Patent ID: 8882589
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method in a retrofit gaming device having a controller including a processor and a memory and a network interface, said retrofit gaming device retrofitted to an existing wager-based gaming machine having mechanical reels, a value input device, a value output device and a game controller communicatively coupled to the value input device, the value output device and the mechanical reels wherein after a retrofit of the existing wager-based gaming machine, the retrofit gaming device, the mechanical reels, the game controller, the value input device and the value output device are disposed within an existing gaming machine cabinet, comprising: receiving, by the processor via a first communication pathway added during the retrofit that is between the retrofit gaming device and the value input device within the existing gaming machine cabinet, first data from the value input device; receiving, by the processor via a second communication pathway added during the retrofit that is between the retrofit gaming device and the value input device within the existing gaming machine cabinet, second data from the value output device; receiving, by the processor via a third communication pathway added during the retrofit that is between the retrofit gaming device and a touch screen video display third data from the touch screen video display; sending, by the processor via a fourth communication pathway added during the retrofit that is between the retrofit gaming device and the touch screen video display, video data to output on the touch screen video display; receiving, by the processor via a fifth communication pathway added during the retrofit that is between the retrofit gaming device and the game controller within the existing gaming machine cabinet, fourth data associated with a play of a wager-based game from the game controller; wherein the game controller is configured to control the play of a wager-based game played on the existing gaming machine including controlling the mechanical reels to display an outcome associated with the play of the wager-based; in response to receiving the first data, the second data, the third data, the fourth data or combinations thereof, initiating by the processor a value transaction including a value amount to be added or to be dispensed from the existing wagering-based gaming machine; sending, by the processor via a sixth communication pathway added during the retrofit that uses the network interface, transaction data associated with the value transaction to a remote server; sending, by the processor, commands to one or more of the value input device via the first communication pathway, the value output device via the second communication pathway, the game controller via fifth communication pathway or combinations thereof to add or remove the value amount from the wager-based gaming machine; and sending, by the processor, via the fourth communication pathway added during the retrofit, information related to the value transaction in the video data for output on the touch screen video display wherein functions of the retrofit gaming device including communicating with the value input device via the first communication pathway, the value output device via the second communication pathway, the touch screen video display via the third communication pathway, the touch screen video display via the fourth communication pathway and the game controller via the fifth communication pathway do not require modification to existing game software executed by the game controller prior to the retrofit of the existing gaming machine.