Patent ID: 8512144
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A modified gaming machine comprising: a plurality of gaming machine peripheral devices for use in implementing one or more games to a player, said peripheral devices comprising at least one electronic video display and an associated touch screen; a master gaming controller configured to implement primary gaming machine functionality, said master gaming controller configured to generate first video data regarding said primary gaming machine functionality and transmit said first video data to said at least one electronic video display for display to a player via a first communication path, said master gaming controller including at least one data monitoring port and said master gaming controller configured to communicate game play information to a remote server via a first gaming machine interface device; and a secondary controller configured to selectively intercept said first video data which is transmitted along said first communication path from said master gaming controller towards said at least one video display and transmit secondary video data, different from said first video data, to said at least one electronic video display, whereby said secondary controller selectively causes said at least one electronic video display to display different video information than said master gaming controller would have caused said at least one electronic video display to display, and said secondary controller communicatively coupled to said at least one data monitoring port of said master gaming controller, whereby said secondary controller is configured to monitor activities of said master gaming controller and, based upon said activities, selectively intercept said first video data and transmit said secondary video data, and said secondary controller configured to communicate game play activities implemented via said secondary controller to said remote server via a second gaming machine interface device, whereby said secondary controller appears as an independent gaming machine to said remote server.