Patent ID: 7921302
Filing Date: 2011-04-05
Classification: A63F,G06F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for enabling a legacy gaming machine to execute a second legacy game software received over a network, the legacy gaming machine comprising a locked cabinet and a legacy controller enclosed within the locked cabinet, the legacy controller being configured to execute a first legacy game software stored in a read-only memory and to save the context of the first legacy game software in a non-volatile memory, the method comprising the steps of: providing a personal computer (PC) disposed within the locked cabinet, the PC including a writable persistent storage and a communication interface with the network; replacing the read-only memory storing the first legacy game software with a read-only memory emulator coupled to the PC and the legacy controller; replacing the non-volatile memory with a non-volatile memory emulator coupled to the PC and the legacy controller; providing a control interface between the PC and the legacy controller to at least one of . stop and restart the legacy controller; receiving, by the PC, the second legacy game software over the network and storing the received second legacy game software to the writable persistent storage of the PC; initializing the content of the non-volatile memory emulator, and enabling the legacy controller to execute the second legacy game software.