Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – In a game requiring strategy or problem solving by a...
Reexamination Certificate
2011-01-25
2011-01-25
Suhol, Dmitry (Department: 3714)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
In a game requiring strategy or problem solving by a...
C463S032000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07874900
ABSTRACT:
Embodiments of the invention include a method of performing a bonus event in a gaming machine that produces a gaming outcome. The method for performing a bonus event includes displaying a three-dimensional character; modifying the character based on one or more user selections; and controlling the character to influence the gaming outcome.
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Brewer Christopher
Sylla Craig J.
Ward Matthew J.
Mosser Robert
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
Suhol Dmitry
WMS Gaming Inc.
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