Patent ID: 11928659
Assignee: JCM AMERICAN CORPORATION
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A document handling system for a gaming device, comprising:
an inlet for receiving documents;
a validation passageway for guiding the documents inserted into the inlet;
a validation conveyor for transporting the documents along the validation passageway;
a validation sensor for detecting optical or magnetic features of the documents transported along the validation passageway to produce detection signals;
a network communication port configured to communicate with an external system;
a control device in communication with the network communication port; and
a clock in electronic communication with the control device for tracking a license time period of a license to use the document handling system;
wherein:

the control device is configured to store a first determination whether the license time period has elapsed;
the control device is configured to store a second determination whether the document handling system is being used in compliance with the license while the license time period has not elapsed wherein the second determination includes evaluating at least one of: a change of country, a change of protocol, a change of host machine, a change of game maker detected by protocol behavior, a change of bill validator serial number, an acceptance rate, a jam rate, a stall, a slow motor, an encoder problem, a service call, a condition of a light-emitting diode, a preventative maintenance failure, or a cyclic redundancy check error;
the document handling system is configured to reject a received document when the first determination indicates that the license time period has elapsed or the second determination indicates that the document handling system is not in compliance with the license; and
otherwise, the document handling system is configured to accept the received document.