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(11) | EP 1 074 955 A3 |
(12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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(54) | Data transfer devices and methods |
(57) In one aspect, the present invention provides a network of game machines (506, 508,
510, 514) including a central controller (500). The central controller is useable
to receive data from the game machines and also to transmit data to the game machines,
for example to upload new or corrected software to the game machines. Some of the
game machines may be connected to the network via radio link (512). Higher baud rates,
such as 10,000 baud, are acheivable with the network of the present invention. |