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`The undersigned has been authorized by the Applicant(s),
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`FOR: Gaming Machine, Gaming Information Authentication
`Loading Device and Gaming Information Loading Device
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`to file the attached specification and required drawings. Please
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`assign a serial number and accord a filing date to this prospective
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`S/N: TBA
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`4/19/2006
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`Docket No.: M/M-lOO-USAP
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`For: Gaming' Machine, Gaming Information. Authentication Loading
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`Sir:
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`This application is a:
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`Divisional of U.S.P.T.O. Serial Number _, filed _.
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`Continuation in Part of U.S.P.T.O. Serial Number __, filed *_.
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`The undersigned has been authorized by the Applicant(s),
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`Tatsuhiko TANIMURA
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`FOR: Gaming Machine, Gaming Information Authentication
`Loading Device and Gaming Information Loading Device
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`to file the attached specification and required drawings. Please
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`assign a serial number and accord a filing date to this prospective
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`___ Letter to the Official Draftsperson and amended drawing(s).
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`_3_ The Search Fee of $500.00.
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`Attorney of Record
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`Date: April 19, 2006
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`The undersigned has been authorized by the Applicant(s),
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`FOR: Gaming Machine, Gaming Information Authentication
`Loading Device and Gaming Information Loading Device
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`to file the attached specification and required drawings. Please
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`Enclosed are:
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`Docket No.: M/M-lOO-USAP
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`gg_ pages of Specification,
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`;9_ page(s) of Claims,
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`_;_ page of an Abstract, and
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`sheet(s) of Drawing(s). Total pages in the disclosure are fig
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`___ Signed Statement deleting inventor(s) named in.prior application.
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`___ Applicant claims Small Entity status under 37 CFR §l.27.
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`___ A Preliminary Amendment.
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`___ Letter to the Official Draftsperson and amended drawing(s).
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`_3;_ An Information Disclosure Statement
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`(IDS)/PTO Form 1449 (3 ref).
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`_§_ The Basic Filing Fee of $300.00.
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`_3_ The Search Fee of $500.00.
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`_3_ The Examination Fee of $200.00.
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`_3_ The fees for the claims to be calculated as follows:
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`A check in the total amount of $2,040.00 is enclosed to cover
`filing fee, Recordation of Assignment
`fee,
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`fee.
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`The Commissioner is hereby authorized to charge to my Deposit
`Account No. 19-2816 any fees required under any of 37 CFR §§l.16
`to 1.17 at any time during the pendency of this application.
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`onal R. Snider
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`Attorney of Record
`Registration No. 24,962
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`Date: April 19, 2006
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`GAMING MACHINE,
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`GAMING INFORMATION AUTHENTICATION LOADING DEVICE
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`AND GAMING INFORMATION LOADING DEVICE
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`CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
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`Thisapplicationclaimsbenefitofpriorityunder35U.S.C.
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`$119 to Japanese Patent Application No.2005—126990, filed on
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`Aprilzs,2005,andJapanesePatentApplicationNo.2005—126999,
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`filed on April 25, 2005,
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`the entire contents of which are
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`incorporated by reference herein.
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`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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`1. Field of the Invention
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`The present invention relates to a gaming machine and
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`a gaming information authentication loading device configured
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`to authenticate and load gaming information stored in a portable
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`storage medium,
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`and a: gaming information loading device
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`configuredtoloadthegaminginformationstoredintheportable
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`storage medium.
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`2. Description of the Related Art
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`There have been conventionally various gaming machines
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`such as a video gaming machine, a slot machine, a pachi-slot
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`machine and a pachinko gaming machine. Recently, a portable
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`trade name of “CF card") is employed to feed a gaming program
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`and gaming information into each of these gaming machines . The
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`gaming program is used to control.a gaming procedure, a gaming
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`image display, a gaming action and the like to be executed in
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`the gaming machine. The gaming information is used in a game
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`to be played in the gaming machine.
