Method and apparatus for modifying gaming machines to provide supplemental or modified functionality

摘要

A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for transferring credits from one gaming device to another via the use of coded scrip is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of accepting a cash-out command in the gaming device, scanning a magnetically manifested code uniquely identifying a scrip stored in the gaming device, transmitting a cash-out message comprising the code to a remote processor having access to a database configured to store and retrieve codes from a plurality of gaming devices, receiving a scrip dispense message from the remote processor, and dispensing the scrip. The apparatus comprises a scrip storage unit, a scrip dispensing unit having a scrip transducer for reading and recording a magnetically manifested code on a scrip retrieved from the scrip storage unit, and a processor, communicatively coupled to the scrip transducer and a remote computer having access to a database for storing and retrieving code information from the plurality of gaming devices.

主权项

1. An electronic gaming device comprising:
a video display; a touch screen input device coupled to the video display; a first processor configured to generate output to the video display associated with a play of a wager-based game via a first communication path and to receive input from the touch screen input device via a second communication path; a second processor communicatively coupled to the first communication path and the second communication path, the second processor configured to:
control an interruption of a first signal from the first processor to the video display on the first communication path,control an interruption of a second signal from the touch screen input device to the first processor on the first communication path; andgenerate at least one of a first substitute signal for the first signal and a second substitute signal for the second signal.