Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – Perceptible output or display
Reexamination Certificate
2008-04-29
2008-04-29
Pezzuto, Robert E (Department: 3714)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
Perceptible output or display
C463S025000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07364508
ABSTRACT:
A gaming machine system comprises a game cabinet, a processor, and an audio/visual effects system. The game cabinet receives inputs and displays outputs. The processor is located within the cabinet and randomly selects a game outcome in response to a wager. The processor generates a first signal in response to a certain event occurring. The audio/visual effects system includes speakers and projecting lights, which are located remotely from the cabinet. In response to the processor generating the first signal, the audio/visual effects system broadcasts a certain audio output from the speakers toward the game cabinet and directs a certain light pattern from the projecting lights toward the game cabinet. The invention also provides for a gaming machine network with a plurality of gaming machines and an audio/visual controller. The audio/visual controller controls the audio outputs and the light patterns experienced by players of the gaming machines.
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Loose Timothy C.
Pacey Larry J.
Pryzby Eric M.
Rothschild Wayne H.
Nixon & Peabody LLP.
Pezzuto Robert E
WMS Gaming Inc.
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