CA2259354A1 - Improved electronic gaming apparatus - Google Patents

Improved electronic gaming apparatus

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Publication number
CA2259354A1
CA2259354A1 CA002259354A CA2259354A CA2259354A1 CA 2259354 A1 CA2259354 A1 CA 2259354A1 CA 002259354 A CA002259354 A CA 002259354A CA 2259354 A CA2259354 A CA 2259354A CA 2259354 A1 CA2259354 A1 CA 2259354A1
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Prior art keywords
electronic gaming
gaming apparatus
video
display screen
improved electronic
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CA002259354A
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French (fr)
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CA2259354C (en
Inventor
Allan E. Alcorn
Harry H. Jenkins
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International Game Technology
Original Assignee
Silicon Gaming, Inc.
Allan E. Alcorn
Harry H. Jenkins
Silicon Gaming-Nevada
Igt
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Priority claimed from US08/672,775 external-priority patent/US6287202B1/en
Priority claimed from US08/692,454 external-priority patent/US5800264A/en
Application filed by Silicon Gaming, Inc., Allan E. Alcorn, Harry H. Jenkins, Silicon Gaming-Nevada, Igt filed Critical Silicon Gaming, Inc.
Priority to CA 2460127 priority Critical patent/CA2460127C/en
Publication of CA2259354A1 publication Critical patent/CA2259354A1/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of CA2259354C publication Critical patent/CA2259354C/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/3202—Hardware aspects of a gaming system, e.g. components, construction, architecture thereof
    • G07F17/3204—Player-machine interfaces
    • G07F17/3211—Display means
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/3202—Hardware aspects of a gaming system, e.g. components, construction, architecture thereof
    • G07F17/3204—Player-machine interfaces
    • G07F17/3209—Input means, e.g. buttons, touch screen

Abstract

This invention is an electronic gaming apparatus ( 10), including a cabinet (12) for housing video and sound generating electronics (8, 30, 32, 34, 36), coin handling (20), payout (26) mechanism, and a video display screen (16). The preferred display screen (16) is substantially taller than it is wide and has a touch screen. Although the displayed video presentation may take any form, the preferred slot machine display embodiment includes graphics replicating the standard play board at top (15), game board in the middle (17), and principal user input interface below (19).
CA002259354A 1996-06-28 1997-06-27 Improved electronic gaming apparatus Expired - Lifetime CA2259354C (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CA 2460127 CA2460127C (en) 1996-06-28 1997-06-27 Electronic gaming apparatus having authentication data sets

Applications Claiming Priority (7)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US08/672,775 US6287202B1 (en) 1996-06-28 1996-06-28 Dynamic tournament gaming method and system
US08/672,775 1996-06-28
US08/692,454 US5800264A (en) 1996-08-05 1996-08-05 Method and apparatus for providing a signal indicating the approximate amount of elapsed time
US08/692,454 1996-08-05
US86470097A 1997-05-28 1997-05-28
US08/864,700 1997-05-28
PCT/US1997/012765 WO1998000207A1 (en) 1996-06-28 1997-06-27 Improved electronic gaming apparatus

Related Child Applications (1)

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CA 2460127 Division CA2460127C (en) 1996-06-28 1997-06-27 Electronic gaming apparatus having authentication data sets

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CA2259354A1 true CA2259354A1 (en) 1998-01-08
CA2259354C CA2259354C (en) 2004-06-22

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WO (1) WO1998000207A1 (en)

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