Gaming terminal data repository and information distribution system
CA 2426331 C · Owner: International Game Technology · Inventors: Rowe, Richard E.
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A gaming terminal data repository (200 410) may be used to store game , software components game software component information and gaming transaction information for a plurality of gaming terminals owned by a plurality of gaming entities. The repository (200) may store the game software component information and the gaming transaction information in a database partitioned according to the different gaming entities in a manner allowing a game software component configuration of a particular gaming machine (218 220, 222, 600, 602) to be easily analyzed and modified. Using various update triggers (800), game software components for gaming terminals (218 220, 222, 600, 602) connected to …
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- Filed October 15, 2001 and granted May 24, 2016. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 15, 2021.
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