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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:
Jun. 10, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2004
Joseph R. Hedrick, Reno, NV (US);
Robert A. Luciano, Jr., Reno, NV (US);
Jean Pierre Legras, Reno, NV (US);
Chauncey W. Griswold, Reno, NV (US);
Don C. Stephan, Carson City, NV (US);
Joseph R. Hedrick, Reno, NV (US);
Robert A. Luciano, Jr., Reno, NV (US);
Jean Pierre Legras, Reno, NV (US);
Chauncey W. Griswold, Reno, NV (US);
Don C. Stephan, Carson City, NV (US);
IGT, Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A gaming machine includes main and secondary displays. The secondary display is disposed apart from the primary display and is used for presenting primary, secondary, or even tertiary information. The main display is controlled electronically by a gaming machine controller, which main display presents the results of a play on the gaming machine. In the case of a slot machine, the main display may be the glass display through which the spinning reels of a game play are viewed. In a video poker gaming machine, the main display is usually a cathode ray tube ('CRT') which displays a video game image to the player and other information directly associated with the game play. The secondary display may be provided at various locations on the gaming machine such as in a top glass portion of the gaming machine or a belly glass portion of the gaming machine, which belly glass portion is located below a main display portion of the gaming machine. The secondary display itself may be a liquid crystal display, a cathode ray tube, a field emission display, a plasma display, a digital micromirror device (DMD), etc.