Iterative XOR-matrix forward error correction for gaming

One or more non-transitory, machine-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a set of one or more processors causes the set of one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• prior to transmission of gaming data via a casino communications network, determining a level of importance of the gaming data;
• determining a number of data units to divide the gaming data into based on the level of importance of the gaming data;
• dividing the gaming data into the number of data units;
• organizing the data units into groupings of the data units that correspond to vectors in a matrix;
• computing exclusive-OR check bytes of the groupings of the data units, wherein each one of the exclusive-OR check bytes corresponds to each one of the groupings of the data units;
• generating error correction codes for each of the exclusive-OR check bytes;
• organizing the groupings of the data units into a packet;
• associating the error correction codes with the groupings of the data units within the packet;
• and
• transmitting the packet via the casino communications network.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• at least one memory unit configured to store instructions which, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause the system to determine a level of importance of a gaming effect to be presented by a wagering game client device,
• separate gaming-effects data for the gaming effect into a number of data units based on the level of importance of the gaming effect,
• organize the data units into a packet, wherein the packet is organized according to a matrix, wherein the data units correspond to entries in the matrix, and wherein the entries are organized in the matrix in vectors,
• generate exclusive-OR check bytes, wherein each one of the exclusive-OR check bytes corresponds to each one of the vectors,
• encode the exclusive-OR check bytes into error correction codes,
• organize the error correction codes into the packet according to the matrix, and
• send the packet to the wagering game client device via a communications network.

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a forward error correction module configured to, via the processor,
• receive a packet of gaming data, wherein the packet includes data units and forward error correction codes, wherein the data units and forward error correction codes are organized in the packet to correspond to vectors of a matrix, wherein a number of the vectors of the matrix corresponds to a level of importance of the gaming data, and wherein the forward error correction codes include exclusive-OR check bytes for each of the vectors,
• detect that some of the data units have data corruption,
• select a group of the vectors that have only one corrupted data unit per vector, and
• recover at least a portion of the some of the data units for the group of the vectors using ones of the exclusive-OR check bytes that correspond to each one of the group of the vectors.

An apparatus comprising:

• means for generating gaming data in response to occurrence of a wagering game event associated with a wagering game device, wherein the gaming data is to be transmitted via a communications network to the wagering game device;
• means for determining a level of importance of the wagering game event;
• means for determining a number of columns and rows to generate for a matrix according to the level of importance of the wagering game event;
• means for dividing the gaming data into data units based on the number of columns and rows;
• means for organizing the data units into data unit groupings representative of the number of columns and rows;
• means for computing exclusive-OR check bytes that correspond to the columns and rows, wherein each one of the exclusive-OR check bytes corresponds to each one of the rows and columns;
• means for generating error correction codes for each of the exclusive-OR check bytes;
• means for organizing the data units into a packet according to the rows and columns;
• means for associating the error correction codes with the rows and columns within the packet;
• and
• means for providing the packet for transmisson via the casino communications network.