Udp broadcast for user interface in a download and configuration gaming method
AssigneeBally Gaming, Inc.
InventorsRyan Ruppert, Farshid Atashband
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Abstract
A method for sending a notification message using a modified form of User Datagram Protocol (UDP) multicast notification system in a client-server architecture that otherwise allows only client initiated messages. The method includes: identifying information at a server that has potential for inclusion in a notification message; querying a database for a list of clients that have registered for a particular type of notification by a UDP broadcast processor; receiving a reply with a list of clients that have registered for a particular type of notification from the database; and sending notification to all clients on the list using an assigned port number from the UDP broadcast processor.
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A method for sending a notification message using a modified form of User Datagram Protocol (UDP) multicast notification system in a client-server architecture that otherwise allows only client initiated messages, the method comprising:
- identifying information at a server that has potential for inclusion in a notification message, wherein the server is a Download and Configuration Management (DCM) engine;
- querying a database for a list of clients that have registered for a particular type of notification by a UDP broadcast processor;
- receiving a reply with a list of clients that have registered for a particular type of notification from the database;
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- sending notification to all clients on the list using an assigned port number from the UDP broadcast processor.
A method for sending a notification message using a modified form of User Datagram Protocol (UDP) multicast notification system in a client-server architecture that otherwise allows only client initiated messages, the method comprising:
- identifying information at a server that has potential for inclusion in a notification message, wherein the server is a Download and Configuration Management (DCM) engine;
- querying a database for one or more clients that have registered for a particular type of notification by a UDP broadcast processor;
- receiving identifiers for the one or more clients that have registered for the particular type of notification from the database;
- and
- sending notification to the one or more clients.
A method for sending a notification message using a modified form of User Datagram Protocol (UDP) multicast notification system in a client-server architecture that otherwise allows only client initiated messages, the method comprising:
- identifying information at a server that has potential for inclusion in a notification message, wherein the server is a Download and Configuration Management (DCM) engine;
- querying a database for one or more clients that are potentially interested in a particular type of notification by a UDP broadcast processor;
- receiving a reply including identification of the one or more clients that are potentially interested in the particular type of notification;
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- sending notification to the one or more clients.
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