Patent ID: 8696430
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method in a retrofit gaming device having a controller including a processor and a memory and a network interface, said retrofit gaming device retrofitted to an existing wager-based gaming machine having a touch screen video display, a value input device, a value output device and a game controller communicatively coupled to the value input device, the value output device and the touch screen video display wherein after a retrofit of the existing wager-based gaming machine, the retrofit gaming device, the game controller, the touch screen video display, the value input device and the value output device are each coupled to an existing gaming machine cabinet, comprising: receiving, by the processor via a first communication pathway added during the retrofit that is between the retrofit gaming device and the value input device, first data from the value input device; receiving, by the processor via a second communication pathway added during the retrofit that is between the retrofit gaming device and the value output device within the existing gaming machine cabinet, second data from the value output device; receiving, by the processor via a third communication pathway added during the retrofit that is between the retrofit gaming device and the touch screen video display third data from the touch screen video display; sending, by the processor via a fourth communication pathway added during the retrofit that is between the retrofit gaming device and the touch screen video display, first video data for output on at least a portion of the touch screen video display; receiving, by the processor via a fifth communication pathway added during the retrofit that is between the retrofit gaming device and the game controller within the existing gaming machine cabinet, fourth data associated with a play of a wager-based game from the game controller; wherein the game controller is configured to control the play of the wager-based game played on the existing gaming machine including outputting a video presentation associated with the play of the wager-based game on the touch screen video display; sending, by the processor, via a sixth communication pathway added during the retrofit that uses the network interface, the first data, the second data and the fourth data to a remote server; sending, by the processor, via the fourth communication pathway, second video data for a presentation of a second game, separate from the wager-based game, for output on at least the portion of the touch screen video display; and after the second game is initiated, receiving via the third communication pathway, fifth data from the touch screen video display wherein the fifth data is associated with a play of the second game wherein functions of the retrofit gaming device including receiving the first data from the value input device via the first communication pathway, receiving the second data from the value output device via the second communication pathway, receiving the third data and the fifth data from the touch screen video display via the third communication pathway, sending the first video data and the second video data to the touch screen video display via the fourth communication pathway and receiving the fourth data from the game controller via the fifth communication pathway do not require modification to existing game software executed by the game controller prior to the retrofit of the existing gaming machine.