Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US8968086
Timestamp: 2018-07-23 11:24:04
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§119', 'Application No. 61', '§119', 'Application No. 61', '§120', '§119']

US8968086B2 - Video processing and signal routing apparatus for providing picture in a picture capabilities on an electronic gaming machine - Google Patents
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This patent application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/708,519, filed Oct. 1, 2012, entitled “RADIO CANDLE MOUNT,” by Paulsen et al, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety for all purposes herein. This patent application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/801,122, filed Mar. 15, 2013, entitled “Methods and Apparatus for Retrofitting Gaming Machines,” by Wells et al, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety for all purposes herein. This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §120 and is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/327,584, “Candle Device for Generating Display Interfaces on the Main Display of a Gaming Machine,” filed Dec. 15, 2011, by Wells, et al., which claims priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/943,789, titled, “Gaming Device and Method for Wireless Gaming System Providing Non-Intrusive Processes,” by Wells, filed Nov. 10, 2010; which claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/303,106 entitled “Gaming Device and Method for Wireless Gaming System Providing Non-Intrusive Processes” by Wells, filed Feb. 10, 2010 each of which are incorporated by reference in their entirety and for all purposes.
In one embodiment, a portion 18 c of the candle mount conforms to portion of the outer edge 17 of the candle base 12. The outer perimeter of the candle mount 18 does not have to conform to the outer edge of the candle base. For example, the candle base 12 can be rectangularly shaped with a length and width that are greater than a maximum diameter of the candle base 12. As another example, the radius of the circular portion 18 c can be greater than the maximum radius associated with base 12 such that portions of the top surface 18 d of candle mount 18 are visible around the outer edge of the candle base 12 or the radius can be smaller than the maximum radius such that the base overhangs a top surface 18 d of the candle mount 18.
a second gaming device controller including a second processor and a second memory disposed within the second housing wherein the second gaming device controller is configured to i) via a fifth data connector, disposed within the second housing, receive the touch screen data from a touch screen display; ii) via a sixth data connector, disposed within the second housing, send modified touch screen data to the EGM controller; iii) via a seventh data connector disposed within the second housing, receive second video data from the EGM controller associated with the play of the wager-based game; iv) via an eighth data connector disposed within the second housing, receive the commands and the first video data from the first gaming device; and v) via a ninth video connector disposed within the second housing, based upon the commands, output third video data to the touch screen display wherein the third video data includes portions of the first video data and the second video data.
2. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein a portion of the first housing includes a first plurality of apertures wherein the first data connector, the second data connector, the third data connector, the fourth data connector, the network connector and the power connector are each accessible via one of the first plurality of apertures in the portion of the first housing.
6. The gaming system of claim 5, wherein tenth connector is coupled to a communication pathway between the card reader and a player tracking controller and wherein the player tracking controller and the first gaming device controller are configured to receive and respond to card reader data from the card reader.
10. The gaming system of claim 7, wherein the configuration interface includes a connector used to download software to the first gaming device, the software executed by at least the first gaming device controller.
11. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein the first gaming device includes a second power connector configured to output power to the second gaming device and wherein the second gaming device includes a third power connector configured to receive the power output from the first gaming device.
18. The gaming system of claim 17, wherein the second gaming device controller is configured to receive in the commands, a location on the touch screen display to output the scaled second video data and generate the third video data such that the scaled second video data is output to the location.
19. The gaming system of claim 16, wherein the scaled second video data is output, as part of the third video data, on a portion of the touch screen video display and wherein the second gaming device controller is configured to determine a portion of the touch screen data which maps to the portion of the touch screen display, scale the portion of the touch screen data to the native resolution of the second video data and send the scaled portion of the touch screen data as the modified touch screen data.
20. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein the fifth data connector is configured to receive the touch screen data in a first format and the sixth data connector is configured to output the modified touch screen data in the first format and wherein the second gaming device controller is configured to receive the touch screen data in a second format via a tenth data connector coupled to the second housing and output the modified touch screen data to the EGM controller in the second format via an eleventh data connector coupled to the second housing where only the fifth data connector and the sixth data connector or the tenth data connector and the eleventh data connector are connected at one time.
21. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein the second gaming device controller is configured to receive in the commands, one or more locations on the touch screen display to output the first video data and generate the third video data such that the first video data is output to the one or more locations on the touch screen display.
22. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein the first gaming device and the second gaming device are installed after the EGM is deployed in an operating environment as part of a retrofit of the EGM and wherein the first gaming device and the second gaming device are configured to operate without modification to software executed by the EGM controller prior to the retrofit.
23. The gaming system of claim 1, further comprising a power reset device coupled to a power source for the EGM controller wherein the power reset device is configured to receive command from the first gaming device controller and in response to the command, interrupt the power from the power source to the EGM controller.
24. The gaming system of claim 23, wherein the first gaming device controller is configured to communicate with the power reset device via a tenth connector disposed within the first housing.
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