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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 04, 2011
Applicants:

Peter R. Anderson, Glenview, IL (US);

Bruce H. Blair, Oak Park, IL (US);

John M. Burica, Hometown, IL (US);

Mark B. Gagner, West Chicago, IL (US);

Vernon W. Hamlin, Lisle, IL (US);

Michael J. Irby, Chicago, IL (US);

Timothy C. Loose, Chicago, IL (US);

Scott M. Minch, Wheeling, IL (US);

Mark C. Pace, Palatine, IL (US);

Eugene M. Rigsby, Libertyville, IL (US);

Craig J. Sylla, Round Lake, IL (US);

Alfred Thomas, Las Vegas, NV (US);

Inventors:

Peter R. Anderson, Glenview, IL (US);

Bruce H. Blair, Oak Park, IL (US);

John M. Burica, Hometown, IL (US);

Mark B. Gagner, West Chicago, IL (US);

Vernon W. Hamlin, Lisle, IL (US);

Michael J. Irby, Chicago, IL (US);

Timothy C. Loose, Chicago, IL (US);

Scott M. Minch, Wheeling, IL (US);

Mark C. Pace, Palatine, IL (US);

Eugene M. Rigsby, Libertyville, IL (US);

Craig J. Sylla, Round Lake, IL (US);

Alfred Thomas, Las Vegas, NV (US);

Assignee:

WMS Gaming, Inc., Waukegan, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In some embodiments, a computerized method includes: creating a number of frames of images for displaying on a monitor of a wagering game machine; and selecting at least a subset of the number of frames. The method can also include performing pixel encoding in the images of the subset of the number of frames, where the pixel encoding is used to identify at least one of adding third party content to the images. The method can also include replacing the images with the third party content, where the adding of the third party content and replacing with the third party content occurs after creating the frame but prior to the displaying the frame on the monitor of the wagering game machine. The method can also include transmitting the number of frames of images to the monitor of the wagering game machine.


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