Patent ID: 8282480
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method in a candle device including a candle controller and a plurality of lighting stages with internal lighting elements wherein the lighting stages are lit alone or in combination with other stages to convey information associated with a status of a wager-based gaming machine to which the candle device is externally mounted, the method comprising: receiving information associated with a transaction from a secondary device; determining the transaction needs verification; determining a size and a position of a first portion of a dual port touch screen (DPTS) display for outputting the video content for the wager-based game without notifying the game controller of the size and the position of the first portion; determining a size and a position of a second portion of the DPTS display for outputting first video content for a transaction verification interface; sending commands from the candle controller for generating the size and the position of the first portion and the size and the position of the second portion to the DPTS display; sending the first video content to a second port of a DPTS display wherein first video content for a wager-based game is sent to a first port of the DPTS display by a game controller on the gaming machine; receiving touch screen input data from the DPTS display; determining verification information from the touch screen input data; sending a transaction verification request via a wireless communication interface to a remote device, the verification request including the transaction information and the verification information; and sending second video content to the second port associated with the transaction verification interface wherein the second video content includes an outcome to the verification request received from the remote device.