Methods and devices for displaying multiple game elements
First Claim
1. A gaming machine, comprising:
- a network interface;
at least one user input device;
a first display device; and
at least one logic device configured to do the following;
determine, based at least in part on input received from the user input device, when a player will use B bingo cards in a bingo game, where B is a number greater than a predetermined number N of bingo cards that can simultaneously be displayed in a first area of the first display device;
select N of the B bingo cards to be displayed in the first area;
control the first display device to display N selected bingo cards in the first area; and
provide a bingo game according to bingo game information received via the network interface.
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Abstract
This invention provides methods and devices for presenting a plurality of game elements on one or more display devices. The game elements may comprise, for example, bingo cards, playing cards, hands of playing cards, etc. Some implementations of the invention involve displaying a plurality of game elements as surfaces of a three-dimensional object. Preferably, the orientation of the three-dimensional object can be varied to display selected game elements. The game elements may be selected by a player and/or by a logic device. In some implementations, the three-dimensional object comprises a “carousel” that can be re-oriented (e.g., rotated) to display game elements.
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46 Claims
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1. A gaming machine, comprising:
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a network interface;
at least one user input device;
a first display device; and
at least one logic device configured to do the following;
determine, based at least in part on input received from the user input device, when a player will use B bingo cards in a bingo game, where B is a number greater than a predetermined number N of bingo cards that can simultaneously be displayed in a first area of the first display device;
select N of the B bingo cards to be displayed in the first area;
control the first display device to display N selected bingo cards in the first area; and
provide a bingo game according to bingo game information received via the network interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of displaying multiple bingo cards, the method comprising:
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determining when a player will use B bingo cards in a bingo game, where B is a number greater than a predetermined number N of bingo cards that can simultaneously be displayed in a first area of a first display device;
selecting automatically N of the B bingo cards to be displayed in the first area; and
displaying N automatically selected bingo cards in the first area. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. Software stored in a machine-readable medium, the software including instructions for controlling a gaming machine to perform the following steps:
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determine when a player will use B bingo cards in a bingo game, where B is a number greater than a predetermined number N of bingo cards that can simultaneously be displayed in a first area of a first display device;
select, when a playing will use B bingo cards, N of the B bingo cards to be displayed in the first area; and
display N selected bingo cards in the first area. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A gaming method, comprising:
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receiving an input signal to initiate a game on a gaming machine;
rendering one or more two-dimensional projection surfaces derived from a three-dimensional position of the projection surface in a three-dimensional gaming environment; and
displaying the two-dimensional projection surfaces on a display screen of the gaming machine. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42)
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43. A method of displaying multiple bingo cards, the method comprising:
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determining a number B of bingo cards that a player has selected for a bingo game;
determining whether B is equal to BMAX, a maximum number of bingo cards that can be used in the bingo game; and
displaying fewer than N selected bingo cards on surfaces of a virtual three-dimensional object when B is less than BMAX, wherein N is a maximum number of bingo cards that can simultaneously be displayed on surfaces of the virtual three-dimensional object. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46)
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