Patent ID: 8784215

Claim:
A system for providing Universal Resource Locator (URL) based operations to a non-URL enabled network, the system comprising: a non-URL enabled network connecting a plurality of components, the components comprising: a system server, and one or more gaming machines connected to the system server; an auxiliary network connected to the non-URL enabled network, wherein the auxiliary network is configured to send and receive URL data and web page data throughout the non-URL enabled network, and for sending requested web page data, the auxiliary network comprising: auxiliary server; data storage memory, wherein the data storage memory is configured to store data including URL data and web page data; a domain name server for assigning URLs; and a URL enabled component connected to each of the one or more gaming machines, wherein the URL enabled component receives embedded URL messages sent from the system server via the non-URL enabled network, uses the URL messages to request web pages from the auxiliary server through the auxiliary network, and receives the web pages sent by the auxiliary server through the auxiliary network for display by the URL enabled component.