Gaming apparatus supporting virtual peripherals and funds transfer
AssigneeAristocrat Technologies, Inc. (ATI)
InventorBinh T. Nguyen
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Abstract
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.
Claims24
A method for communicating information between a gaming machine and a portable electronic device via a wireless network, the gaming machine including at least one gaming machine peripheral device positioned on or within the gaming machine, the portable electronic device directly communicates with one or more components via the wireless network without use of a wired network external to the gaming machine, and the portable electronic device including at least one virtual peripheral device, the method comprising:
- receiving, at the gaming machine peripheral device, input of a monetary value;
- recognizing the portable electronic device is a portable electronic device positioned nearest to the gaming machine;
- receiving, at the gaming machine, a request to access at least a portion of the monetary value that has been received at the gaming machine peripheral device of the gaming machine, the request to access at least a portion of the monetary value being for access on the portable electronic device that is responsive to the recognizing;
- verifying funds transfer ability between the gaming machine and the portable electronic device;
- determining at least a peripheral destination from the request to access at least a portion of the monetary value for at least a peripheral destination;
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- transferring the requested at least a portion of the monetary value available for use at the portable electronic device via the peripheral destination of the portable electronic device, provided that the portable electronic device has been verified to have funds transfer ability.
A non-transitory computer readable medium including at least computer program code for communicating information between a gaming machine and a portable electronic device via a wireless network, the gaming machine including at least one gaming machine peripheral device positioned on or within the gaming machine, the portable electronic device directly communicates with one or more components via the wireless network without use of a wired network external to the gaming machine, the computer readable medium comprising:
- computer program code for receiving, at the gaming machine peripheral device, input of a monetary value;
- computer program code for recognizing the portable electronic device is a portable electronic device positioned nearest to the gaming machine;
- computer program code for receiving, at the gaming machine, a request to access at least a portion of the monetary value that has been received at the gaming machine peripheral device of the gaming machine, the request to access at least a portion of the monetary value being for access on the portable electronic device that is responsive to the recognizing;
- computer program code for verifying funds transfer ability between the gaming machine and the portable electronic device;
- computer program code for determining at least a peripheral destination from the request to access at least a portion of the monetary value for at least a peripheral destination;
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- computer program code for transferring the requested at least a portion of the monetary value available for use at the portable electronic device via the peripheral destination, provided that the portable electronic device has been verified to have funds transfer ability.
A gaming apparatus, comprising:
- a processor configured to operate the gaming apparatus to provide a game of chance to a user of the gaming apparatus;
- a user input device configured to receive one or more user inputs from the user for use with the game of chance;
- at least one gaming apparatus peripheral device positioned on or within the gaming apparatus;
- a display device configured to present gaming information pertaining to the game of chance;
- a wireless interface configured to support wireless communication with at least one portable electronic device;
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- wherein the processor is configured to:
- detect receiving, via the gaming apparatus peripheral device, input of a monetary value;
- recognize the portable electronic device is a portable electronic device positioned nearest to the gaming apparatus;
- receive a request to access at least a portion of the monetary value that has been received at the gaming apparatus peripheral device of the gaming apparatus, the request to access at least a portion of the monetary value being for access on the portable electronic device that is recognized;
- verify funds transfer ability between the gaming apparatus and the portable electronic device;
- determine at least a peripheral destination from the request to access at least a portion of the monetary value for at least a peripheral destination;
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- transfer the requested at least a portion of the monetary value available for use at the portable electronic device via the peripheral destination, provided that the portable electronic device has been verified to have funds transfer ability.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.