Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – Perceptible output or display
Reexamination Certificate
2007-11-27
2007-11-27
Laneau, Ronald (Department: 3714)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
Perceptible output or display
C463S025000, C463S029000, C463S030000, C463S031000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10259998
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for providing a graphical representation of a gaming environment and for providing information regarding individual components or persons located in the environment are provided. The invention includes a graphical user interface which displays a graphical representation of at least a portion of a gaming environment, such as a graphical representation of individual components of a gaming system and their surrounding physical environment. The components are graphically portrayed in positions corresponding to the relative positions of the actual components of the gaming system. The components are also graphically displayed in a graphically reproduced environment which represents the actual environment, such as a casino, in which the actual gaming system components are located. By selecting a graphically represented component, information regarding the actual gaming system component which is represented is provided, such as by display in a window associated with the graphical user interface.
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Banta Travis
Beyer & Weaver, LLP
IGT
Laneau Ronald
Wolf Dean E.
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