Patent ID: 7717791
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A system of gaming machines, comprising: a communication network; a first gaming machine coupled to the communication network, the first gaming machine being configured to maintain meters associated with a patron's gaming session on the first gaming machine, the patron's gaming session including at least one game played on the first gaming machine, and a second gaming machine coupled to the communication network, the second gaming machine including a redundant array of independent disks (RAID), wherein the first gaming machine is configured to backup the meters associated with the patrons's gaming session in the first gaming machine to the RAID included in the second gaming machine directly over the communication network, and wherein the backup of the meters causes the meters associated with the patron's gaming session to remain stored on the first gaming machine and causes a copy of the meters associated with the patron's gaming session on the first gaming machine to be stored on the second gaming machine.