Patent ID: 8409009

Claim:
A peripheral update device configured to install a firmware update in a peripheral device connected to a gaming machine, the gaming machine including one or more display devices, a plurality of peripheral devices, one or more gaming processors and a gaming memory device storing gaming instructions that, when executed by at least one of the one or more game processors, cause the one or more game processors to operate with the one or more display devices to conduct a wagering game, the peripheral update device comprising: one or more interfaces configured to communicate with the plurality of peripheral devices; one or more update processors, the one or more update processors being independent of the one or more gaming processors; and an update memory device storing update instructions that, when executed by at least one of the one or more update processors, cause the peripheral update device to: receive a firmware update data package including updated firmware for at least one of the plurality of peripheral devices, and install, via at least one of the one or more interfaces, the updated firmware in the at least one peripheral device.