Patent ID: 8845433
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring a state-based gaming machine without interrupting established wager-based game play, the method comprising: after initiating wager-based game play on the state-based gaming machine including a non-volatile memory to store a current state of wager-based game play, establishing communication between a portable computing device and the state-based gaming machine without interrupting established wager-based game play; determining by the portable computing device, based on a type of the state-based gaming machine, that the portable computing device does not have a configuration menu for configuring the state-based gaming machine stored on the portable computing device, said configuration menu comprising a plurality of configuration parameters selectable by a user for playing a plurality of types of games on said state-based gaming machine; obtaining by the portable computing device the configuration menu from the state-based gaming machine; displaying the configuration menu on the portable computing device; indicating by the user desired configuration data according to the configuration menu; and transmitting by the portable computing device the desired configuration data to the state-based gaming machine to configure the state-based gaming machine in accordance with the desired configuration data without interrupting established wager-based game play.