Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – With communication link
Reexamination Certificate
2007-05-02
2011-10-25
Laneau, Ronald (Department: 3714)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
With communication link
Reexamination Certificate
active
08043160
ABSTRACT:
This disclosure describes embodiments of a wagering game machine that includes a wager gaming operating system including downloadable components. This disclosure also describes methods for downloading such components. In one embodiment, the method includes booting the wagering game machine for operation, wherein the booting is performed in-part by core operating system components. The method can also include downloading, over a network, a non-core operating system component, wherein the downloading is performed with assistance from the core operating system components. The method can also include installing the non-core operating system component on the wagering game machine, wherein the installing is performed by the core operating system components. The method can also include presenting a wagering game upon which monetary value can be wagered, wherein the presenting is performed in-part by the non-core operating system component.
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Laneau Ronald
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
WMS Gaming Inc.
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