Patent ID: 9098967
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of operating a wagering game system primarily dedicated to conducting a wagering game on a wagering game machine, the wagering game machine including a housing, one or more controllers, an electronic display device, a value input device, and a player input device, the electronic display device, the value input device, and the player input device being coupled to the housing, the method comprising: establishing a connection with an input device, from a plurality of input devices configured for user input, for use in the wagering game presented via the wagering game machine during a wagering game session; determining that the wagering game requests a type of input data; determining, by a peripheral controller communicably coupled to the wagering game machine, that the input device is capable of generating the type of input data; authorizing, by the peripheral controller, use of the input device in response to the determining that the input device is capable of generating the type of input data; receiving input data from the input device, wherein the input data has a first format specific to the input device, and wherein the wagering game requires the input data in a second format different from the first format; converting, via at least one of one or more processors of the peripheral controller, the input data from the first format to the second format required by the wagering game; and providing, via at least one of the one or more processors of the peripheral controller, the input data to the wagering game in the second format for use as the user input for the wagering game.