Patent ID: 8696449
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method in an electronic gaming machine including a secure gaming cabinet, first security circuitry configured to detect when an interior of the secure gaming cabinet is accessed, a game controller located within the interior of the secure gaming cabinet configured to monitor the first security circuitry and control a play of a wager-based game played on the gaming machine, a touch screen video display coupled to the secure gaming cabinet, a value input device coupled to the secure gaming cabinet, a value output device coupled to the secure gaming cabinet, a gaming enhancement module, added during a retrofit of the gaming machine, configured to operate in conjunction with existing software executed by the game controller prior to the retrofit such that modifications to the existing software are not required, the gaming enhancement module including a gaming enhancement module controller and second security circuitry separate from the first security circuitry, the second security circuitry monitored only by the gaming enhancement module controller, the method comprising: receiving in the gaming enhancement module controller, via a first communication pathway added during the retrofit, first data from the value input device wherein the game controller is configured to interact with the value input device using the existing software; receiving in the gaming enhancement module controller, via a second communication pathway added during the retrofit, second data from the value output device wherein the game controller is configured to interact with the value output device using the existing software; receiving in the gaming enhancement module controller, via a third communication pathway added during the retrofit, third data from the game controller; receiving in the gaming enhancement module controller, via a fourth communication pathway added during the retrofit, fourth data from a remote server; receiving in the gaming enhancement module controller, via a fifth communication pathway added during the retrofit, touch screen data from the touch screen video display, wherein the game controller is configured to receive and process touch screen inputs from the touch screen video display using the existing software; based upon one of the first data, the second data, the third data, the fourth data, the touch screen data or combinations thereof, generating by the gaming enhancement module controller secondary video content; sending under control of the gaming enhancement module via a sixth communication pathway added during the retrofit the secondary video content to a video display wherein the secondary video content is output simultaneously with or lieu of video content generated by the game controller using the existing software; while the electronic gaming machine is operational for the play of the wager-based game, receiving in the gaming enhancement module first security data associated with the first security circuitry and second security data associated with the second security circuitry and; based upon the first security data or the second circuitry data determining whether a security event has occurred.