Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – In a chance application
Reexamination Certificate
2005-09-06
2005-09-06
Harrison, Jessica (Department: 3714)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
In a chance application
C463S020000, C345S215000, C345S215000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06939223
ABSTRACT:
The present invention includes an apparatus and method for quickly and easily providing desired paytable information to a player of a gaming device. The invention utilizes the game's display device containing a plurality of game generated symbols as an index of symbols from which a player can choose a desired symbol. The present invention enables a player to touch or otherwise select the desired symbol and produce desired paytable information, which includes a plurality of different types of information. The invention contemplates the game maintaining one or more databases for every single symbol. Alternatively, the game can maintain one or more databases having information on all the symbols of the gaming device and immediately scroll to the desired symbol upon the player's selection.
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Bell Boyd & Lloyd LLC
Coburn Corbett
Harrison Jessica
IGT
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