Patent ID: 8721434
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method in a wager-based electronic gaming machine (EGM) including a game controller, the method comprising: initializing the EGM including establishing communications between a first electronic device and the game controller via a private local area network wherein access to a wide area network is not available to the EGM via the private local area network; instantiating a game play mode wherein wager-based game play is available on the EGM; sending accounting data associated with a play of a wager-based game to the electronic device only via the private local area network; storing data to a data store wherein the data doesn't include the accounting data; establishing a first secure communication connection with a mobile device; establishing a second secure communication connection with a second electronic device located on a wide area network using wide area network capabilities provided by the mobile device; sending via the first and the second secure communication connections the data in the data store to a second electronic device and ending the communication connections with the mobile device.