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US 2010/0076842 A1Published application
Gaming System and Game Controller
OwnerDusan Berlecinventor
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Abstract
A gaming system comprising: a game controller adapted to control game play; at least one player interface in data communication with the game controller and operable by a player to enter game play instructions; an advertising module; and at least one sensor adapted to detect a person proximate a player interface and trigger the advertising module to advertise availability of the player interface when the player interface is not in use.
Claims20
A gaming system comprising:
- a game controller adapted to control game play;
- at least one player interface in data communication with the game controller and operable by a player to enter game play instructions;
- an advertising module;
- and
- at least one sensor adapted to detect a person proximate a player interface and trigger the advertising module to advertise availability of the player interface when the player interface is not in use.
2 more elements
A player interface for a game system, the player interface comprising:
- an input mechanism adapted to enable a player to enter game play instructions;
- a sensor adapted to detect a person proximate the player interface;
- and
- an advertising module adapted to, in response to detection of a person in the zone when the player interface is not in use, advertise availability of the player interface.
1 more element
A method of advertising availability of a gaming system for play comprising the steps of:
- detecting the presence of a person proximate a player interface of the game system;
- determining whether the player interface is in use by a player;
- and
- advertising the availability of the player interface.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.