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Matched Legal Cases: ['application No. 2005239694', 'application No. 0805859', 'application No. 0524160', 'Application No. 0524160', 'Application No. 0805859', 'Application No. 0903263']

Patent US7966485 - Universal operating system to hardware platform interface for gaming machines - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsGaming machines and systems having a universal interface layer linking a gaming platform to a hardware platform are disclosed. In particular, the universal interface layer is configured such that the gaming platform is hardware platform independent and such that the hardware platform is gaming platform...http://www.google.com/patents/US7966485?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7966485 - Universal operating system to hardware platform interface for gaming machinesAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS7966485 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/002,485Publication dateJun 21, 2011Filing dateDec 1, 2004Priority dateDec 1, 2004Fee statusPaidAlso published asUS8281118, US8549276, US20060116208, US20110165937, US20120324211Publication number002485, 11002485, US 7966485 B2, US 7966485B2, US-B2-7966485, US7966485 B2, US7966485B2InventorsXuedong Chen, Warner R. Cockerille, Steven G. LeMay, Nadeem A. Quraishi, Gregory A. Schlottmann, Bryan D. WolfOriginal AssigneeIgtExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (20), Non-Patent Citations (7), Referenced by (6), Classifications (13), Legal Events (2) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetUniversal operating system to hardware platform interface for gaming machines
Modern scientific progress and technological advances have resulted in a growing variety of increasingly sophisticated and complex devices and machines. Many recently developed hardware items and components have resulted in electronic devices and machines with faster processing capabilities, increased storage capacities, better video presentations, higher quality audio systems and other improved features, often in more compact devices and at lower costs with respect to previous generation items and components. One unfortunate side-effect of continuing advancements in chips, boards and other electronic items is that software programs and architectures for computing units and systems can sometimes lag behind in development, and thus may not fully optimize or even make use of many capabilities of various emerging and recently developed electronics technologies. Devices with software structures and programs that might lag behind in this manner can include, for example, general-purpose computers such as a laptop or desktop personal computer (�PC�), among others. Software structures or routines that can be archaic in many PCs can include, for example, diagnostics, boot and initialization routines, among others.
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interface for gaming machines* Cited by examinerClassifications U.S. Classification713/2, 463/29, 713/1International ClassificationG06F9/00, A63F13/00Cooperative ClassificationG06F9/545, G07F17/32, G07F17/323, G06F9/541European ClassificationG07F17/32, G07F17/32E4, G06F9/54L, G06F9/54ALegal EventsDateCodeEventDescriptionDec 8, 2014FPAYFee paymentYear of fee payment: 4Dec 1, 2004ASAssignmentOwner name: IGT, NEVADAFree format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:CHEN, XUEDONG;COCKERILLE, WARNER R.;LEMAY, STEVEN G.;ANDOTHERS;REEL/FRAME:016056/0967;SIGNING DATES FROM 20041123 TO 20041129Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:CHEN, XUEDONG;COCKERILLE, WARNER R.;LEMAY, STEVEN G.;ANDOTHERS;SIGNING DATES FROM 20041123 TO 20041129;REEL/FRAME:016056/0967Owner name: IGT, NEVADAFree format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:CHEN, XUEDONG;COCKERILLE, WARNER R.;LEMAY, STEVEN G.;ANDOTHERS;SIGNING DATES FROM 20041123 TO 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