Patent Application Number: 2008225074
Filing Date: March 12, 2008Priority Date: March 12, 2007
Inventors: Jeffrey S. Topham, Bradley Johnson, Philip Jeffrey Anderson, Kent Young
Applicants: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
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A system for providing a thin-client software application at an electronic gaming machine, the system comprising: a host server configured to provide a thin-client electronic gaming software application to a communications link:; a plurality of electronic gaming machines configured to receive said thin-client electronic gaming software application from said communications link:; and a royalty calculator configured to calculate a royalty related to said thin-client electronic gaming software application.
Patent/Application # 20100017886
Description
A system for tracking the activation and hence the usage of software securely on remote devices, the information is then used for, but not limited to, royalty calculation.
This prior art focuses more on the technical aspect of implementing such system or method, such as the encryption and authentication aspect of the concept, but it is nonetheless obvious to someone in the gaming industry to implement a similar method for distribution of gaming software on gaming machines.
Patent/Application # 2573880
Description
The idea is for the download server to store the necessary files and determine by program logic which files need to be updated to which computer, depending on the signature given – unless instructed to do otherwise by those in control
United States