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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:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2008
Applicants:
Louis Lui, New South Wales, AU;
Robert Linley Muir, New South Wales, AU;
David Curry, New South Wales, AU;
John Boesen, New South Wales, AU;
David Jack, New South Wales, AU;
Inventors:
Louis Lui, New South Wales, AU;
Robert Linley Muir, New South Wales, AU;
David Curry, New South Wales, AU;
John Boesen, New South Wales, AU;
David Jack, New South Wales, AU;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 (2006.01); A63F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A gaming machine and a gaming system is described. Gaming machines may be reserved by operating a button panel. In certain embodiments the reserved gaming machine or a head system causes the printing of a ticket and when that ticket is read by a bill acceptor, the gaming machine unlocks. In other embodiments, reservation is made by other means, including player cards.