Patent ID: 8616958
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: G07F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method in a gaming machine for locating one or more of a plurality of gaming machine resources, comprising: receiving from a domain name server, by one or more configured computing devices, an indication of a specified directory service; sending, by the one or more configured computing devices, a query to the indicated directory service to provide information for accessing an available gaming resource, the resource being a database or a web service; receiving from the indicated directory service, by the one or more configured computing devices and based on the query, a response specifying a server that is available for handling requests to access the gaming resource and providing access information that includes one or more authentication parameters for accessing the gaming resource, the one or more authentication parameters being part of a directory services server entry that includes parameters for accessing the named gaming resource; and accessing, by the one or more configured computing devices, the gaming resource through the specified server using the provided information.