Peripheral Management Device for Virtual Game Interaction

摘要

In one embodiment, a peripheral management device may have a controller configured to communicate with a gaming machine and a portable electronic device. The controller may be configured to: (i) receive a peripheral data packet from a gaming machine processor, the peripheral data packet including at least one command; (ii) determine whether to process the peripheral data packet on at least one peripheral device of the gaming machine or at least one virtual peripheral device of the portable electronic device; (iii) generate an instructional data packet for the at least one virtual peripheral device if the peripheral data packet is determined to be processed on the at least one virtual peripheral device; and (iv) transmit the instructional data packet to the portable electronic device.

主权项

1. A gaming machine, comprising:
a player tracking device; and a peripheral management device coupled to the player tracking device, the peripheral management device including at least a controller configured to communicate with a portable electronic device, the controller configured to:
receive a peripheral data packet from a gaming machine processor, the peripheral data packet including at least one command;determine whether to process the peripheral data packet on at least one peripheral device of the gaming machine or at least one virtual peripheral device of the portable electronic device;generate an instructional data packet for the at least one virtual peripheral device if the peripheral data packet is determined to be processed on the at least one virtual peripheral device; andtransmit the instructional data packet to the portable electronic device.