US 6,500,068 B2Granted

Slot driven video story

AssigneeWalker Digital, LLC

InventorsJay S. Walker, James A. Jorasch, Thomas M. Sparico, Jesse M. Fink

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Abstract

A gaming system includes a network server connected to a plurality of gaming devices that are adapted to provide a video payout on each play based on a set of payout parameters. Memory at each gaming device stores payout parameters that correspond to each possible gaming result or outcome. When a play is initiated by a player, a gaming result is generated at a gaming device. The gaming device responds by accessing a corresponding payout parameter from the memory which may be a monetary amount, a video presentation segment or a combination thereof. If the payout is video, the network server receives the payout parameter and transmits video presentation segment to the gaming device accordingly. The gaming device then provides a video payout, in the form of displayed video presentation, to the player. The player thus receives at least one form of payment on each play.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A slot machine for providing a video payout, said slot machine comprising:

memory means for storing monetary payouts, each monetary payout corresponding to a gaming result;
memory means for storing video payouts, each video payout corresponding to a gaming result and comprising a segment of a video presentation, wherein each segment comprises a particular duration of the video presentation such that each gaming result corresponds to a segment of a particular duration;
gaming means, responsive to a player input, for providing a gaming result for a game play;
video payout means for providing a video payout to a player;
and
processor means, coupled to said gaming means and responsive to each said gaming result, for selecting from said memory means at least one of said monetary payouts and said video payouts if said gaming result corresponds to the at least one of said monetary payouts and said video payouts and causing said video payout means to provide a particular segment of said video presentation.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 09/798,719Filed 2 Mar 2001 · continuation
Priority: 11 Apr 1997
Published: US 2001/0008843 A119 Jul 2001
Granted: 31 Dec 2002
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 codes

G07F 17/32
Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services: for games, toys, sports, or amusements
G07F 17/3232
Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users: wherein the operator is informed
G07F
Coin-freed or like apparatus