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`In a case where the portable storage medium is employed
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`in the gaming machine, the portable storage medium stores the
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`gaming information therein and then is attached to the gaming
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`machine to feed the gaming information into the gaming machine.
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`In this configuration, a malicious third party can carry out
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`a fraud act such as making a copy or a falsification of the
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`stored gaming information because the portable storage medium
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`isnotincorporatedintothegamingmachineandiseasilydetached
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`from the gaming machine. Therefore, it is very important to
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`prevent the malicious third party from carrying out the fraud
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`act when the gaming information is fed into the gaming machine
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`by means of the portable storage medium.
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`Conventional prevention methods for the fraud act are
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`disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid—open Publications No.
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`2001-344096, No. 2002-341957 and No. H08-241194.
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`In the first reference, when a storage medium is attached
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`to a gaming machine,
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`the gaming machine stores unique
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`identification information for the gaming machine in the storage
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`medium, and the storage medium stores unique identification
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`information for the storage medium in the gaming machine.
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`matches the unique identification information for the storage
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`medium, software stored in the storage medium is executed.
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`In the second reference, when a removal unit is attached
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`tc»a.computer‘main body, a user code stored.in the removal unit
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`is compared.with.a unit code stored in the computer'main body.
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`If the user code matches the unit code, the computer main body
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`boots up a system.
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`In the third reference, a security code stored in a storage
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`means (storage medium) is compared with a security code stored
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`jJ1a.gaminglnachine.
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`If both security codes match each other,
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`the gaming machine reads a gaming program stored in the storage
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`means. This security check is repeatedly conducted during a
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`gaming procedure.
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`However, these prevention methods for the fraud.act have
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`the problem that
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`the stored gaming information is not
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`authenticated. More specifically, none of these prevention
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`methods certifies that a falsification of the stored gaming
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`information is not made.
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`The prevention method disclosed in the first reference
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`can prevent a malicious third party from making a copy of the
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`stored gaming information and using it on the gaming machine
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`by means of another storage medium, however, can not prevent
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`the malicious third party from making a falsification of the
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`stored gaming information. The prevention method disclosed
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`in the second reference can authenticate the removal unit,
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`however can not prevent a malicious third party from making
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`a falsification of the stored gaming information because data
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`stored in the removal unit are not authenticated”
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`The
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`prevention method disclosed in the third reference can prevent
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`amaliciousthirdpartyfromreplacingthegamingprogramstored
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`in one storage medium by a fraudulent gaming program stored
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`in another storage medium and using it on the gaming machine
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`after the security check is started, however, can not prevent
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`the malicious third party from making a falsification of the
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`gaming program stored in the one storage medium.
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`SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
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`It is an object of the present invention to provide a
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`gamingnmchineandaagaminginformationauthenticationloading
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`devicecapableofauthenticatingandloadinggaminginformation
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`stored in'a storage medium, and a gaming information loading
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`device capable of loading the gaming information stored.in the
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`storage medium.
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`In order to achieve the object,
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`the present invention
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`provides a gaminglnachine comprising: a game action executing
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`device configured to execute a game action; a loading device
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`comprising: a program storage unit configured to store therein
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`anauthenticationprogramforauthenticatinggaminginformation
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`stored in a storage medium; and a connection unit configured
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`to be connected to the storage medium, and a process device
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`comprising: a readable and rewritable storage unit; a reading
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`unit configured to read the authentication program from the
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`programstorageunitandthegaminginformationfromthestorage
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`mediumconnectedtxatheconnectionunit;anauthenticationunit
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`configured to execute an authentication process for the read
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`gaming information according to the read authentication
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`program;
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`a writing unit configured to write the gaming
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`information authenticated hy the authentication unit to the
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`readableandrewritablestorageunit;amdanactioncontrolling
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`unit configured to control the game action executing device
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`according to the written gaming information so that the game
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`action executing device executes the game action.
