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

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

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

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Hauptverfasser: HOLE, EDWARD J., JR, TERRY, SHAWN, ANGELL, ROBERT C, MARTIN, RICHARD L, SANTINI, JOHN A., JR, DEANGELIS, RONALD D
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Sprache:eng ; fre
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CHECKING-DEVICES
COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
PHYSICS
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Zusammenfassung:Methods and apparatus consistent with the present invention provide addition al services, such as cashless gaming and player tracking, at a conventional 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 relay s 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.