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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2009
Geoffrey B. Rhoads, West Linn, OR (US);
Burt W. Perry, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Kenneth L. Levy, Stevenson, WA (US);
Joel R. Meyer, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Geoffrey B. Rhoads, West Linn, OR (US);
Burt W. Perry, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Kenneth L. Levy, Stevenson, WA (US);
Joel R. Meyer, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Digimarc Corporation, Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
A method for operating an electronic gaming system captures an image of a gaming object, extracts identifying information from the image of the gaming object, and uses the extracted identifying information to reference a database to determine a behavior associated with the identifying information. The method returns data to the gaming system to execute or control the behavior of the gaming system in response to the gaming object. Various system configurations for this method as well as unique applications of it are also disclosed.