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Authentication in a secure computerized gaming system
InactiveUS20030203756A1Data processing applicationsUser identity/authority verificationComputer hardwareData set
The present invention provides an architecture and method for a gaming-specific platform that features secure storage and verification of game code and other data, provides the ability to securely exchange data with a computerized wagering gaming system, and does so in a manner that is straightforward and easy to manage. Some embodiments of the invention provide the ability to identify game program code as certified or approved, such as by the Nevada Gaming Regulations Commission or other regulatory agency. The invention provides these and other functions by encrypting a random number, storing the encrypted random number, and hashing the random number and a casino game data set to provide a first bit string, and storing the first bit string.
Owner:IGT
Currency processing device, method and system
InactiveUS20050029168A1Rapid assessmentClose proximityOverturning articlesCoin/currency accepting devicesEngineering
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a currency processing device for receiving and processing a stack of currency bills is disclosed. The currency processing device comprises an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be processed, a plurality of output receptacles for receiving bills after the bills have been processed, a transport mechanism for transporting the bills from the input receptacle to the output receptacles, and a discriminating unit for examining the bills. The output receptacles are arranged such that a center of at least one output receptacle is laterally offset from a center of the input receptacle. The discriminating unit includes a detector positioned between the input receptacle and the output receptacles and is adapted to determine the denomination of bills.
Owner:CUMMINS-ALLISON CORP
Communication protocol for gaming system configuration
InactiveUS6884174B2Overcomes drawbackApparatus for meter-controlled dispensingVideo gamesComputer hardwareNetwork Communication Protocols
A method and apparatus for communicating gaming machine settings is disclosed. In one embodiment a universal configuration communication protocol is provided for retrieving or modifying, over a network, current gaming machine setting of a remotely located gaming machine. A translation table may be implemented with the communication protocol to achieve variable translation between different gaming machine platforms. In one embodiment the gaming machine status is requested prior to activating the communication protocol to prevent interruption of game play. In one embodiment activation of the communication protocol may result in the gaming machine momentarily entering an inactive status.
Owner:IGT
Self-clocking n,k code word without start or stop
InactiveUS7124947B2Enhance casino-style game playEasy to processCharacter and pattern recognitionApparatus for meter-controlled dispensingProgramming languageCoding conventions
A referenceless self-clocking (n,k) bar code word allows conveyance of information without the need of any start and / or stop code pattern or other reference; a code word pattern is repeated at least in part without space therebetween according to a given n,k coding convention so that any k pair of adjacent data code elements sensed by any sensing means according to the n,k coding convention will consist of n units (e.g., bar code modules), thus allowing the data code elements of the code word to be decoded most accurately without any reference pattern. One application of this coding is on round or cylindrical objects like coins, casino chips and the like, and this coding is also well suited for linear or other coding applications wanting to convey coded information without the use of a start / stop code or reference pattern using n,k coding. This coding may or mayn't include error control, for example, as disclosed herein.
Owner:BALLY GAMING INC
Authentication in a secure computerized gaming system
InactiveUS6962530B2Straightforward and easy to manageData processing applicationsUser identity/authority verificationComputer hardwareData set
An architecture and method for a gaming-specific platform are disclosed that features secure storage and verification of game code and other data, provides the ability to securely exchange data with a computerized wagering gaming system, and do so in a manner that is straightforward and easy to manage. Some embodiments provide the ability to identify game program code as certified or approved, such as by the Nevada Gaming Regulations Commission or other regulatory agency. The disclosed embodiments provides these and other functions by encrypting a random number, storing the encrypted random number, and hashing the random number and a casino game data set to provide a first bit string, and storing the first bit string.
Owner:IGT
Currency processing device, method and system
InactiveUS20050183928A1Rapid assessmentClose proximityPaper-money testing devicesOverturning articlesEngineeringComputer science
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a currency processing device for receiving and processing a stack of currency bills is described. The currency processing device comprises an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be processed, a plurality of output receptacles for receiving bills after the bills have been processed, a transport mechanism for transporting the bills from the input receptacle to the output receptacles, and a discriminating unit for examining the bills. The output receptacles are arranged such that a center of at least one output receptacle is laterally offset from a center of the input receptacle. The discriminating unit includes a detector positioned between the input receptacle and the output receptacles and is adapted to determine the denomination of bills.
