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US 12,008,859 B2Granted
Gaming device with personality
AssigneeAcres Technology
InventorJohn F. Acres
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to gaming devices that provide audio-visual animated characters in response to game play. The character has a personality that may be encouraging, taunting or another quality. A plurality of expressions of the personality is presented, between one extreme and another, dependent upon the history of game outcomes.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, at an electronic gaming machine, one or more wagers associated with a game on the electronic gaming machine, wherein the electronic gaming machine comprises a display;
- determining, based on the one or more wagers, one or more game outcomes associated with the game;
- determining, based on the one or more game outcomes, one or more character expressions;
- and
- causing, based on the one or more game outcomes, output, via the display, of one or more characters expressing the one or more character expressions.
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One or more non-transitory computer readable media storing processor executable instructions thereon, that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- receive, at an electronic gaming machine, one or more wagers associated with a game on the electronic gaming machine, wherein the electronic gaming machine comprises a display;
- determine, based on the one or more wagers, one or more game outcomes associated with the game;
- determine, based on the one or more game outcomes, one or more character expressions;
- and
- cause, based on the one or more game outcomes, output, via the display, of one or more characters expressing the one or more character expressions.
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An electronic gaming machine apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing processor executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the electronic gaming machine apparatus to:
- receive, at the electronic gaming machine apparatus, one or more wagers associated with a game on the electronic gaming machine, wherein the electronic gaming machine comprises a display;
- determine, based on the one or more wagers, one or more game outcomes associated with the game;
- determine, based on the one or more game outcomes, one or more character expressions;
- and
- cause, based on the one or more game outcomes, output, via the display, of one or more characters expressing the one or more character expressions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.