days
• Field of Search: 463/25, 463/42, 718/1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3223 Architectural aspects of a gaming system, e.g. internal configuration, master/slave, wireless communication

Abstract

Techniques for providing deployment and management services for wager-based virtual machines deployed in a cloud-based on-demand service environment. In some implementations, a master deployment set is stored in one or more data sources under a repository of master deployment sets. The master deployment set includes one or more virtual machines configured to be deployed to one or more component servers to provide a component service to a client terminal in one or more jurisdictions. The repository of master deployment sets is configured to include one or more master deployment sets having regulatory approval in the one or more jurisdictions. The master deployment set may be deployed to the one or more component servers. The repository of master deployment sets, the master deployment set, and the deployment may be managed by an authorized user.

Claims

1. A method of deploying and validating an on-demand service in a gaming environment, the gaming environment including a client terminal, a data source, a component server, and a validation server, the method comprising:

storing, in the data source, a master deployment set under a repository of master deployment sets, the master deployment set including one or more virtual machines configured to be deployed to the component server to provide a component service to the client terminal in one or more jurisdictions, the repository of master deployment sets configured to include one or more master deployment sets having regulatory approval in the one or more jurisdictions; and

deploying the master deployment set to the component server;

providing, by the component server, the client terminal access to a virtual machine using the master deployment set such that the client terminal has access to the component service;

generating, by the validation server, a first snapshot of the virtual machine;

generating, by the validation server, a second snapshot of a master virtual machine;

determining, by the validation server, a first selection of files from the first snapshot and a second selection of files from the second snapshot to compare based on a manifest of files of regulatory importance; and

validating, by the validation server, the virtual machine by comparing the first selection of files with the second selection of files.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the client terminal is a gaming machine.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the component service is a wager game service or a casino management service.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the master deployment set represents one version of the component service, the master deployment set is indexed by a manifest of master deployment sets, and the manifest of master deployment sets is stored in the data source.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether the master deployment set complies with regulatory requirements of the one or more jurisdictions.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, further comprising:

removing the master deployment set from the repository of master deployment sets responsive to determining the master deployment set does not comply with regulatory requirements of the one or more jurisdictions.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, further comprising:

deploying a previous version of the master deployment to the one or more component servers responsive to determining the master deployment set does not comply with regulatory requirements of the one or more jurisdictions.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the previous version of the master deployment set is stored in the repository of master deployment sets and indexed by a manifest of master deployment sets.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, further comprising:

disabling the deployment of the master deployment set on the one or more component servers responsive to determining the master deployment set does not comply with regulatory requirements of the one or more jurisdictions.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, further comprising:

sending a notification to a regulator responsive to determining the master deployment set does not comply with regulatory requirements of the one or more jurisdictions.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the deploying the master deployment set to the component server further comprises:

cloning the master deployment set; and

deploying the cloned master deployment set to the component server.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a cloud system service to a client terminal for managing the repository of master deployment sets.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, wherein the cloud system service allows an authorized user to perform one or more of:

adding a master deployment set to the repository of master deployment sets, deleting a master deployment set from the repository of master deployment sets, editing a master deployment set, logging and reporting any changes to the repository of master deployment sets, and editing the manifest of master deployment sets to reflect any changes to the repository of master deployment sets.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, wherein the authorized user is an administrator, technician, gaming establishment manager, or regulator.

29. The method of claim 1, wherein the manifest of files of regulatory importance includes a list of files that cannot change when the master deployment set is deployed.

15. A system comprising:

a data source configured to store a master deployment set under a repository of master deployment sets, the master deployment set including a virtual machine configured to be deployed to a component server to provide a component service to a client terminal in one or more jurisdictions, the repository of master deployment sets configured to include one or more master deployment sets having regulatory approval in the one or more jurisdictions;

the component server configured to host the one or more virtual machines having at least one deployment of the master deployment set; and

a validation server configured to deploy the master deployment set to the component server, wherein the validation server is further configured to validate the virtual machine by comparing a first selection of files from a first snapshot of the virtual machine to a second selection of files from a second snapshot of a master virtual machine, wherein the first selection of files and the second selection of files are selected based on a manifest of files of regulatory importance.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the client terminal is a gaming machine.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the component service is a wager game service or a casino management service.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the master deployment set represents one version of the component service, the master deployment set is indexed by a manifest of master deployment sets, and the manifest of master deployment sets is stored in the data source.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the validation server is further configured to provide a user interface for determining whether the master deployment set complies with regulatory requirements of the one or more jurisdictions.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the validation server is further configured to remove the master deployment set from the repository of master deployment sets responsive to determining the master deployment set does not comply with regulatory requirements of the one or more jurisdictions.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein the validation server is further configured to deploy a previous version of the master deployment to the one or more component servers responsive to determining the master deployment set does not comply with regulatory requirements of the one or more jurisdictions.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the previous version of the master deployment set is stored in the repository of master deployment sets and indexed by a manifest of master deployment sets.

23. The system of claim 19, wherein the validation server is further configured to disable the deployment of the master deployment set on the one or more component servers responsive to determining the master deployment set does not comply with regulatory requirements of the one or more jurisdictions.

24. The system of claim 19, wherein the validation server is further configured to send a notification to a regulator responsive to determining the master deployment set does not comply with regulatory requirements of the one or more jurisdictions.

25. The system of claim 15, wherein the validation server is configured to deploy the master deployment set to the one or more component servers further by:

cloning the master deployment set; and

deploying the cloned master deployment set to the component server.

26. The system of claim 15, wherein the validation server is further configured to provide a cloud system service to a client terminal for managing the repository of master deployment sets.

27. The system of claim 15, wherein the cloud system service allows an authorized user to perform one or more of:

adding a master deployment set to the repository of master deployment sets, deleting a master deployment set from the repository of master deployment sets, editing a master deployment set, logging and reporting any changes to the repository of master deployment sets, and editing the manifest of master deployment sets to reflect any changes to the repository of master deployment sets.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein the authorized user is an administrator, technician, gaming establishment manager, or regulator.