Patent ID: 9240888
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: A63F,G06F,G07F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method of authenticating a gaming component in a gaming device-enabled gaming system, the method comprising: providing a physical network that connects and enables communication between gaming devices in the gaming device-enabled gaming system, each gaming device comprising: determining, using the at least one gaming device processor, if a manifest is authentic, the manifest including component information and a stored signature for the gaming component; organizing the gaming component into multiple partitions, a first partition associated with an operating system, and other partitions associated with gaming libraries and executables, and multiple games; performing, using the at least one gaming device processor, an authentication calculation on the gaming component over a network connection to evaluate the signature if the manifest is authentic, wherein the first partition is authenticated prior to other partitions associated with game libraries and executables, and multiple games and prior to loading the operating system; authenticating, using the at least one gaming device processor, the gaming component evaluating the signature across the other partitions of the gaming component associated with gaming libraries and executables and multiple games where the first partition is authenticated; and loading the authenticated partitions of the gaming component.