Patent ID: 7951003
Filing Date: 2011-05-31
Classification: A63F,G01S,G07F

Abstract:
1. A gaming system, comprising at least two gaming components arranged in a cabinet of a gaming machine, each gaming component comprising: a main game controller arranged in the cabinet of the gaming machine; at least one gaming component located outside the cabinet in communication with the main game controller; an interior communications link configured to allow the at least two gaming components to communicate through their respective communication interfaces with the main game controller in a wireless fashion, the interior communications link using a first communication protocol; an exterior wireless communications link configured to allow the at least two gaming components arranged in the cabinet to communicate with an external system such that the gaming machine can be polled and a message transmitted in response indicative of an error condition, the exterior communications link using a second communication protocol different from said first communication protocol; and wherein the external system is configured and arranged to analyze information about error conditions so as to detect trends to permit preventative measures to be identified before a failure occurs in the gaming machine that would result in the gaming machine being taken off-line.