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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2001
James Morrow, Sparks, NV (US);
Marvin Hein, Las Vegas, NV (US);
James Morrow, Sparks, NV (US);
Marvin Hein, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Bally Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A display and input systemprovides an enhanced means for displaying service and system informationfrom a system networkto a player and to a casino employee. The display and input systemenables part or all of a video display screenin a gaming device, which had previously been used only as a gaming interface, to be utilized as a systems interfacefor data entry and retrieval of the service and system information. This provides a dramatic improvement over traditional system components(input/output peripherals) that have been used as in the past to access service and system informationfrom the system network, such as 2-line, 20 character VF displays and 12-digit keypads. The display and input system, does not control game play itself (e.g., game play betting, game play flow, or game play operation). Rather, the systemprovides a limited form of game play monitoring, indirectly, with respect to the monitoring player points.