Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for managing licenses in gaming networks. Some aspects of the invention are provided as a license manager module that operates as part of a server-based system for provisioning and configuring gaming machines. Security and authentication techniques are provided to prevent unauthorized gaming software usage. Such gaming software may be, for example, downloaded to gaming machines in the network under the control of a gaming establishment's game management server that is in communication with a license manager device. In preferred implementations, a gaming machine is prevented from executing software for a game of chance unless the license for that game is valid and has not expired.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 12, 2005
Date of Patent:
April 10, 2012
Assignee:
IGT
Inventors:
Michael Kinsley, Steven LeMay, Lance Orner
Abstract: An apparatus and method for selecting an account for a gaming player is presented. In one embodiment, a preexisting card is electronically read. Information coded into the magnetic stripe or bar code on the preexisting card is decoded. The decoded information is used to identify matching player accounts. The identified player accounts are presented to the user, who can then select one of the accounts. The selected account is then accessed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 17, 2002
Date of Patent:
August 2, 2011
Assignee:
IGT
Inventors:
Steven Robert Kastner, Ted G. Candalino