Wagering game machine having image copied file system
AssigneeWMS Gaming Inc.
InventorCraig J. Sylla
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Abstract
Systems and methods provide a mechanism for a wagering game machine to access game components on an image file system contained in a disk image file that resides on a second file system. The gaming components may include banner content, advertising content, denomination data, pay table, language data, video content, audio content, episodic game data, wagering game software, operating system software, device driver software and device firmware.
Claims20
A gaming system comprising:
- a wagering game machine operable to receive a wager for a wagering game;
- a first storage device coupled to the wagering game machine and having a first file system on which is stored a first image file, the first image file comprising a copy of a removable storage device including a second file system and security data that is separate from the second file system;
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- an image file system component to read security data from one or more portions of the first image file that are not included as parts of the second file system, the security data being usable by the wagering game machine to access at least one protected file on the second file system.
A computer-implemented method of configuring a wagering game machine, the method comprising:
- initializing a first file system on a first storage device coupled to the wagering game machine;
- storing on the first file system a first image file including a second file system, the second file system including gaming content but not security data that provides access to the gaming content;
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- reading, via an image file system component, security data from one or more portions of the first image file that are not included in the second file system, the security data providing access to the gaming content in the second file system.
A machine readable, non-transitory medium having machine executable instructions for performing a method of configuring a wagering game machine, the method comprising:
- initializing a first file system on a first storage device coupled to the wagering game machine;
- storing on the first file system a first image file including a second file system, the second file system including gaming content but not security data that provides access to the gaming content;
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- reading, via an image file system component, security data from one or more portions of the first image file that are not included in the second file system, the security data providing access to the gaming content in the second file system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.