Owner:CUMMINS-ALLISON CORP
Coin counter/sorter and coupon/voucher dispensing machine and method
InactiveUS7028827B1Avoid possible damageIncrease goodwillApparatus for meter-controlled dispensingVisual presentationVoucherEngineering
A coin sorting and counting machine and a method for operating it to automatically dispense cash vouchers based on the value of the counted coins, manufacturers' coupons and store coupons. Coins are placed in a hopper tray. When the hinged tray is lifted, the coins travel through a waste management system and into the coin sorting and counting apparatus. The value of the coins and the number of coins within each denomination are displayed as the coins are counted. After sorting, the coins fall into a temporary holding area. At this point the transaction can either be canceled or accepted. If the transaction is canceled, the coins are returned. If the transaction is accepted, the coins fall into a storage area and the user is issued a cash voucher and a series of store coupons. Manufacturers' coupons are dispensed regardless of whether or not the transaction is accepted.
Owner:SKYDECK CORP
Coin counter and voucher dispensing machine and method
InactiveUS6854581B2Easy maintenanceIncrease goodwillControlling coin-freed apparatusDigital data processing detailsEngineeringVoucher
A coin sorting and counting machine and a method for operating it to automatically dispense cash vouchers based on the value of the counted coins, manufacturers' coupons and store coupons. Coins are placed in a hopper tray angled downward from the horizontal. When the hinged tray is lifted, the coins travel over a peak structure, through a waste management system and into the coin sorting and counting apparatus. The value of the coins and the number of coins within each denomination are displayed as the coins are counted. The coins fall into a storage area and the user is issued a cash voucher and a series of manufacturer coupons.
Owner:COINSTAR LLC
System for voucher or token verification
InactiveUS7113929B1Prevent later redemptionDigital data processing detailsPayment architectureTransceiverVoucher
The present invention allows verification of a voucher or token prior to redemption. The voucher or token has a code associated therewith so that a value of the voucher or token may be stored in a database. Later when the voucher or token is presented to a cashier for redemption, the code is submitted to the database in order to retrieve the value associated with that voucher or token. In this way, the voucher or token is verified before redemption. In one embodiment, a verification system includes a voucher or token database, a recognition subsystem and two transceivers. The database knows the code and value associated with the voucher or token. A recognition subsystem reads the code from the voucher or token. The transceivers couple together the database and the recognition subsystem in such a way that the a query can be made by the recognition system to determine the value associated with the code or otherwise verify the validity of the voucher or token.
Owner:COINSTAR ASSET HLDG LLC
Data collection system for electronic parking meters
ActiveUS20090267732A1Image analysisDigital data processing detailsTelecommunicationsData acquisition
There is disclosed a single space parking meter that includes a low powered radio for communicating with a mobile access point. There is also provided a parking meter management system comprising a single space parking meter and a mobile access point. The mobile access point comprises a coin collection cart, and a mobile data collection terminal including a wireless radio for communicating with the wireless radio of the single space parking meter. Also disclosed is a method of managing single space parking meters comprising the steps of collecting and storing meter information in a single space parking meter, receiving at a main electronics board of the single space parking meter a transmit signal, and transmitting the meter information to a mobile access point using a low powered radio of the single space parking meter.
Owner:J J MACKAY CANADA
Currency processing device, method and system
InactiveUS7726457B2Rapid assessmentClose proximityOverturning articlesCoin/currency accepting devicesEngineering
Owner:CUMMINS-ALLISON CORP
Coin counter and voucher dispensing machine and method
InactiveUS6976570B2Easy maintenanceIncrease goodwillControlling coin-freed apparatusDigital data processing detailsEngineeringVoucher
A coin sorting and counting machine and a method for operating it to automatically dispense cash vouchers based on the value of the counted coins, manufacturers' coupons and store coupons. Coins are placed in a hopper tray angled downward from the horizontal. When the hinged tray is lifted, the coins travel over a peak structure, through a waste management system and into the coin sorting and counting apparatus. The value of the coins and the number of coins within each denomination are displayed as the coins are counted. The coins fall into a storage area and the user is issued a cash voucher and a series of manufacturer coupons.
