ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,362, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd. (North Ryde, Australia).

"Gaming machine security devices and methods" was invented by Nimish Purohit (Las Vegas), Rex Carlson (Henderson, Nev.), Angelo Palmisano (Henderson, Nev.) and Kristofor Jacobson (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A security support device installed within or affixed to an electronic gaming machine includes at least one network interface configured to inspect network traffic being generated by one or more components of the electronic gaming machine. The security support device also includes a security support component c...