Method and apparatus for modifying gaming machines to provide supplemental or modified functionality
First Claim
1. In an electronic gaming device, a method of playing a wager-based game, the electronic gaming device having a first processor, a second processor, a video display and a touch screen input device, the first processor configured to generate output to the video display associated with the playing of the wager-based game via a first communication path, and to receive input from the touch screen input device via a second communication path, and the second processor communicatively coupled to the first communication path and the second communication path, the method comprising:
- controlling, with the second processor, an interruption of a first signal from the first processor to the video display on the first communication path,controlling, with the second processor, an interruption of a second signal from the touch screen input device to the first processor on the second communication path; and
generating a first substitute signal for the first signal and a second substitute signal for the second signal.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for transferring credits from one gaming device to another via the use of coded scrip is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of accepting a cash-out command in the gaming device, scanning a magnetically manifested code uniquely identifying a scrip stored in the gaming device, transmitting a cash-out message comprising the code to a remote processor having access to a database configured to store and retrieve codes from a plurality of gaming devices, receiving a scrip dispense message from the remote processor, and dispensing the scrip. The apparatus comprises a scrip storage unit, a scrip dispensing unit having a scrip transducer for reading and recording a magnetically manifested code on a scrip retrieved from the scrip storage unit, and a processor, communicatively coupled to the scrip transducer and a remote computer having access to a database for storing and retrieving code information from the plurality of gaming devices.
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31 Claims
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1. In an electronic gaming device, a method of playing a wager-based game, the electronic gaming device having a first processor, a second processor, a video display and a touch screen input device, the first processor configured to generate output to the video display associated with the playing of the wager-based game via a first communication path, and to receive input from the touch screen input device via a second communication path, and the second processor communicatively coupled to the first communication path and the second communication path, the method comprising:
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controlling, with the second processor, an interruption of a first signal from the first processor to the video display on the first communication path, controlling, with the second processor, an interruption of a second signal from the touch screen input device to the first processor on the second communication path; and generating a first substitute signal for the first signal and a second substitute signal for the second signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An electronic gaming device comprising:
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a video display having a touch screen input device; a first processor configured to generate output to the video display associated with a play of a wager-based game via a first communication path, to receive input from the touch screen input device via a second communication path; a second processor communicatively coupled to the first communication path and the second communication path; the second processor configured to; control an interruption of a first signal from the first processor to the video display on the first communication path, control an interruption of a second signal from the touch screen input device to the first processor on the second communication path; and generate a first substitute signal for the first signal and a second substitute signal for the second signal. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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