Owner:COINSTAR LLC
Coin counter and voucher dispensing machine and method
InactiveUS7131580B2Increase goodwillNo costControlling coin-freed apparatusApparatus with change-givingEngineeringVoucher
A coin sorting and counting machine and a method for operating it to automatically dispense cash vouchers based on the value of the counted coins, manufacturers' coupons and store coupons. Coins are placed in a hopper tray angled downward from the horizontal. When the hinged tray is lifted, the coins travel over a peak structure, through a waste management system and into the coin sorting and counting apparatus. The value of the coins and the number of coins within each denomination are displayed as the coins are counted. The coins fall into a storage area and the user is issued a cash voucher and a series of manufacturer coupons.
Owner:COINSTAR LLC
Equipment for transporting chips and chip carrier structure therefor
InactiveUS20070026949A1Improve reliabilityEasy loading and unloadingCoin countersApparatus for meter-controlled dispensingDocking stationRadio frequency
The equipment for transporting chips carrying coded information includes a movable structure carrying chips with an electronic circuit arranged in columns in stacked racks and a docking station for the carrier structure in the place of storage of the chips, for example the vault of the casino, or at their place of use, for example a gaming table. The carrier structure includes a plane base divided by a partition with a handle for carrying two stacks of racks of chips and a lid. The docking station integrates part of an RFID contactless radio-frequency reading station for reading the coded information carried by the chips of at least one column to determine or verify the content of at least one batch of chips present in the carrier structure, in particular to draw up or to check an inventory thereof. The read station includes a read unit with a digital section and an analog section provided with a wide-loop antenna with three loops respectively integrated into the walls of the lid and the median partition fixed to the plane base.
Owner:GAMING PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Currency processing device, method and system
InactiveUS7753189B2Rapid assessmentClose proximityPaper-money testing devicesOverturning articlesEngineering
Owner:CUMMINS-ALLISON CORP
Method and system for allocating loyalty reward points to gaming players
Owner:CAVAGNA PHILLIP
Method and apparatus for conditioning coins prior to discrimination
Methods and systems for cleaning coins and issuing a redeemable voucher for same. In one embodiment, an apparatus for issuing a redeemable voucher includes a coin input region configured to receive a plurality of coins, and a user interface configured to receive a request for a redeemable voucher. The apparatus can further include a debris separation device having a first opening configured to receive the plurality of coins from the coin input region, and at least a first wall forming an interior surface and an exterior surface. The first wall of the debris separation device includes at least one second opening smaller than the first opening and sized to prevent passage therethrough of the smallest coin of the plurality of coins. A driver can be configured to move the debris separation device and agitate the plurality of coins.
Owner:COINSTAR LLC
Coin sorting apparatus
Owner:GLORY KOGYO KK
Content navigation service
ActiveUS7689556B2Increase valueDigital data processing detailsSpecial data processing applicationsHuman–computer interactionUser profile
A system, method, and computer program product for presenting items within a list of items based on an individual user profile, a social network of friends of the user or a mood of the user. The system generates the individual profile of the user, determines passive friends of the user from the social network of the user and also determines the mood of the user. The user has a choice to receive an ordered list of items based on the individual user profile, the social network or the mood of the user.
Owner:FRANCE TELECOM SA
Removable coin bin
InactiveUS6854640B2Easy to liftEasy to moveComplete banking machinesTicket-issuing apparatusEngineeringMechanical engineering
Briefly, in accordance with the foregoing, the invention is related to a removable coin storage apparatus being used in a coin processing device, which comprises a bin, a cover, a gate, and a sloped floor. The bin comprises a first opening and a second opening, wherein a cover is used for the first opening. To allow the placement of coins inside the bin, the cover is movable between a closed position wherein the cover substantially covers the first opening, and an open position wherein the cover at least partially uncovers the first opening. The gate is proximate the second opening, and is movable between an up position and a down position, the up position at least partially uncovering the second opening to allow the coins to be discharged from the bin, the down position substantially covering the second opening.
Owner:CUMMINS-ALLISON CORP
Gaming system
ActiveUS20100240446A1Prevent cheatingLow costApparatus for meter-controlled dispensingVideo gamesEmbedded system
A gaming system includes: an IC chip reader configured to read chip identification information which uniquely identifies a specific casino chip; journal data generation unit configured to generate journal data corresponding to a transaction of the chip operated during the reading, based on the chip identification information; a journal data DB configured to accumulate the journal data and capable of generating, based on accrual accounting, balance sheet data to be reflected onto a balance sheet in real time by using data indicating a financial condition and a profit-or-loss condition of a casino, based on the accumulated journal data; and a controller configured to control a process of a game and issue an instruction to a dealer based on the data read by the IC chip reader.
