Patent ID: 8657678
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A system for testing one or more gaming machines at a first location using a host system server at a second location, said system comprising: a first networking apparatus located at said first location, said first networking apparatus having a plurality of ports thereon for connection to said one or more gaming machines; said one or more gaming machines located at said first location each connected to one of said plurality of ports of said first networking apparatus; a second networking apparatus located at said second location, said second networking apparatus has a plurality of ports and is connected to said host system server, said host system server includes host system software configured to simultaneously perform system testing, game testing, and interoperatibilty testing on said one or more gaming machines located at this said first location; and, a camera connected to said first networking apparatus at said first location and focused on said one or more gaming machines at said first location so that a worker at a location remote from said first location can assist in the set-up of said one or more gaming machines at said first location prior to testing; and, an Internet network for connecting said first networking apparatus to said second networking apparatus, wherein the first and second networking apparatuses are connected via a virtual local area network (VLAN), wherein said host system software located at said second location includes a plurality of software packages utilized to test said one or more gaming machines located at said first location, each software package of the plurality of software packages is configured to test a specific type of gaming machine which is a specific one of a plurality of different types of gaming machines, and wherein each specific software package included in said host system software on said host system server is assigned to a specific port, corresponding to a specific port number, of the first and second networking apparatuses such that each software package at the second location is capable of connecting, through the specific port number, with all game machines at the first location that correspond to the specific type of game machine.