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US 8,771,078 B2Granted
Amusement device including means for processing electronic data in play of a game of chance
AssigneeCfph, LLC
InventorsMark A. Miller, Dean P. Alderucci, Thomas D. Bradshaw
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Abstract
Various card devices and methods involving card devices are described. Other embodiments are also described.
Claims27
An apparatus comprising:
- a card device comprising:
- a substrate having a front face and a back face;
- a display coupled to the front face of the substrate;
- and
- an element coupled to the substrate and configured to:
- receive an indication of a first card value;
- control the display to display the first card value;
- receive an indication of a second card value;
- receive an advertisement to display on the display;
- and
- control the display to replace the first card value with the second card value and to display the advertisement;
- in which the card device has a combined length, width, and height substantially similar to a playing card and has a combined structure that is flexible;
- and
- a server configured to:
- receive information identifying the advertisement;
- determine that the advertisement should be displayed on the card device based on a result of a hand of a game that includes the second card value and at least one other card value displayed on at least one other card device;
- determine the first card value;
- and
- determine the second card value.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a card device comprising:
- a substrate having a front face and a back face;
- a display coupled to the front face of the substrate;
- an element coupled to the substrate and configured to:
- receive an indication of a first card value;
- control the display to display the first card value;
- receive an indication of a second card value;
- and
- control the display to replace the first card value with the second card value;
- in which the card device has a combined length, width, and height substantially similar to a playing card;
- and
- a server configured to:
- determine the first card value;
- determine the second card value;
- and
- determine that an advertisement should be displayed on the card device based on a result of a hand of a game that includes the second card value and at least one other card value displayed on at least one other card device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.