Pass-through live validation device and method
First Claim
1. A gaming apparatus, comprising:
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a game computer;
a storage media having at least some casino game information;
an externally accessible port; and
an externally accessible pass through security device configured to be accessed through the external accessible port, wherein the externally accessible pass through security device is further configured to;
enable verification of the casino game information;
determine whether the game computer requires communication with the storage media; and
pause or cease communication between the externally accessible pass through security device and the storage media, including the verification of the casino game information stored on the storage media upon determining that the game computer requires communication with the storage media.
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Abstract
Hardware, systems, devices, architecture and methods for a wagering game-specific platform features secure storage and verification of game code and/or other data. An external connection securely communicates with a computerized wagering gaming system. Some embodiments of the invention provide the ability to identify game program code as certified or approved. This is provided by use of various electronic devices and elements for encryption, including at least a device that is internally embedded in the gaming device that access digital signatures, encrypted files, encrypted compiled files and hash functions as well as other encryption methods. Such functions are able to be effected, and security and validation is advantageously applied to data loaded into storage media even while the gaming machine is in operation.
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27 Claims
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1. A gaming apparatus, comprising:
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a housing; a game computer; a storage media having at least some casino game information; an externally accessible port; and an externally accessible pass through security device configured to be accessed through the external accessible port, wherein the externally accessible pass through security device is further configured to; enable verification of the casino game information; determine whether the game computer requires communication with the storage media; and pause or cease communication between the externally accessible pass through security device and the storage media, including the verification of the casino game information stored on the storage media upon determining that the game computer requires communication with the storage media. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 9, 10)
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4. A gaming apparatus, comprising:
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a housing; a game computer having memory; a storage media having at least some casino game information; an externally accessible communication port; and an externally accessible pass through security device communicatively coupled between the game computer and the storage media, wherein the externally accessible pass through security device is configured to be accessed through the externally accessible port, and wherein the externally accessible pass through security device is configured to; enable verification of the casino game information; determine whether the game computer requires communication with the storage media; and pause or cease communication between the externally accessible pass through security device and the storage media, including the verification of the casino game information stored on the storage media upon determining that the game computer requires communication with the storage media. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8)
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11. A method of verifying casino gaming data in a computer-based gaming apparatus, comprising:
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authenticating, by a computer communication device, casino gaming data stored on an information storage media, wherein the computer communication device is in communication with a security device, the computer communication device is connected to an external communication port on a casino gaming apparatus, and the security device is distinct from a game computer and the information storage media in the casino gaming apparatus; determining whether the game computer requires communication with the information storage media; and pausing or ceasing communication between the computer communication device and the information storage media upon determining that the game computer requires communication with the information storage media. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of verifying casino gaming data in a computer-based gaming apparatus comprising:
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verifying, by a security device, casino gaming data in storage media, wherein the security device is in communication with a computer communication device, the computer communication device is connected to an external communication port on a casino gaming apparatus, the security device is distinct from a game computer and the storage media in the casino gaming apparatus; determining, by the security device, whether the game computer requires communication with the storage media; pausing or ceasing, by the security device, communication between the security device and the storage media upon determining that the game computer requires communication with the storage media. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of authenticating data within a gaming machine during operation, comprising:
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providing a gaming machine with a host computer, a security device comprising separate intelligence and associated memory, and at least one storage media for storing gaming data; while the gaming machine is in operation, verifying the gaming data in the storage media by executing a verification program on the separate intelligence; determining, by the security device, whether the host computer requires to communication with the storage media; pausing or ceasing, by the security device, communication between the security device and the storage media upon determining that the game computer requires communication with the storage media. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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