Patent ID: 7291070
Filing Date: 2007-11-06
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A remotely updateable network of geographically distributed gaming terminals, comprising: a central server located at a central server site; a plurality of gaming terminals located at a plurality of geographically distributed sites; a local controller located at each of the geographically distributed sites, the local controller being coupled to the central server and to a selected number of the plurality of gaming terminals located at each of the plurality of geographically distributed sites; a local update database at each of the geographically distributed sites and coupled to the local controller, and a central update database located at the central server site, the central update database storing updates assigned to the local controller and/or updates assigned to the plurality of gaming terminals, wherein the local controller is configured to access the central server, to receive the updates from the central update database, to install the updates assigned to the local controller and to store the updates assigned to the plurality of gaming terminals in the local update database and wherein the plurality of gaming terminals are configured to access the local controller and the local update database upon startup and to automatically search the local update database for any available assigned updates and to download and install any available assigned updates found as a result of searching the local update database.