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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
May. 01, 2013
Applicant:
Wms Gaming, Inc., Waukegan, IL (US);
Inventors:
Brian J. Barclay, Atlanta, GA (US);
Andrew C. Guinn, Chicago, IL (US);
Richard B. Robbins, Glenview, IL (US);
Richard T. Schwartz, Deerfield, IL (US);
Assignee:
Bally Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 (2006.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/3209 (2013.01); G07F 17/3227 (2013.01); G07F 17/3272 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include connecting a wagering game to a chat session and receiving a textual game command for the wagering game from a chat message sent via the chat session. The operations can further include activating a wagering game function for the wagering game in response to receiving the textual game command via the chat message.