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Data and value unit transfer system on slot machine network
Assignee: Gemplus SA
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Filing: 1998-03-20
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Granted: 2003-07-08
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Expires: 2018-03-20
Abstract
Abstract A data transfer network with at least one slot machine (200) having a value unit transfer element (300) and a data transfer link (123) connected to a central processing unit (1). Between each slot machine and the transfer link is a device (400) that provides a multichannel link including a first main channel (410) connecting to the central processing unit (1) via the network data transfer link (123), a second main channel (420) connecting to the slot machine (200), and a secondary channel (430) connecting to the value unit transfer element (300). A data transfer switching and coordinating means enables data to be transmitted between the slot machine (200) and the value unit transfer element (300), and data to be transmitted between the slot machine (200) and the data transfer link (123).
Inventors
- 👤 Herve Orus
- 👤 Jean-Jacques Foglino
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 09:34
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07F; G07F17/00; G07F17/32; G07F17/326; G07F17/3272; G07F17/3281; G07F9/00; G07F9/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 24
Claim 1
Independent Claim
171 words
A slot machine system comprising: a network of slot machines ( 200 , 201 , 202 ) having value unit transfer elements ( 300 , 301 , 302 ); a network data transfer link ( 123 ) for said slot machines to communicate with a central processing unit ( 1 ); and devices ( 400 , 401 , 402 ), each device comprising: a multichannel link including a first main channel ( 410 ) connecting to the central processing unit ( 1 ) via the network data transfer link ( 123 ), a second main channel ( 420 ) connecting to a slot machine ( 200 ) in the network, and a secondary channel ( 430 ) connecting to the value unit transfer element ( 300 ); and means for switching main data transfers via the first main channel ( 410 ) and the second main channel ( 420 ), and for switching secondary data transmissions via the second main channel ( 420 ) and the secondary channel ( 430 ).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
171 words
A slot machine system comprising: a network of slot machines ( 200 , 201 , 202 ) having value unit transfer elements ( 300 , 301 , 302 ); a network data transfer link ( 123 ) for said slot machines to communicate with a central processing unit ( 1 ); and devices ( 400 , 401 , 402 ), each device comprising: a multichannel link including a first main channel ( 410 ) connecting to the central processing unit ( 1 ) via the network data transfer link ( 123 ), a second main channel ( 420 ) connecting to a slot machine ( 200 ) in the network, and a secondary channel ( 430 ) connecting to the value unit transfer element ( 300 ); and means for switching main data transfers via the first main channel ( 410 ) and the second main channel ( 420 ), and for switching secondary data transmissions via the second main channel ( 420 ) and the secondary channel ( 430 ).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
A device according to claim 1 , wherein the switching means comprising means for data transfers between the first main channel ( 410 ) and the secondary channel ( 430 ).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
A device according to claim 2 , wherein said switching means comprises data transfer coordinating means for analyzing a transmitted data message, recognizing a destination channel and transmitting the data message to the destination channel.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
85 words
A device according to claim 2 , further comprising means for recognizing that a slot machine ( 200 ) is in a nonoperative state and reporting the state of the machine over the first main channel ( 410 ) assigned to linking the network with the central processing unit ( 1 ) or over the secondary channel ( 430 ) assigned to the value unit transfer element ( 300 ) while preventing all data from being transferred to the machine when the machine is nonoperative.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
A device according to claim 1 , further comprising means for placing at least one channel on standby when a transmission is being made between the two other channels.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
A device according to claim 1 , further comprising means for enabling a secondary data transmission transmitted from the secondary channel to be inserted between the main data transmissions transmitted from the main channels.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
A device according to claim 6 , wherein said enabling means allows main transmissions and secondary transmissions to be made simultaneously, with the secondary data transmission being inserted between the main data transmissions.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
28 words
A device according to claim 1 , further comprising data transfer protocol translation units (TR, TM, TT) for data transfer protocol translation of data at the respective channels.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
32 words
A device according to claim 8 , further comprising an interface for translating data transfers between a slot machine ( 200 ) and the corresponding value unit transfer element ( 300 ).
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
32 words
A device according to claim 1 , further comprising a security module (MS) that calculates an authentication certificate for data transmitted from secret data stored in a memory of the security module.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
30 words
A device according to claim 10 , wherein the data transmitted are accompanied by the authentication certificate calculated by the security module (MS) to authenticate the origin of the data.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
37 words
A device according to claim 11 , wherein the security module checks that the authentication certificate calculated corresponds to the authentication certificate accompanying the data to be transmitted in order to authenticate the origin of the data.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
33 words
A device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one channel ( 410 , 420 , 430 ) has an input buffer (IR, IM, IT) that formats and stores the transmitted data.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
49 words
The slot machine system according to claim 1 , further comprising an adapter (AD) for converting one data transmission mode into another transmission mode to adapt the one transmission mode usable on the network data transfer link ( 123 ) to the other transmission mode usable by the device.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
31 words
The slot machine system according to claim 1 , wherein the value unit transfer element ( 300 , 301 , 302 ) includes a transcriber transcribing data onto a chip card.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
31 words
The slot machine system according to claim 1 , wherein the value unit transfer element ( 300 , 301 , 302 ) includes a transcriber transcribing data onto a contactless card.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
31 words
The slot machine system according to claim 1 , wherein the value unit transfer element ( 300 , 301 , 302 ) includes a transcriber transcribing data onto a bank card.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
26 words
The slot machine system according claim 1 , wherein the value unit transfer element ( 300 , 301 , 302 ) includes a bill cashing machine.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
157 words
A data transfer network comprising: at least one slot machine ( 200 ) having a value unit transfer element ( 300 ); a data transfer link ( 123 ) connecting to a central processing unit ( 1 ); and at least one device ( 400 ) comprising: a multichannel link including a first main channel ( 410 ) connecting to the central processing unit ( 1 ) via the network data transfer link ( 123 ), a second main channel ( 420 ) connecting to the slot machine ( 200 ) and a secondary channel ( 430 ) connecting to the value unit transfer element ( 300 ); and data transfer switching and coordinating means for enabling data to be transmitted between the slot machine ( 200 ) and the value unit transfer element ( 300 ), and data to be transmitted between the slot machine ( 200 ) and the data transfer link ( 123 ).
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
157 words
A data transfer network comprising: at least one slot machine ( 200 ) having a value unit transfer element ( 300 ); a data transfer link ( 123 ) connecting to a central processing unit ( 1 ); and at least one device ( 400 ) comprising: a multichannel link including a first main channel ( 410 ) connecting to the central processing unit ( 1 ) via the network data transfer link ( 123 ), a second main channel ( 420 ) connecting to the slot machine ( 200 ) and a secondary channel ( 430 ) connecting to the value unit transfer element ( 300 ); and data transfer switching and coordinating means for enabling data to be transmitted between the slot machine ( 200 ) and the value unit transfer element ( 300 ), and data to be transmitted between the slot machine ( 200 ) and the data transfer link ( 123 ).
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
40 words
The data transfer network according to claim 19 , wherein the data transfer switching and coordinating means also enables data to be transmitted between the value unit transfer element ( 300 ) and the data transfer link ( 123 ).
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
41 words
The data transfer network according to claim 19 or 20 , wherein the data transfer switching and coordinating means enables transmissions of the central processing unit ( 1 ) and the value unit transfer element ( 300 ) to be intercalated.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
28 words
The data transfer network according to claim 19 , wherein the data transfer switching and coordinating means also comprise means (TR, TT, TM) for translating data transfer protocols.
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