Patent ID: 6899627

Claim:
A gaming machine comprising: a master gaming controller designed or configured to control one or more games played on the gaming machine and to communicate with a plurality of USB gaming peripherals using a USB compatible communications; and the plurality of USB gaming peripherals coupled to the gaming machine and in communication with the master gaming controller, each of the plurality of USB gaming peripherals comprising: a USB compatible communication connection, one or more peripheral devices specific to each USB gaming peripheral wherein each peripheral device supports one or more USB features and wherein each USB feature is described using the USB protocol, and a USB peripheral controller designed or configured i) to control the one or more peripheral devices and ii) to communicate with the master gaming controller and peripheral devices using the USB compatible communications, the USB peripheral controller comprising; one or more USB compatible interfaces wherein each USB compatible interface is mapped to only a single USB feature in one of the peripheral devices and wherein each USB compatible interface is described using the USB protocal.