Patent ID: 8784212

Claim:
A gaming system, comprising: a plurality of gaming machines each including a respective main processor and a respective main user interface, at least one of the gaming machines configured as a Class II gaming machine and at least one of the gaming machines configured as a Class III gaming machine; an information server communicatively coupled with the gaming machines configured as Class II gaming machines and the gaming machines configured as Class III gaming machines; a plurality of embedded user interfaces associated with respective ones of the gaming machines, the embedded user interfaces each respectively including an embedded processor and an embedded display, the embedded processor separate from the respective main processors of the respective ones of the gaming machines and the plurality of embedded user interfaces separate from the respective main user interfaces of the respective ones of the gaming machines, where the information server is communicatively coupled to the gaming machines via respective ones of the embedded user interfaces; a dedicated certificate server communicatively coupled to at least one of the embedded processors of the plurality of embedded user interfaces, wherein the dedicated certificate server is distinct from said information server; and a gaming control computer including a graphical user interface and operable to at least one of remotely selectively configure or program at least the embedded interface with the processor communicatively coupled to the dedicated certificate server, wherein the dedicated certificate server provides certificates used to authenticate a proposed configuration command associated with configuring or programming at least the embedded interface with the processor communicatively coupled to the dedicated certificate server.