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`According to the present invention, in the gaming machine,
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`the loading device is connected to the process device, which
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`can easily load and store the gaming information stored in the
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`storage medium to the readable and rewritable storage unit by
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`only cOnnecting the storage medium to the connection unit of
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`the loading device. Further, the program storage unit of the
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`loading device stores therein the authentication program for
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`authenticatingthegaminginformation,whichcanloadthegaming
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`information that is not falsified by a malicious third party
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`to the readable and rewritable storage unit by executing the
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`authentication process for the gaming information according
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`to the authentication program.
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`In order to achieve the object,
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`the present
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`invention
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`provides a gaming machine comprising: a game action executing
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`device configured to execute a game action; a loading device
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`comprising: a connection unit configured to be connected to
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`a storage medium, and a process device comprising: a readable
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`and rewritable storage unit; a program storage unit configured
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`to store therein an authentication program for authenticating
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`gaminginformationstoredimlthestOragenmdimn;areadingunit
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`configured to read the authentication program from the program
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`storage unit and the gaming information from the storage medium
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`connected to the connection unit;
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`an authentication unit
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`configured to execute an authentication process for the read
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`gaming information according to the read authentication
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`program;
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`21 writing unit configured.
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`to write the gaming
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`information authenticated by the authentication unit to the
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`readableandrewritablestorageunit;andan1actioncontrolling
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`unit configured to control the game action executing device
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`according to the written gaming information so that the game
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`action executing device executes the game action.
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`According to the present invention, in the gaming machine,
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`the loading device is connected to the process device, which
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`can easily load.and store the gaming information stored in the
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`storage medium to the readable and rewritable storage unit by
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`only connecting the storage medium to the connection unit of
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`the loading device. Further, the program storage unit of the
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`process device stores therein the authentication program for
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`authenticatingthegaminginformation,whichcanloadthegaming
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`information that is not falsified by a malicious third party
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`to the readable and rewritable storage unit by executing the
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`to
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`the
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`authentication
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`program .
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`Furthermore ,
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`the
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`authentication program is stored in the program storage unit
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`of the process device, which can omit a loading process for
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`loading the authentication program to the process device side.
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`In order to achieve the object,
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`the present
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`invention
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`provides a gaming information authentication loading deivce
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`comprising: a loading device comprising: a connection unit
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`configured to be connected to a storage medium storing gaming
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`information therein; and a program storage unit configured to
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`store therein an authentication program for authenticating the
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`gaming information, and a process device comprising: a readable
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`and rewritable storage unit; a reading unit configured to read
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`the authentication program from the program storage unit and
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`the gaming information from the storage medium connected to
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`the connection unit; an authentication unit configured to
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`execute
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`an authentication process
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`for
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`the read gaming
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`information according to the read authentication program; and
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`a writing unit configured to write the gaming information
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`authenticated by the authentication unit to the readable and
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`rewritable storage unit.
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`According to the present
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`invention,
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`in the gaming
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`information authentication loading device, the loading device
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`is connected to the process device, which can easily load and
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`store the gaming information stored in the storage medium to
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`the readable and rewritable storage unit by only connecting
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`the storage medium to the connection unit of the loading device .
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`Further, the progranlstorage unit of the loading<flevice stores
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`therein the authentication program for authenticating the
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`gaming information, which can load the gaming information that
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`is not falsified by a malicious third party to the readable
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`and rewritable storage unit by executing the authentication
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`process
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`for
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`the
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`gaming
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`information
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`according
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`to the
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`authentication program.
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`In order to achieve the object,
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`the present
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`invention
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`provides a gaming information authentication loading device
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`comprising: a loading device comprising: a connection unit
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`configured to be connected to a storage medium storing gaming
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`informationtherein,andaprocessdevicecomprising:areadable
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`and rewritable storage unit; a program storage unit configured
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`to store therein an authentication.program for authenticating
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`the gaming information; a reading unit configured to read the
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`authentication program from the program storage unit and the
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`gaming information from the storage medium connected to the
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`connection unit; an authentication unit configured to execute
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`an authentication process for the read gaming information
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`according to the read authentication program; and a writing
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`unit configured to write the gaming information authenticated
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`bytheauthenticationunittothereadableandrewritablestorage
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`unit.
