Patent ID: 8250372
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: A63F,G06F

Abstract:
1. An electronic game control board for use with a gaming machine, the electronic game control board comprising: a bus; a non-volatile memory configured to be electrically coupled to the bus, and having first and second regions, the first region being configured to store a boot program and being outside of the second region; a microprocessor configured to be electrically coupled to the bus, and to retrieve the boot program from the first region of the non-volatile memory via the bus; and a security controller configured to be electrically coupled to the bus, to perform an authentication process on at least a portion of the boot program, to monitor the bus for an access to the second region of the non-volatile memory, and to inhibit a critical function associated with the gaming machine if the access to the second region of the non-volatile memory occurs before the portion of the boot program has been authenticated, the security controller being further configured to periodically perform the authentication process.