LINKING COMPONENT, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SERVICES AT A CONVENTIONAL GAMING MACHINE

Methods and apparatus consistent with the present invention provide additional services, such as cashless gaming and player tracking, at a gaming machine. One such gaming machine includes a game processor, a peripheral device, and a linking component connected between the game processor and the peri...

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Hauptverfasser:	EDWARD, J., JR. HOLE, JOHN, A., JR. SANTINI, ROBERT, C. ANGELL, RONALD, D. DEANGELIS, RICHARD, L. MARTIN, SHAWN TERRY
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CHECKING-DEVICES COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS PHYSICS
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Zusammenfassung:	Methods and apparatus consistent with the present invention provide additional services, such as cashless gaming and player tracking, at a gaming machine. One such gaming machine includes a game processor, a peripheral device, and a linking component connected between the game processor and the peripheral device. The linking component emulates or relays communication signals sent between the game processor and the peripheral device using the communication protocol used for communication between the game processor and the peripheral device.