Patent ID: 8784195
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: G06F,G07F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of verifying gaming components using an authentication system to authenticate contents of a manifest in a gaming system including one or more processors, the method comprising: determining if the manifest is authentic using a digital signature check, the manifest having contents including a plurality of components each having a file name, a block indicator, an associated stored hash, a block size field indicating a size of each data block, and a block number field indicating a number of data blocks; booting an operating system, once the contents of the manifest are authenticated; performing a hash calculation over each component listed by file name in the authenticated manifest, as the component is needed, to produce a calculated hash; verifying each gaming component for which a hash calculation was performed by comparing the calculated hash to the associated stored hash and associated file name located within the manifest using the one or more processors; and loading the gaming component if the calculated hash and the stored hash are equal.