Patent ID: 9098970
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: G06F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a wagering game machine primarily dedicated to playing a casino-style wagering game, the wagering game machine including a housing, one or more processors, an electronic display device, and an electronic input device, the electronic display device and the electronic input device being coupled to the housing, the method comprising: receiving operational power from a primary power supply at at least one of the one or more processors housed within the wagering game machine, at least one of the one or more processors operable to present the wagering game; determining, by at least one of the one or more processors, that the wagering game machine is currently in a hibernation state; authenticating, by at least one of the one or more processors, at least one hibernation file using a verified signature particularly associated with the at least one hibernation file; and in response to authenticating the at least one hibernation file, resuming, by at least one of the one or more processors, operation of the wagering game machine to a base operation state defined by the at least one hibernation file.