Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – With communication link
Reexamination Certificate
2011-01-11
2011-01-11
Elisca, Pierre E (Department: 3714)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
With communication link
Reexamination Certificate
active
07867092
ABSTRACT:
A casino gaming unit may include a display unit that is capable of generating video images, a value input device, a gaming unit controller operatively coupled to the display unit and the value input device, an optical communication transceiver capable of wireless data transmission and reception, and an optical communication controller coupled to the optical communication transceiver and the gaming unit controller. The gaming unit controller may comprise a processor and a memory and may allow a person to make a wager, to cause a video image representing a game to be generated on the display unit, to determine an outcome of the game, and a value payout associated with the outcome of the game. The optical communication controller may facilitate wireless data communication with an optical communication transceivers of one or more devices at locations remote from the gaming unit.
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Elisca Pierre E
IGT
Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP
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