Gaming machine update and mass storage management

Details Gaming machine update and mass storage management Gaming machine update and mass storage management

2005-09-09

2011-10-11

Suhol, Dmitry (Department: 3716)

Amusement devices: games

Including means for processing electronic data

Access or authorization

C463S020000, C463S025000, C463S042000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08033913

ABSTRACT:
Different mechanisms are provided to enable a gaming machine to download files/images, move/copy the files/images from one folder to another without breaking authentication, and resume interrupted file manipulation operations such as move/copy operations and/or download operations which have been interrupted by a power hit. In this way, the technique of the present invention is able to provide a self-diagnostic system for ensuring authenticated, atomic transactions, and for automatically handling detected error conditions. Additionally the technique of the present invention is able to provide a mechanism for seamlessly updating gaming machine components at runtime. This may include, for example, the automatic mounting and/or unmounting of selected games to/from the gaming machine memory during runtime.

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