Wagering game establishment data import/export architecture

• Main Authors: LAKSHMANAPERUMAL MAHESH, HIMAWAN BUDYANTO, GURA DAMON E, MELUVEETTIL KRISHNAKUMAR, SCHULHOF SCOTT H
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.05.2016
• Subjects: CALCULATING; CHECKING-DEVICES; COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; PHYSICS

A secure architecture can provide a wagering game establishment access to the utility and entertainment value of online social communities. An architecture that employs an internal entity that controls import and export of data ("import/export controller") and an external entity that operates as a liaison ("data liaison") between the import/export controller and one or more online social communities allows this access in a secure manner. The import/export controller and the data liaison handle data transmissions (e.g., data streams, data updates, etc.) between the secure entity and the one or more online social communities. The import/export controller applies rules that regulate import and export of data, and the data liaison allows the import/export controller to operate in obscurity. Funneling data transmissions through the import/export controller and the data liaison allows players to securely access an online social community from a wagering game machine while in a wagering game establishment.