US 8,286,856 B2 · Modular gaming transaction printer

Abstract

A modular gaming transaction printer for grayscale printing which may interface with multiple host systems and multiple gaming machine protocols, download application code or code patches, receive printer maintenance instructions, arbitrate print jobs received from various communication interfaces, support worldwide languages, and utilize firmware version consolidation. The printer further includes security features and memory protection. The printer further includes segmented memory for content related to each communication interface, gaming machine, or host system, among others. Additionally, the printer supports Unicode, configuration to worldwide languages, configuration to multiple protocols, and configuration to prior firmware versions for backward compatibility, among others. The printer may include a plurality of paper trays to hold media of the same size, but different characteristics.

Claims13

Dependent claims

A method of operating gaming printer, comprising:

generating a coupon for the player by the gaming printer;
storing the generated coupon in an escrow location of the gaming printer by the gaming printer;
receiving a cash-out signal for the player by the gaming printer;
generating a voucher in response to the cash-out signal for the player by the gaming printer;
and
presenting the generated coupon from the escrow location of the gaming printer and the voucher to the player by the gaming printer.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

12/441,131Filed 12 Sep 2007 · us provisional application

Priority

12 Sep 2006

Published

US 2011/0101084 A15 May 2011

Granted

16 Oct 2012

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

G07F 17/42
Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services: for ticket printing or like apparatus , e.g. apparatus for dispensing…
G07F 17/32
Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services: for games, toys, sports, or amusements
G07F 17/3202
For games, toys, sports, or amusements: hardware aspects of a gaming system, e.g. components, construction, architecture thereof
G07G 5/00
Receipt-giving machines

Modular gaming transaction printer

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Modular gaming transaction printer

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Abstract

Claims13