IPC분류정보
| 국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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| 국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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| 출원번호 |
UP-0117427
(2008-05-08)
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| 등록번호 |
US-7578736
(2009-09-08)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Baerlocher, Anthony J.
- Blomquist, Cari L.
- Maya, Darren
- Silva, Robert N.
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| 출원인 / 주소 |
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| 대리인 / 주소 |
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| 인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
14 인용 특허 :
132 |
초록
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The present invention provides a gaming device that has a player selectable award feature that may be implemented with a primary or bonus game. More specifically, the present invention provides a processor controlled gaming device that randomly generates a plurality of positions or digits of an awa
The present invention provides a gaming device that has a player selectable award feature that may be implemented with a primary or bonus game. More specifically, the present invention provides a processor controlled gaming device that randomly generates a plurality of positions or digits of an award and enables the player to pick which position or digit receives a first randomly generated number, which digit receives a second randomly generated number, etc., until each of the positions have a number, whereby the gaming device determines the player's ultimate award. This sequence or feature may be employed in a bonus game, in a known base or primary game or in any stand alone game.
대표청구항
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The invention is claimed as follows: 1. A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising: (a) causing at least one display device to display a plurality of digit positions without displaying any digits in any of the digit positions; (b) enabling at least one input device to be used to
The invention is claimed as follows: 1. A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising: (a) causing at least one display device to display a plurality of digit positions without displaying any digits in any of the digit positions; (b) enabling at least one input device to be used to input an order for the digit positions before associating any digits with the digit positions and before causing the at least one display device to display any digits associated with the digit positions; (c) for each of the digit positions, associating one of a plurality of digits with the digit position based on the inputted order for the digit positions; (d) causing the at least one display device to display the digits associated with the digit positions, wherein the digits form a displayed value; and (e) determining and providing an award based on a number of monetary units equal to the displayed value formed by the digits associated with the digit positions. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the digit positions include at least a one's digit and a ten's digit. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the displayed value is based on the order of at least three digit positions, and wherein the digits associated with two of the digit positions are combined by a mathematical operation. 4. The method of claim 1, which includes causing the at least one display device to display an initial sequence to determine a quantity of the digit positions. 5. The method of claim 1, which includes selecting one of a plurality of award modification methods to apply to the award before providing the award. 6. The method of claim 1, which is provided via a data network. 7. The method of claim 6, wherein said data network is an internet. 8. A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising: (a) enabling at least one input device to be used to arrange at least two of a plurality of masked digits in an order before revealing a plurality of digits; (b) causing at least one display device to display the digits in the order inputted using the at least one input device, wherein the digits form a displayed value; and (c) determining and providing an award, wherein the award is of an amount based on a number of monetary units equal to the displayed value formed by the digits in the order inputted using the at least one input device. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein the displayed value is based on the order of the digits. 10. The method of claim 8, which includes enabling the at least one input device to be used to arrange at least two of the masked digits in a plurality of award positions. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein the award positions include at least a one's digit position and a ten's digit position. 12. The method of claim 10, which includes at least three masked digits and wherein the award positions include at least a one's digit position, a ten's digit position, and a hundred's digit position. 13. The method of claim 8, which includes randomly generating the masked digits from a set of numbers. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein each of the numbers of the set is unique. 15. The method of claim 13, wherein at least two of the numbers of the set are the same. 16. The method of claim 8, which includes causing the at least one display device to display an initial sequence to determine how many masked digits will be arranged in the order. 17. The method of claim 8, which includes a determining if an award modification method will be applied to the award. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein the determination is random. 19. The method of claim 8, which is provided via a data network. 20. The method of claim 19, wherein said data network is an internet. 21. A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising: (a) causing at least one display device to display a plurality of digit positions; (b) causing the at least one display device to display a plurality of selections; (c) associating a plurality of digits with the selections; (d) enabling at least one input device to be used to associate the selections with the digit positions before causing the at least one display device to display the digits associated with the selections; (e) causing the at least one display device to display the digits of the selections after association of the selections with the digit positions, wherein the digits associated with the digit positions form a displayed value; and (f) determining and providing an award based on a number of monetary units equal to the displayed value formed by the digits associated with the digit positions. 22. The method of claim 21, which includes three digit positions. 23. The method of claim 21, which includes causing the at least one display device to display an initial sequence to determine how many selections will be associated with the digit positions. 24. The method of claim 21, which is provided via a data network. 25. The method of claim 24, wherein said data network is an internet. 26. A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising: (a) causing a display device to display a plurality of selections; (b) enabling at least one input device to be used to select at least two of the selections and to order the selections in a plurality of digit positions before revealing a digit associated with each selection; and (c) revealing an award by causing the at least one display device to display the digits associated with each selection associated with one of the digit positions after the selections are ordered in the digit positions, wherein the digits in the digit positions form a displayed value, and wherein the award is based on a number of monetary units equal to the displayed value. 27. The method of claim 26, which includes enabling the at least one input device to be used to rearrange an order of the selections at least once. 28. The method of claim 26, which is provided via a data network. 29. The method of claim 28, wherein said data network is an internet. 30. A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising: (a) causing at least one display device to display a plurality of selections; (b) enabling at least one input device to be used to associate a plurality of digits with the selections without causing the at least one display device to display the digits associated with the selections until after the at least one input device is used to associate the selections with a one's digit position and a ten's digit position; and (c) determining and providing an award based on a number of monetary units equal to a value formed by the digits associated with the one's digit position and the ten's digit position. 31. The method of claim 30, which is provided via a data network. 32. The method of claim 31, wherein said data network is an internet. 33. A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising: (a) causing at least one display device to display a plurality of selections; (b) enabling at least one input device to be used to associate a plurality of digits with the selections without causing the at least one display device to display said digits associated with said selections until after the at least one input device is used to associate the selections with a one's digit position, a ten's digit position, and a hundred's digit position; and (c) determining and providing an award based on a number of monetary units equal to a value formed by the digits associated with the one's digit position, the ten's digit position, and the hundred's digit position. 34. The method of claim 33, which is provided via a data network. 35. The method of claim 34, wherein said data network is an internet. 36. A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising: (a) making an initial determination of a number of possible digits of an award; (b) causing at least one display device to display a plurality of selections; (c) enabling at least one input device to be used to associate a plurality of digits with the selections without causing the at least one display device to display the digits associated with the selections until after the at least one input device is used to associate the selections with the number of possible digits of the award provided by the initial determination to form a value of the award; and (d) determining and providing the award, wherein the award is based on a number of monetary units equal to the value of the award. 37. The method of claim 36, which is provided via a data network. 38. The method of claim 37, wherein said data network is an internet.
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