Patent ID: 8545334
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: A63F,G06F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A resource manager for use with a gaming machine configured to play a game in a jurisdiction under jurisdictional limitations provided by a regulatory agency of a jurisdiction under regulatory requirements to said game, and being capable of 1) dynamically facilitating communication between an input/output device and said gaming machine during operation of said gaming machine and 2) configuring an input/output device using said jurisdictional limitations, said resource manager comprising: a resource manager control task serving as a command and control interface and configured to update and configure hardware and software objects, and to update and configure the resource manager; a low level software manager loading low level software objects for available hardware based on hardware type and revision; a high level software manager loading high level software objects from at least one repository corresponding to the low level software objects based on hardware type, software object name and low level software object revision, and prioritizing said loaded high level software objects from said at least one repository depending on said game to be loaded and said jurisdictional limitations; and one or more software objects having a low level component and a high level component related to said input/output device; and an error table configured to instruct said resource manager to ignore, warn about, allow or lockup said one or more software objects based on the jurisdiction.