Patent ID: 8062134

Claim:
A browser manager and networked gaming method, wherein a browser manager includes a user interface application, an associated processor, a web service, and a core service, wherein the user interface application generates a display on a user control station, wherein one or more application servers are connected to the browser manager by a server-to-server (S2S) server and S2S web service, wherein one or more gaming machines are connected to the browser manager by a game-to-server (G2S) server and G2S web service, and wherein each gaming machine includes a network interface to receive external content from the application server via the browser manager, the method comprising: receiving S2S and G2S incoming message queues, and after message receipt, processing the message and sending back reply message, if needed; converting incoming S2S or G2S messages to a browser manager message with respect to browser manager schema and processing the messages using the processor; validating incoming message data with available data in a database and if any inconsistent data found, building and sending a negative acknowledgement response back to a S2S client; saving S2S or G2S command data information to the database; logging information messages and error messages to a log file; logging incoming and outgoing S2S and G2S messages to log files, wherein S2S messages are logged to a S2S message log file and G2S messages are logged to a G2S message log file, wherein a data table stores information about commands received, commands processed, commands sent to gaming machines, and responses received from gaming machines; and enabling an ID provider class to generate a required new ID from an ID provider data table by incrementing a relevant key ID based on category and key name.