GAMING MACHINE WITH ENHANCED AUDIO INTERFACE FUNCTIONALITY

摘要

Systems and methods for configuring a gaming machine through its audio jack. The audio jack is located behind a locked access door in a cabinet of the gaming machine. An external device connects to the audio jack through the access door and downloads an audio file to the gaming machine. The audio file is encoded with configuration information including configuration settings and corresponding values or parameters for the target gaming machine. When the file transfer is complete, an optional graphical user interface displayed on the gaming machine or on the external device allows the operator to accept a group of configuration settings or to selectively change user-selectable configuration settings. A group of default configuration settings embedded in the configuration information can be automatically applied to the affected hardware or software components of the gaming machine.

主权项

1. A gaming machine, comprising:
a cabinet having a locked access door; one or more input devices; one or more display devices; an audio jack accessible externally from the gaming machine through the locked access door, the audio jack having at least a microphone input conductor receiving an input from an external audio plug; game-logic circuitry, comprising one or more central processing units and one or more memory devices, the one or more memory devices storing non-transitory machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more central processing units, cause the game-logic circuitry to:
receive, via at least one of the one or more input devices, an input indicative of a wager;responsive to a criterion being satisfied, receive, through the audio jack, configuration information from a device external to the gaming machine to configure one or more components of the gaming machine, the components including a hardware component and a software component both associated with the gaming machine or with a wagering game playable on the gaming machine; andresponsive to receiving the configuration information through the audio jack, configure the one or more components according to the received configuration information.