Abstract: A networked cash dispensing system and a method for remote management of, and trend analysis for, networked cash dispensing systems is provided. The networked cash dispensing system comprises a casino transaction kiosk, a server, and a network. The casino transaction kiosk includes a central processing unit adapted to operate the kiosk and a local memory adapted to store information thereon. The server includes a database and management software that includes a data mining software portion and a user interface software portion therein. The data mining software portion is adapted to query the database. A network is adapted to allow the casino transaction kiosk and the server to communicate and to permit the transfer of information stored on the local memory of the casino transaction kiosk to the server. The management software is adapted to analyze this information. The management software allows for remote auto-impressing of the casino transaction kiosk.

Abstract: A test system and method for providing a network simulator to simulate the packet delivery delay and loss dynamics of an network such as the Internet. The test system delays and drops packets delivered between host devices on the test system according to a trace profile of the actual network packet delivery dynamics. The trace profile is recorded using a network measurement system transmitting and measuring the delivery of packets on the network. The trace profile records the actual network packet delivery dynamics, which is utilized by the test system to simulate the network packet performance. Using the test system as a network simulator, developers of interactive network application can accurately develop and test the performance of interactive network applications under realistic network conditions.