Patent ID: 8463711
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming machine comprising: a display device configured to output an outcome of a wager-based game played on the gaming machine; an input mechanism operable to communicate with a portable device including a first processor and a first memory, said portable device operable to store a first amount of an indicia of credit transferable to the gaming machine, and said portable device being configured to operate in either an online state or an offline state; a communication interface configured to communicate with a remote host, wherein the state of the portable device is determined by whether the gaming machine is connected to the remote host; a first logic device, including a second processor and a second memory, operable, to: 1) authenticate the portable device; 2) authorize a transfer of the first amount of the indicia of credit from the portable device to the gaming machine; 3) generate random information including a first public-private key pair for authentication of the portable device; 4) provide information to the remote host that allows the remote host to authenticate the first logic device; 5) provide information to the remote host that allows the remote host to authenticate the portable device; and 6) interrogate the portable device for unacknowledged transactions that were performed when the portable device was operating in the offline state, receive information from the portable device relating to a first unacknowledged transaction, send the information relating to the first unacknowledged transaction to the remote host, receive a transaction acknowledgement from the remote host for the first unacknowledged transaction, and send the transaction acknowledgement to the portable device, thereby allowing play of the wager-based game to proceed with the portable device in the online state; and a master gaming controller including a third processor and a third memory configured to a) control a play of the wager-based game; b) generate the outcome of the wager-based game for display on the display device; c) to store the first amount of the indicia of credit; and d) allow the first amount of the indicia credit to be utilized for one or more wagers on the wager-based game.