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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:
Sep. 12, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2003
Applicant:
Jeffrey P. Laakso, Reno, NV (US);
Inventor:
Jeffrey P. Laakso, Reno, NV (US);
Assignee:
IGT, Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A gaming device which, in one embodiment, has a sound generating device operable to produce a background sound. The gaming device tracks play session events and determines when the tracked events meet a designated characteristic or parameter. The gaming device selects one of a plurality of designated sound recordings associated with such designated parameter. The gaming device causes the sound generating device to produce the selected sound recording as part of the background sound during the game, in between games, after cash-out and other times.