Patent ID: 8057296

Claim:
A portable card changeover machine comprising: a housing; at least one portable card changeover machine card holder supported by the housing and configured to hold a plurality of data cards at one time; a mouth including a slot sized to receive and dispense each of said data cards; at least one gaming device securing member supported by the housing adjacent to said mouth, said gaming device securing member configured to removably secure the housing to a gaming device, the gaming device having a gaming device processor and at least one gaming device card holder configured to hold a plurality of the data cards at one time; a card transport device supported by the housing; a portable card changeover machine processor; at least one data interface device configured to operatively couple said portable card changeover machine processor to the gaming device processor; a battery power source configured to provide power to the portable card changeover machine processor and the card transport device; and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the portable card changeover machine processor, cause the portable card changeover machine processor to communicate with the gaming device processor while the housing is secured to the gaming device and to operate with the at least one portable card changeover machine card holder and the card transport device to: (a) receive at least one of the data cards from the at least one gaming device card holder, and (b) distribute at least one of the data cards from the at least one portable card changeover machine card holder to the at least one gaming device card holder.