Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – In a chance application
Reexamination Certificate
2005-01-18
2005-01-18
Harrison, Jessica (Department: 3714)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
In a chance application
C463S020000, C273S138200
Reexamination Certificate
active
06843720
ABSTRACT:
A device for dispensing prizes includes a housing having a plurality of compartments, a door attached to the housing for coving the compartments, and a lock for limiting access to the compartments. The contents of the compartments are visible from the outside. Each compartment contains a prize, such as a diamond. The housing may be part of, or linked to, a gaming device. When a player wins a game, which entitles the player to select a tangible award, the device signals this fact to the player. The player then selects a compartment by pressing an input device located on the housing. An attendant opens an external door, and inserts an electronic key into a receptacle associated with the selected compartment, and enters a required code into the key. The compartment then opens, and the player obtains the prize. The device may also include an inventory control system which preferably uses an RFID apparatus for monitoring the contents of each compartment, and for keeping records of an inventory of prizes.
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Crowder Robert W.
Luciano Robert A.
Souza Michael
Capron Aaron J.
Harrison Jessica
Heck Ryan A.
Ian F. Burns & Assoc
Sierra Design Group
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