Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – Perceptible output or display
Reexamination Certificate
2004-08-31
2010-11-09
Hotaling, II, John M (Department: 3714)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
Perceptible output or display
C463S030000, C463S031000, C463S033000, C463S040000, C463S042000, C463S029000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07828656
ABSTRACT:
In a gaming method for facilitating game play via a gaming apparatus, the gaming apparatus comprising a controller and a first display unit, the controller communicatively coupled to the first display unit, a game software application may be executed, and value input data may be received. The first display unit may be caused to display a game image representative of one of the following games: poker, blackjack, slots, keno, or bingo. A secondary software application may be executed, and an icon associated with the secondary software application may be displayed simultaneous with the display of the game image, wherein a foreground of the game image is substantially unobstructed by the icon, and wherein the icon is substantially unobstructed by the foreground of the game image. Information may be conveyed using the secondary software application upon detecting an event, and a value payout associated with an outcome of the game may be determined.
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Hedrick Joseph R.
Nguyen Binh T.
Paulsen Craig A.
Hotaling, II John M
Hylinski Steven J.
IGT
Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP
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