Owner:UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORP
Gambling chip recognition system
Owner:IGT +1
Gaming machine
InactiveUS20040224776A1Mitigate such drawbackAvoid flowCoin countersCoin/currency accepting devicesForeign matterEngineering
A gaming machine is provided with a cabinet; a door (3), provided on a front face opening of the above-mentioned cabinet; a bill insertion slot (529), provided in the door (3); and a bill guide plate (52A), which extends outwards from below the bill insertion slot (529) and is for guiding a bill to the bill insertion slot (529); and here, the bill guide plate (52A) is equipped with slit openings (524), a guide part, which guides foreign matter from the exterior, is positioned in the direction substantially below the slit openings (524), and a drain bottle (7), for recovery of the foreign matter guided by the above-mentioned guide part, is equipped at the rear face side of the door (3). Thus even if foreign matter is spilled onto the bill guide plate, the foreign matter can be collected without getting on the various devices inside the cabinet.
Owner:UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORP
Coin counter/sorter and coupon/voucher dispensing machine and method
InactiveUS20060219519A1Increase goodwillNo costCounters with additional facilitiesApparatus for meter-controlled dispensingEngineeringVoucher
A coin sorting and counting machine and a method for operating it to automatically dispense cash vouchers based on the value of the counted coins, manufacturers' coupons and store coupons. Coins are placed in a hopper tray. When the hinged tray is lifted, the coins travel through a waste management system and into the coin sorting and counting apparatus. The value of the coins and the number of coins within each denomination are displayed as the coins are counted. After sorting, the coins fall into a temporary holding area. At this point the transaction can either be canceled or accepted. If the transaction is canceled, the coins are returned. If the transaction is accepted, the coins fall into a storage area and the user is issued a cash voucher and a series of store coupons. Manufacturers' coupons are dispensed regardless of whether or not the transaction is accepted.
Owner:SKYDECK CORP
Bezel assembly for use with an automated transaction device
The bezel assembly for data reception, for use with a bill validator in a financial transactional device, includes a bezel housing and a data reception assembly. The bezel housing includes a customer-facing front portion and a back plate connectable to the bill validator that is mounted within the transactional device cabinet. The front portion includes an insertion / dispensing slot for receiving currency and a projecting protrusion forward of the casing. The forward-extending protrusion accommodates at least a portion of the data reception assembly. The bezel assembly can include a wireless communication function that is communicably connectable with a mobile device via a wireless communication method, a manual entry function, a biometric reader, one or more cameras for scanning and decrypting 2D barcodes and the like, thus enhancing the overall functionality of the financial transactional device.
Owner:JCM AMERICAN CORP
Compact communication apparatus
InactiveUS20100167648A1Easy alignmentNear-field transmissionApparatus for meter-controlled dispensingCommunication interfaceTelecommunications
Owner:GES EVENT INTELLIGENCE AG
Foreign object removal system for a coin processing device
A coin processing system includes a coin input area for receiving coins from a user, and a coin processing module for receiving and counting the coins from the coin input area. The coin processing module includes a coin hopper, a coin processing area, and a foreign object removal system. The coin hopper receives the coins from the coin input area. The coin processing area receives and counts the coins from the coin hopper. The foreign object removal system is located at least partially within the coin hopper, and removes a foreign object from the coin hopper subsequent to receiving the foreign object from the coin input area.
Owner:CUMMINS-ALLISON CORP
Coin processing machine having coin-impact surfaces made from laminated metal
A coin processing machine of the present invention includes a coin input region for receiving said coins, a coin processing region for processing the coins, and a coin output region for receiving the coins that have been processed from the coin processing region. The processing machine includes a coin path leading from the coin input region, through the coin processing region, and into the coin output region. The coin path is partially defined by a coin-impact surface made of a laminated metal, preferably laminated steel. The laminated metal acts to absorb more of the energy for the impact of the coins and, thus, reduces the noise levels produced by coins.
Owner:CUMMINS-ALLISON CORP
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