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Standard peripheral communication

  • US 6,251,014 B1
  • Filed: 10/06/1999
  • Issued: 06/26/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/06/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A gaming machine comprising:

  • a master gaming controller that controls one or more games played on the gaming machine; and

    a plurality of gaming peripherals coupled to the gaming machine and in communication with the master gaming controller, each of the plurality of gaming peripherals comprising a standard peripheral communications connection, which is identical in each gaming peripheral, one or more peripheral devices specific to each gaming peripheral, and a peripheral controller that controls the one or more peripheral devices, the peripheral controller including (i) a control microprocessor, separate from the master gaming controller, that controls communication with the master gaming controller over the peripheral connection, wherein said controller microprocessor is substantially identical in each gaming peripheral, and (ii) a peripheral interface that directly connects to the one or more peripheral devices and is specific to the individual gaming peripheral.

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