Wireless identification and tracking in gaming systems
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1. A gaming system, comprisingat least two gaming components arranged in a cabinet of a gaming machine, each gaming component comprising:
- a controller, anda communications interface;
a main game controller arranged in the cabinet of the gaming machine;
at least one gaming component located outside the cabinet in communication with the main game controller;
an interior communications link configured to allow the at least two gaming components to communicate through their respective communication interfaces with the main game controller in a wireless fashion, the interior communications link using a first communication protocol;
an exterior wireless communications link configured to allow the at least two gaming components arranged in the cabinet to communicate with an external system such that the gaming machine can be polled and a message transmitted in response indicative of an error condition, the exterior communications link using a second communication protocol different from said first communication protocol; and
wherein the external system is configured and arranged to analyze information about error conditions so as to detect trends to permit preventative measures to be identified before a failure occurs in the gaming machine that would result in the gaming machine being taken off-line.
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Abstract
A gaming system has at least two gaming components. Each gaming component has controller, a communications interface, a communication link to allow the controllers of the gaming components to communicate with internal components in either a wired or wireless fashion, a communication link providing for a wireless communications to external systems and/or components, a wireless identification mechanism used to uniquely and automatically identify the gaming device to appropriate sensors, and a positioning system that can relay precise positional data to host systems.
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1. A gaming system, comprising
at least two gaming components arranged in a cabinet of a gaming machine, each gaming component comprising: -
a controller, and a communications interface; a main game controller arranged in the cabinet of the gaming machine; at least one gaming component located outside the cabinet in communication with the main game controller; an interior communications link configured to allow the at least two gaming components to communicate through their respective communication interfaces with the main game controller in a wireless fashion, the interior communications link using a first communication protocol; an exterior wireless communications link configured to allow the at least two gaming components arranged in the cabinet to communicate with an external system such that the gaming machine can be polled and a message transmitted in response indicative of an error condition, the exterior communications link using a second communication protocol different from said first communication protocol; and wherein the external system is configured and arranged to analyze information about error conditions so as to detect trends to permit preventative measures to be identified before a failure occurs in the gaming machine that would result in the gaming machine being taken off-line. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 19, 20, 21)
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9. A gaming system comprising:
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at least two gaming components arranged in a cabinet of a gaming machine, each gaming component including; a controller, and a communications interface; a main game controller arranged in the cabinet of the gaming machine; a first communications link using a first communication protocol configured to allow the least two gaming components to communicate through their respective communication interfaces with the main game controller in a wireless fashion; and the main game controller being configured to; monitor the gaming machine to detect an error condition in the gaming machine, wirelessly transmit via a second communications link using a second communication protocol different from said first communication protocol an immediate maintenance request if a detected error condition requires immediate attention, and wirelessly transmit via the second communications link a delayed maintenance request if a detected error condition does not require immediate attention. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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