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`According to the present
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`invention,
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`in the gaming
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`information authentication loading device, the loading device
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`is connected to the process device, which can easily load and
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`store the gaming information stored in the storage medium to
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`the readable and rewritable storage unit by only connecting
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`the storage medium to the connection unit of the loading device .
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`Further, the program storage unit of the process device stores
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`therein the authentication program for authenticating the
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`gaming information, which can load the gaming information that
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`is not falsified by a malicious third party to the readable
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`and rewritable storage unit by executing the authentication
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`process
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`for
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`the
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`gaming
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`information according
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`to
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`the
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`authentication program.
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`Furthermore,
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`the authentication
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`program is stored in the program storage unit of the process
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`device, which can omit a loading process for loading the
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`authentication program to the process device side.
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`In order to achieve the object,
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`the present
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`invention
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`provides a gaming information loading device configured to load
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`gaming information stored in a storage medium from the storage
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`medium to a mother board connected to the gaming information
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`loading device,. comprising: a connection unit configured to
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`be connected to the storage medium; and a program storage unit
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`confiuged to store therein an authentication program for
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`authenticating the gaming information.
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`According to the present invention , the gaming information
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`loading device is capable of being connected to the mother board,
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`which realize to read the gaming information from the storage
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`medium connected to the connection unit and then authenticate
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`and load the read gaming information in the mother board side.
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`Sony EX1002 Page 15
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`IPR2020-01218
`Sony EX1002 Page 15
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`In order to achieve the object,
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`the present
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`invention
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`provides a gaminglnachine comprising: a game action executing
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`device configured to execute a game action; a loading device
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`including a connection unit configured to be connected to a
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`storage medium; and a process device including a readable and
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`rewritablestorageunit,whereineachofaiprogramstorageunit,
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`a
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`reading unit,
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`an authentication unit
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`and
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`a mutual
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`"7.:
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`authentication unit is included.in at least one of the loading
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`device and the process device:
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`the program storage unit
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`configured to store therein an authentication program for
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`authenticatinggaminginformationstoredjjlthestoragemedium:
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`the reading unit configured to read the authentication program
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`from the program storage unit and the gaming information from
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`the storage medium connected to the connection unit;
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`the
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`authentication unit configured to execute an authentication
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`process for the read gaming information according to the read
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`authentication program; and the mutual authentication unit
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`configured to execute a mutual authentication process for the
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`authentication program according to the gaming information
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`authenticated by the authentication unit, the process device
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`includes
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`a. writing unit configured to write the gaming
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`information authenticated by the authentication unit to the
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`readable and rewritable storage unit, and the process device
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`includes an action controlling unit configured to control the
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`game action executing device according to the written gaming
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`information so that the game action executing device executes
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`Sony EX1002 Page 16
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`IPR2020-01218
`Sony EX1002 Page 16
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`thegameaction,whenthemutualauthenticationunithasexecuted
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`the mutual authentication process.
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`According to the present invention , in the gaming machine ,
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`the loading device is connected to the process device, which
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`can easily load and store the gaming information stored in the
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`storage medium to the readable and rewritable storage unit by
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`only connecting the storage medium to the connection unit of
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`the loading device. Further, the program storage unit stores
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`therein the authentication program for authenticating the
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`gaming information, which can load the gaming information that
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`is not falsified by a malicious third party to the readable
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`and rewritable storage unit by executing the authentication
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`process
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`for
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`the
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`gaming
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`information
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`according
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`to
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`the
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`authentication program. Furthermore, the gaming information
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`and the authentication program can maintain consistency each
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`other by executing the mutual authentication process for the
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`authentication program according to the authenticated gaming
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`information.
