US 2013/0157759 A1 · GAMING MACHINE HAVING A SIMULATED MUSICAL INTERFACE

Abstract

A simulated musical interface associated with a gaming machine enhances player excitement and interaction with the gaming machine. In one embodiment, the simulated musical interface is associated with a game in which the player uses the interface to play a simulated instrument on a gaming machine to affect, or apparently affect, the outcome of the game. As the player plays the simulated instrument via the simulated musical interface, indicia or graphical representations may be generated for a game of chance on a display associated with the gaming machine.

Claims22

Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method for playing a secondary game in association with a primary wagering game, the method comprising:

presenting a simulated musical interface on the gaming machine associated with one or more activatable regions on which the one or more activatable regions associated with the simulated musical interface are activatable by a player;
providing graphical representations on the display of the gaming machine upon the player activating an activatable region associated with the simulated musical interface;
and
generating one or more outcomes for the secondary game based on the player's activation of the one or more activatable regions associated with the simulated musical interface and the graphical representations.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

13/735,538Filed 7 Jan 2013

Priority

14 Dec 2011

Published

20 Jun 2013

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

G07F 17/32
Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services: for games, toys, sports, or amusements
G07F 17/3209
Player-machine interfaces: input means, e.g. buttons, touch screen
G07F 17/3258
Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes: cumulative reward schemes, e.g. jackpots
G07F 17/3262
Game play aspects of gaming systems: player actions which determine the course of the game, e.g. selecting a prize to be won, outcome to be…

Gaming machine having a simulated musical interface

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Gaming machine having a simulated musical interface

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