Patents by Inventor Peter R. Pitts

Peter R. Pitts has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Authentication system for gaming machines and related methods
    Patent number: 8726000
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein are directed to gaming devices having a secured basic input/output system (BIOS) and methods for determining the validity of the gaming device's BIOS. According to one embodiment, the gaming device includes a secured module for authenticating the BIOS of the gaming device. During the boot-up process, the secured module issues a challenge to the BIOS. The BIOS generates a response to the challenge, and the secured module determines whether the BIOS response matches the calculated response of the secured module. If the BIOS response matches the secured module response, the gaming device continues the boot process. Otherwise, the boot process is halted by the gaming device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Anand Singh, Pravinkumar Patel, Anthony E. Green, Raymond C. Cammilleri, Peter R. Pitts
  • AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM FOR GAMING MACHINES AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20130297925
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein are directed to gaming devices having a secured basic input/output system (BIOS) and methods for determining the validity of the gaming device's BIOS. According to one embodiment, the gaming device includes a secured module for authenticating the BIOS of the gaming device. During the boot-up process, the secured module issues a challenge to the BIOS. The BIOS generates a response to the challenge, and the secured module determines whether the BIOS response matches the calculated response of the secured module. If the BIOS response matches the secured module response, the gaming device continues the boot process. Otherwise, the boot process is halted by the gaming device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Anand Singh, Pravinkumar Patel, Anthony E. Green, Reymond C. Commilleri, Peter R. Pitts
  • Authentication system for gaming machines and related methods
    Patent number: 8484450
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein are directed to gaming devices having a secured basic input/output system (BIOS) and methods for determining the validity of the gaming device's BIOS. According to one embodiment, the gaming device includes a secured module for authenticating the BIOS of the gaming device. During the boot-up process, the secured module selects a challenge from a plurality of challenges, and the selected challenge is issued to the BIOS. The BIOS generates a response to the challenge, and the secured module determines whether the BIOS response matches the calculated response of the secured module. If the BIOS response matches the secured module response, the gaming device continues the boot process. Otherwise, the boot process is halted by the gaming device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Bally Gaming, Inc.
    Inventors: Anand Singh, Pravinkumar Patel, Anthony E. Green, Raymond C. Cammilleri, Peter R. Pitts
  • AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM FOR GAMING MACHINES AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20110131401
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein are directed to gaming devices having a secured basic input/output system (BIOS) and methods for determining the validity of the gaming device's BIOS. According to one embodiment, the gaming device includes a secured module for authenticating the BIOS of the gaming device. During the boot-up process, the secured module selects a challenge from a plurality of challenges, and the selected challenge is issued to the BIOS. The BIOS generates a response to the challenge, and the secured module determines whether the BIOS response matches the calculated response of the secured module. If the BIOS response matches the secured module response, the gaming device continues the boot process. Otherwise, the boot process is halted by the gaming device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: BALLY GAMING, INC.
    Inventors: Anand Singh, Pravinkumar Patel, Anthony E. Green, Raymond C. Cammilleri, Peter R. Pitts