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<12) United States Patent <10) Patent N0.: US 8,016,666 B2 Angell et al. (45) Date of Patent: Sep. 13, 2011 (54) LINKING COMPONENT, SYSTEM, AND 5,524,888 A 6/1996 Heidel METHOD FOR PROVIDING ADDITIONAL 2 genner e§a1~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ 235/492 SERVICES AT A GAMING MACHINE 5,919,991 A 7/1999 Bjfeftafi ' _ 5,955,718 A 9/1999 Levasseur et al. .......... .. 235/381 (75) Inventors: Robert C. Angell, West Greenwich, RI 6,019,233 A 2/2000 Lucero (US); Ronald D. Deangelis, Wakefield, 6,068,101 A 5/2000 Dickenson et al. 194/206 R1 (US); Edward J. Hole, Jr., 6,125,405 A 9/2000 Pages ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ 710/2 R1<Us>;L- Eéiiééi El 2/222: 2;;/at MZFIIIIII, Alpharetta, JOhIl A. B1 >l< 1/2003 Weiss ““““ 463/25 Santini, Jr., Wakefield, RI (US); Shawn 6,352,029 B2 * 2/2005 ]3a1tZ er a1, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, H 463/25 Terry, Preston, CT (US) 2002/0034299 Al 3/2002 Charrin 2003/0014370 Al * 1/2003 Charrin ......................... .. 705/65 ASSign(-362 Indian Nati0Il, Oneida, NY ( ) EP 0 534 718 A2 3/1993 ( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this (COntinL16d) patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.s.c. l54(b) by 2218 days. OTHER PUBLICATIONS (21) Appl, NO, 10/231,457 ‘I,1;S[3.l1[ Keno ,S,pecification; multiple drafts captioned “KenO,, and nstant Keno, undated (38 pages). (22) Fllfidi Allg. 30, 2002 (Continued) (65) Prior Publication Data Primary Examiner — David L Lewis US 2004/0043814 Al Mar. 4, 2004 Assistant Examiner — Onikar Deodhar (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — DeLizi0 Gilliam, PLLC (51) Int. Cl. A63F 9/24 (2006.01) (57) ABSTRACT (52) U,.S. Cl. ...... ..,. ...... .., ......................... .. 463/25; 463/29 Methods and apparams Consistent with the present invention (58) Field of Classification Search .................. .. 463/25, provide additional Services Such as cashless gaming and 463/29" 235/379 - -’ - . . . ’ player tracking, at a gaming machine. One such gaming See application file for complete search history. - - - machine includes a game processor, a peripheral device, and (56) References Cited a linking component connected between the game processor
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and the peripheral device. The linking component emulates or relays communication signals sent between the game processor and the peripheral device using the communication protocol used for communication between the game processor and the peripheral device.
49 Claims, 13 Drawing Sheets
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