Patent ID: 8251808
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a gaming system having a game module, a game transaction module, and a printer device with only one communications port, the method comprising: receiving game information indicative of a number of game credits from the game module at the game transaction module, wherein the game transaction module includes a processor, a memory and a system bus distinct and separate from a processor, a memory and a system bus of the game module; receiving a first print job provided by the game module at a printer manager that is part of the game transaction module; receiving a second print job provided by a module of the game transaction module at the printer manager that is part of the game transaction module; arbitrating print jobs for printing content with the printer device received at the printer manager of the game transaction module; sending at least a portion of one of the first print job and the second print job received at the printer manager of the game transaction module to the printer device via the only one communications port; buffering at least a portion of the other one of the first print job and the second print job in a memory of the game transaction module; and providing at least a portion of the game information indicative of the number of game credits to a remote accounting system.