Remote management of a gaming machine through retrieval of an inventory of assets
View Patent ↗Systems, apparatus and methods for remote management of a gaming machine are described herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a host platform having a host processor controlled by a host operating system. The host platform has a host storage and a host power state, wherein the host processor is to execute instructions that includes a wagering game. The apparatus also includes a subsystem that is operable independent of the host operating system and the host power state. The subsystem includes a processor that is separate from the host processor. The subsystem also includes a nonvolatile data store that is separate from the storage of the host platform.
1. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions which when executed by a machine cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
receiving a request, from a game server, for discovery for an inventory of assets in a gaming machine having a host platform, the host platform having a host processor;
retrieving a list of the inventory of assets from a data store in a subsystem that is independent of a power state or an operating system state of the host platform, the subsystem having a subsystem processor that operates independent of the host processor; and
transmitting the list of the inventory of assets back to the game server.
2. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein retrieving the list of the inventory of assets comprises retrieving the list of the inventory of assets during a time when the power state of the host platform is off.
3. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein retrieving the list of the inventory of assets comprises retrieving the list of the inventory of assets during a time when the operating system state of the host platform is non-operational.
4. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein retrieving the list of the inventory of assets comprises retrieving a list of games installed on the host platform of the gaming machine.
5. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein retrieving the list of the inventory of assets comprises retrieving a list of hardware assets of the host platform of the gaming machine.
6. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the data store comprises a nonvolatile data store that is separate from the storage of the host platform.
7. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further comprise storing in the data store at least one of: an identification of a wagering game, an identification of a version of the wagering game, or an identification of the host platform.
8. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further comprise storing a log entry in the nonvolatile data store for a loggable event.
9. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the loggable event includes one or more of: a corruption of data in the storage of the host platform, an installation of a new version of the host operating system, or an award above a monetary amount in the wagering game.
10. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further comprise:
querying the host platform for the list of the inventory of assets; and
updating the data store with the list of the inventory of assets.
11. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein querying the host platform includes reading the list of the inventory of assets from a host platform data store.
12. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further comprise controlling, by the subsystem, access to resources of the host platform.
13. A method comprising:
receiving a request, from a requestor, for discovery for an inventory of assets in a gaming machine having a host platform, the host platform having a host processor;
retrieving a list of the inventory of assets from a data store in a subsystem that is independent of a power state or an operating system state of the host platform, the subsystem having a subsystem processor that operates independent of the host processor; and
transmitting the list of the inventory of assets back to the requestor.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein retrieving the list of the inventory of assets comprises retrieving the list of the inventory of assets during a time when the power state of the host platform is off.
15. The method of claim 13 , wherein retrieving the list of the inventory of assets comprises retrieving the list of the inventory of assets during a time when the operating system state of the host platform is non-operational.
16. The method of claim 13 , wherein retrieving the list of the inventory of assets comprises retrieving one or more of: a list of games installed on the host platform of the gaming machine or a list of hardware assets of the host platform of the gaming machine.
17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the data store comprises a nonvolatile data store that is separate from the storage of the host platform.
18. The method of claim 13 , and further comprising storing in the data store at least one of: an identification of a wagering game, an identification of a version of the wagering game, or an identification of the host platform.
19. The method of claim 13 , and further comprising storing a log entry in the nonvolatile data store for a loggable event.
20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the loggable event includes one or more of: a corruption of data in the storage of the host platform, an installation of a new version of the host operating system, or an award above a monetary amount in the wagering game.
21. An apparatus comprising:
a host platform having a host processor controlled by a host operating system, the host platform having a host storage and a host power state, wherein the host processor is configured to execute instructions that include a wagering game; and
a subsystem having a processor that is separate from the host processor and executes independently of the host operating system and the host power state, the subsystem further having a nonvolatile data store that is separate from the storage of the host platform, the subsystem operable to:
receive a request from a requestor for discovery of an inventory of assets in the host platform,
retrieve a list of the inventory of assets from the nonvolatile data store, and
transmit the list of the inventory of assets to the requestor.
22. The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the subsystem retrieves the list of the inventory of assets during a time when the power state of the host platform is off.
23. The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the subsystem retrieves the list of the inventory of assets during a time when the operating system state of the host platform is non-operational.
24. The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the list of the inventory of assets comprises one or more of: a list of games installed on the host platform of the gaming machine or a list of hardware assets of the host platform of the gaming machine.
25. The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the nonvolatile data store is further to store at least one of: an identification of a wagering game, an identification of a version of the wagering game, or an identification of the host platform.
26. The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the subsystem further stores a log entry in the nonvolatile data store for a loggable event.
27. The apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the loggable event includes one or more of: a corruption of data in the storage of the host platform, an installation of a new version of the host operating system, or an award above a monetary amount in the wagering game.