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`In order to achieve the object,
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`the present invention
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`provides a gaming information authentication loading device
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`comprising: a loading device including therein a connection
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`unit configured to be connected to a storage medium storing
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`gaming information therein; and a process device including a
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`readable and rewritable storage unit , wherein each of a program
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`storageunit,areadingunit,anauthenticationunitandanmtual
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`authentication unit is included in at least one of the loading
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`Sony EX1002 Page 17
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`IPR2020-01218
`Sony EX1002 Page 17
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`,1
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`device and the process device:
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`the program storage unit
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`configured to store therein an authentication program for
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`authenticating the gaming information;
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`the reading unit
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`configured to read the authentication program from the program
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`storage unit and the gaming information from the storage medium
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`connected to the connection unit;
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`the authentication unit
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`configured to execute an authentication process for the read
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`gaming information according to the read authentication
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`program; and the mutual authentication unit configured to
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`10
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`execute a mutual authentication process for the authentication
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`program according to the gaming information authenticated by "
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`the authentication unit, and the process device includes a
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`writing unit configured to write the gaming information
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`authenticated by the authentication unit to the readable and
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`15
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`rewritable storage unit.
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`According to the present
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`invention,
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`in the gaming
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`information authentication loading device, the loading device
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`is connected to the process device, which can easily load and
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`store the gaming information stored in the storage medium to
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`the readable and rewritable storage unit by only connecting
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`the storage medium to the connection unit of the loading device .
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`Further,
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`the
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`program storage unit
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`stores
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`therein the
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`authentication program for
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`authenticating
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`the
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`gaming
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`information, which can load the gaming information that is not
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`falsified by a malicious third party to the readable and
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`rewritable storage unit by executing the authentication process
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`Sony EX1002 Page 18
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`IPR2020-01218
`Sony EX1002 Page 18
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`.1
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`for the gaming information according to the authentication
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`program.
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`Furthermore,
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`the gaming
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`information and the
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`authentication.progranlcan maintain consistency each other by
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`executing
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`the mutual
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`authentication process
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`for
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`the
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`authentication program according to the authenticated gaming
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`information.
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`In order to achieve the object,
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`the present invention
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`provides a gaming information loading device configured to load
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`gaming information stored in a storage medium from the storage
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`medium to a mother board connected to the gaming information
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`loading device, comprising: a connection unit configured to
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`be connected to the storage medium; a program storage unit
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`confiuged to store therein an authentication program for
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`authenticating the
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`gaming
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`information;
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`a
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`reading unit
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`configured to read the authentication program from the program
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`storage unit and the gaming information from the storage medium
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`connected to the connection unit; and an authentication unit
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`configured to execute an authentication process for the read
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`gaming information according to the read authentication
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`2O
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`program.
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`Accordingtothepresentinvention,thegaminginformation
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`loadingdeviceiscapableofbeingconnectedtothemotherboard,
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`which realize to read the gaming information from the storage
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`medium connected to the connection unit and the authentication
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`program from the program storage unit. Further,
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`the mother
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`board can authenticate and load the read gaming information
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`Sony EX1002 Page 19
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`IPR2020-01218
`Sony EX1002 Page 19
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`according to the read authentication program.
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`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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`FIG.1 is a block diagram of
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`a geming information
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`5
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`authentication loading device according to a first exemplary
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`embodiment of the present invention.
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`FIG.2 is a perspective View of a slot machine according
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`&
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`to the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
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`FIG.3 is a block diagram of the slot machine according
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`to the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
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`FIG. 4 is a block diagram which shows a gaming information
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`authentication loading procedure in the gaming information
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`authentication loading device according to the first exemplary
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`embodiment of the present
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`invention.
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`FIG.5 is a chart which shows
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`the gaming information
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`authentication loading procedure executed between a mother
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`board and a gaming board in the gaming information authentication
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`loading device according to the first exemplary embodiment of
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`the present invention.
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`FIG.6 is a block diagram of
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`a geming information
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`authentication loading device according to a second exemplary
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`embodiment of the present invention.
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`FIG.7 is a block diagram of a slot machine according to
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`the second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
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`FIG.8 is a: chart which shows
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`a gaming information
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`authentication loading procedure executed between a mother
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`Sony EX1002 Page 20
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`IPR2020-01218
`Sony EX1002 Page 20
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`boardandagamingboardinthegaminginformationauthentication
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`loading device according to the second exemplary embodiment
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`of the present invention.
