Patent ID: 8790181
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for providing communications between a gaming machine and a plurality of game service servers via a communication multiplexer device, said gaming machine comprising a master gaming controller and said multiplexer device comprising a logic device, a first set of a plurality of communication ports and a second set of output communication ports connected to a multi-port communication board, said method comprising: connecting a plurality of the communication ports of the first set to the gaming machine, wherein each of the plurality of communication ports of the first set is adapted to accept a physical communication connection compatible with one or more application specific protocols; utilizing, by each of the plurality of communication ports of the first set, a physical communication protocol that allows a set of messages in the one or more application specific protocols to be parsed by the communication multiplexer device; storing information, within a memory device, regarding: facilitating a communication by each of the plurality of communication ports of the first set of a message in one or more application specific protocols used by the master gaming controller of the gaming machine between the gaming machine and the communication multiplexer device, wherein the gaming machine is used to play a wager-based game by: