Gaming software providing operating system independence
View Patent ↗Systems and methods provide a gaming machine and server framework environment that is operating system independent. One aspect of the systems and methods includes providing a set of framework components that present a common interface regardless of the underlying operating system used on the gaming machine or server. A further aspect of the systems and methods include various plug-in services ( 320 ) that use the framework ( 302 ) to communicate and interact with one another. A still further aspect includes providing an emulator providing the ability for a gaming application or service designed for one operating system to be run on different operating system.
1. A gaming machine comprising:
a processor and a memory;
a presentation manager;
a game terminal application configured to connect the presentation manager with a game manager on a gaming server, wherein the game manager is configured to execute a game on the gaming server and the presentation manager is configured to render the executed game;
an operating framework including:
an operating system kernel loaded from the memory and executed on the processor and having a version and providing a set of operating system services; and
a compatibility component providing an interface to a set of one or more services that are translated to one or more of the operating system services, the compatibility component including:
a kernel abstraction component providing an abstracted service, the abstracted service providing an interface to at least one of the operating system services, wherein said interface is independent of the version of the operating system kernel and
wherein the presentation manager and game terminal application are configured as plug-ins to the operating framework.
2. The gaming machine of claim 1 and further comprising a messaging component operable to send and receive messages between the abstracted service and a gaming service.
3. The gaming machine of claim 1 wherein the abstracted service comprises a process subsystem.
4. The gaming machine of claim 1 wherein the abstracted service comprises a file subsystem.
5. The gaming machine of claim 1 wherein the abstracted service comprises a persistent memory subsystem.
6. The gaming machine of claim 1 wherein the abstracted service comprises a watchdog subsystem.
7. The gaming machine of claim 1 wherein the abstracted service comprises a timer subsystem.
8. The gaming machine of claim 1 wherein the abstracted service comprises a serial or stream input/output subsystem.
9. The gaming machine of claim 1 wherein the abstracted service comprises a memory allocator subsystem.
10. The gaming machine of claim 1 wherein the abstracted service comprises a semaphore subsystem.
11. The gaming machine of claim 1 , wherein the compatibility component comprises an emulator for a second operating system, the emulator operable to provide an environment for an application built for the second operating system to be executed by the operating system kernel.
12. The gaming machine of claim 1 , wherein the compatibility component comprises an emulator for a second operating system, the emulator including one or more libraries having interfaces specified by the second operating system and operable to translate a call to the interface specified by the second operating system to an interface provided by the operating system kernel.
13. A method comprising:
providing, in a gaming device, an operating framework;
executing a presentation manager of the gaming device as a plug-in to the operating framework;
operating a game terminal application of the gaming device to connect the presentation manager with a game manager of a gaming server, the game manager configured to execute a game on the gaming server and the presentation manager configured to display the executed game on the gaming device;
providing, in the operating framework an operating system kernel having a version, wherein the operating system kernel includes a set of one or more system services comprising one or more system functions;
providing, in the gaming device, an abstracted service, wherein the abstracted service includes a set of one or more abstracted functions that are independent of the version of the operating system kernel.
14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising receiving a message identifying the abstracted function and a set of one or more parameters for the abstracted function.
15. The method of claim 13 , further comprising receiving a result from the one or more system functions and mapping the result to an abstracted function result.
16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the abstracted service comprises a process subsystem.
17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the abstracted service comprises a file subsystem.
18. The method of claim 13 , wherein the abstracted service comprises a persistent memory subsystem.
19. The method of claim 13 , wherein the abstracted service comprises a watchdog subsystem.
20. The method of claim 13 , wherein the abstracted service comprises a timer subsystem.
21. The method of claim 13 , wherein the abstracted service comprises a serial or stream input/output subsystem.
22. The method of claim 13 , wherein the abstracted service comprises a memory allocator subsystem.
23. The method of claim 13 , wherein the abstracted service comprises a semaphore subsystem.