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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 11, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Louis David Giacalone, Jr, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Silicon Gaming, Inc., Saratoga, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2731 / ; 2731382 ; 463 20 ;
Abstract
A dynamic rate control method and apparatus for electronically played games and gaming devices and including an adaptable game play controller having a nominal play speed characteristic that is adjustable both up and down, together with means for sensing player input rate and for making stepped adjustments to the controller so as to cause the game play speed to follow the frequency of input by the player. The controller and sensing means can be implemented in either hardware or software, or a combination of hardware and software.