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`FIG.9 is a block diagram of
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`a geming information
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`authentication loading device according to a third exemplary
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`embodiment of the present invention.
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`FIG.10 is a block diagram of a slot machine according
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`to the third exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
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`FIG.11 is is a block diagram which shows a gaming
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`information authentication loading procedure in the gaming
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`information authentication loading device according to the
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`third exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
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`FIG.12 is a chart which shows a gaming information
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`authentication loading procedure executed between a mother
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`boardandagamingboardinthegaminginformationauthentication
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`loading device according to the third exemplary embodiment of
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`the present invention.
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`FIG . 13 is a block diagram which shows a gaming information
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`authentication loading procedure in a gaming information
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`authentication loading device according to thelnodified.third
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`exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
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`DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
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`Hereinafter, first to third exemplary embodiments of the
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`present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.1
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`to 13.
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`Sony EX1@27 Page 21
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`IPR2020-01218
`Sony EX1002 Page 21
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`(First exemplary embodiment)
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`(Configuration of gaming information authentication loading
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`device)
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`The gaming information authentication loading device 1
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`comprises a gaming board 10 , a mother board 20 , a PCI (Peripheral
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`Component Interconnect) bus 31 and an IDE (Integrated Device
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`Electronics) bus 32 . The gaming board 10 is employed as a gaming
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`information loading device or a loading device in the present
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`invention. The mother board 20 is employed as a process device
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`in the present invention. The mother board 20 is connected
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`to the gaming board 10 via the PCI bus 31 and the IDE bus 32.
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`The PCI bus 31 and the IDE bus 32 are employed as a signaling
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`portion in the present invention.
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`A memory card 30 stores a gaming program 3-0a and a gaming
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`system program 30b therein. The memory card 30 is employed
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`as a portable storage medium such as a CF card in the present
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`invention . The gaming program 30a and the gaming system program
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`30b are employed as gaming information such as a slot game program
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`in
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`the
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`present
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`invention.
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`The
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`gaming
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`information
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`authentication loading device 1 carries out a gaming information
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`authentication loading procedure for authenticating and then
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`loading the gaming program 30a and the gaming system program
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`30b.
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`The gaming board 10 comprises a boot ROM 11 and a card
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`slot 12 for the memory card 30. The gaming board 10 loads the
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`gaming program 30a and the gaming system program 30b from the
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`Sony EX1002 Page 22
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`IPR2020-01218
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`memory card 30 and then transfers the loaded programs to the
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`mother board 20.
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`The boot ROM 11 is connected to the mother board 20 via
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`thePCIbusBl. ThebootROMllstoresthereinanauthentication
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`5
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`program(falsificationcheckprogram)llaandabootcodeprogram
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`(not shown) for allowing a main CPU 21 of the mother board 20
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`to boot the authentication program 11a Via the PCI bus 31 . The
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`boot ROM 11 functions as a program storage means in the present
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`invention. The authentication program 11a is a program for
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`10
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`authenticating the gaming program 30a and the gaming system
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`program 30b to be transferred to a slot machine 41 by means
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`of the memory card 30.
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`In the authentication program 11a, an
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`authentication procedure for checking that the gaming program
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`30a and the gaming system program 30b are not falsified is
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`15 written.
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`The card slot 12 is connected to the mother board 20 via
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`the IDE bus 32. The card slot 12 functions as a connection
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`means (physical connection portion) capable of receiving the
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`memory card 30 therein in the present invention. The memory
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`20
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`card.30 is received in the card slot 12 in a:readable situation
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`for the gaming program 30a and the gaming system program 30b.
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`The mother board 20 is composed of a commercial general
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`mother board (print circuit board on which basic parts of a
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`personal computer are mounted) . The mother board 20 comprises
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`themainCPU(CentralPocessingUnit)21,aROM(ReadOnlyMemory
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