Electronic Game Terminal Passcode Security System
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Solution Overview
Problem
The electronic gaming industry faces challenges in ensuring that only properly identified and licensed games receive secure passcodes for resetting game plays and reconfiguring features, as unscrupulous operators often make illegal copies or alter game settings to bypass licensing requirements.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for securely controlling electronic game terminals through a code exchange system, where each terminal has a unique identifier, allowing operators to generate and enter passcodes for activating and refilling game plays, with dynamic updates based on actual player denominations, ensuring secure and licensed operation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a passcode system is implemented to control game refills, then security against unauthorized use is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
A passcode server acts as an intermediary between the game terminal and the refill authorization system. The server generates and manages passcodes remotely, allowing the terminal itself to remain relatively simple while security is enhanced through the external authentication mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
Passcodes are generated and distributed in advance before refills are needed. This preliminary action allows the terminal to be securely configured with authorization codes beforehand, eliminating the need for complex real-time authentication hardware while maintaining security.
2Reliability
If dynamic passcode generation is implemented based on terminal identifiers, then security against copying is improved, but loss of information increases due to communication requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The passcode is dynamically generated by changing parameters such as terminal identifier, timestamp, and refill quantity. This ensures each passcode is unique to a specific terminal and refill event, preventing copying while the parameters are transmitted efficiently through standard communication channels.
3Ease of operation
If passcode validation is performed at the terminal, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The terminal performs partial validation by checking the format and basic validity of the passcode, while comprehensive authentication is handled by the passcode server. This division allows the terminal to provide good user experience without requiring full authentication complexity locally.
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AI summary
According to aspects of this disclosure, a method, system, and program product for controlling the operation and configuration of an electronic game terminal can be provided. A game operator can be enabled to select a series of play levels that can be selected by a user for play of at least one electronic game on the electronic game terminal. The at least one electronic game can include a plurality of play levels that can be selected by a player. Further, a field can be constructed that has a plurality of elements for a game display by an electronic game processor, and each element can be filled by a game symbol from a plurality of available game symbols. The game symbols for each element can be automatically determined for each play of the game such that there is no winning combination without player interaction. Other aspects also are described.