Patent ID: 8177645

Claim:
A method of operating a system, the system including a gaming device incapable of providing personal communications services and an auxiliary unit including a communications device capable of providing the personal communications services, said method comprising: (a) for a play of a wagering game by a player on the gaming device, causing a gaming device processor to execute a plurality of gaming device instructions stored in a gaming device memory device to: (i) operate with a display device to display said play of the wagering game, (ii) determine an outcome for said play of the wagering game, and (iii) operate with the display device to display said determined outcome for said play of the wagering game; and (b) for said play of the wagering game by the player, causing an auxiliary unit processor to execute a plurality of auxiliary unit instructions stored in an auxiliary unit memory device to operate with the gaming device to: (i) receive, from the gaming device, data associated with said play of the wagering game; (ii) determine, based on said received data, whether to provide the personal communications services to the player, the personal communications services being email services; and (iii) if the auxiliary unit processor determines to provide the personal communications services to the player, provide the personal communications services to the player, wherein the auxiliary unit processor is separate from the gaming device processor, the plurality of auxiliary unit instructions are different from the plurality of gaming device instructions, and the auxiliary unit memory device is separate from the gamine device memory device.