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Virtual eprom simulator apparatus

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Assignee: CURTIS KEITH EDWINPriority: Jun 24, 1998Filed: May 1, 2009Published: Aug 27, 2009
Est. expiryJun 24, 2018(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Keith CurtisEugene T. Bond
G06F 21/57
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Abstract

It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that numerous variations and/or modifications may be made to the invention as shown in the specific embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as broadly described. The present embodiments are, therefore, to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive.

Claims

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1 . A method for facilitating data verification, the method comprising the steps of:
 obtaining at least one piece of information about at least one portion of data;   presenting the at least one piece of information to a person for viewing;   determining whether the person wants to verify the at least one portion of the data; and   subsequent to determining that the person wants to verify the at least one portion of the data: obtaining a copy of the at least one portion of data; and providing a data verification device with access to the copy of the at least one portion of data, thereby facilitating data verification.   
   
   
       2 . The method as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the step of obtaining the copy of the at least one portion of data comprises the steps of:
 retrieving the copy of the at least one portion of data from a data storage device via a computer network; and   subsequent to retrieving the copy of the at least one portion of data from the data storage device, storing the copy of the at least one portion of data in a memory device.   
   
   
       3 . The method as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the step of providing the data verification device with access to the copy of the at least one portion of data comprises the step of enabling the data verification device to read the copy of the at least one portion of data from the memory device. 
   
   
       4 . The method as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the data storage device comprises a non-volatile hard disk that comprises the at least one portion of data, and wherein the memory device comprises a volatile random access memory. 
   
   
       5 . The method as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the step of obtaining the copy of the at least one portion of data comprises the step of processing the at least one piece of information in order to determine a location from which the copy of the at least one portion of data can be obtained. 
   
   
       6 . The method as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising the steps of:
 prompting the person to provide login information;   processing the login information to determine whether the person is an authorized person; and   if and only if it is determined that the person is the authorized person, performing the said steps of:   obtaining the at least one piece of information;   presenting the at least one piece of information;   determining whether the person wants to verify the at least one portion of data;   obtaining the copy of the at least one portion of data; and providing the data verification device with access.   
   
   
       7 . The method as claimed in  claim 6 , further comprising the step of adding an entry to a log file, wherein the entry represents a result of the step of processing the login information. 
   
   
       8 . The method as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein the step of prompting the person comprises the step of displaying a prompt on a visual display device of a gaming machine, wherein the prompt comprises a request for a username and a request for a password. 
   
   
       9 . The method as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the step of obtaining the at least one piece of information comprises the step of retrieving the at least one piece of information from a secure non-volatile read only memory. 
   
   
       10 . The method as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the step of presenting the at least one piece of information comprises the step of displaying the at least one piece of information on a visual display device of a gaming machine. 
   
   
       11 . The method as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the at least one piece of information comprises:
 a file name of the at least one portion of data;   a version number of the at least one portion of data; and   a date and a time of creation of the at least one portion of data.   
   
   
       12 . The method as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the at least one portion of data comprises software embodying a game of chance. 
   
   
       13 . The method as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein the at least one portion of data is arranged in a format that that the data verification device is capable of processing, wherein the format is different to a format of the non-volatile hard disk. 
   
   
       14 . A system for facilitating data verification, the system comprising an electronic processing module and a memory device comprising software, the electronic processing module and the memory device being arranged such that the electronic processing module can process the software, wherein processing of the software causes the electronic processing module to perform the following steps:
 obtaining at least one piece of information about at least one portion of data;   presenting the at least one piece of information to a person for viewing; determining whether the person wants to verify the at least one portion of the data; and   subsequent to determining that the person wants to verify the at least one portion of the data:   obtaining a copy of the at least one portion of data; and providing a data verification device with access to the copy of the at least one portion of data, thereby facilitating data verification.   
   
   
       15 . The system as claimed in  claim 14 , wherein the step of obtaining the copy of the at least one portion of data comprises the steps of:
 retrieving the copy of the at least one portion of data from a data storage device via a computer network; and   subsequent to retrieving the copy of the at least one portion of data from the data storage device, storing the copy of the at least one portion of data in a memory device.   
   
   
       16 . The system as claimed in  claim 15 , wherein the step of providing the data verification device with access to the copy of the at least one portion of data comprises the step of enabling the data verification device to read the copy of the at least one portion of data from the memory device. 
   
   
       17 . The system as claimed in  claim 15 , wherein the data storage device comprises a non-volatile hard disk that comprises the at least one portion of data, and wherein the memory device comprises a volatile random access memory. 
   
   
       18 . The system as claimed in  claim 14 , wherein the step of obtaining the copy of the at least one portion of data comprises the step of processing the at least one piece of information in order to determine a location from which the copy of the at least one portion of data can be obtained. 
   
   
       19 . The system as claimed in  claim 14 , further comprising the steps of:
 prompting the person to provide login information;
 processing the login information to determine whether the person is an authorized person; and
 if and only if it is determined that the person is the authorized person, performing the said steps of:
 obtaining the at least one piece of information; 
 presenting the at least one piece of information; 
 determining whether the person wants to verify the at least one portion of data; 
 obtaining the copy of the at least one portion of data; and 
 providing the data verification device with access. 
 
 
   
   
   
       20 . The system as claimed in  claim 19 , further comprising the step of adding an entry to a log file, wherein the entry represents a result of the step of processing the login information. 
   
   
       21 . The system as claimed in  claim 19 , wherein the step of prompting the person comprises the step of displaying a prompt on a visual display device of a gaming machine, wherein the prompt comprises a request for a username and a request for a password. 
   
   
       22 . The system as claimed in  claim 14 , wherein the step of obtaining the at least one piece of information comprises the step of retrieving the at least one piece of information from a secure non-volatile read only memory. 
   
   
       23 . The system as claimed in  claim 14 , wherein the step of presenting the at least one piece of information comprises the step of displaying the at least one piece of information on a visual display device of a gaming machine. 
   
   
       24 . The system as claimed in  claim 14 , wherein the at least one piece of information comprises:
 a file name of the at least one portion of data;   a version number of the at least one portion of data; and   a date and a time of creation of the at least one portion of data.   
   
   
       25 . The system as claimed in  claim 14 , wherein the at least one portion of data comprises software embodying a game of chance. 
   
   
       26 . The system as claimed in  claim 17 , wherein the at least one portion of data is arranged in a format that that the data verification device is capable of processing, wherein the format is different to a format of the non-volatile hard disk.

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