Handheld Device for Wagering Games

• US 20090005165A1
• Filed: 01/11/2007
• Published: 01/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LNW Gaming Incorporated
• Original Assignee: WMS Gaming Incorporated (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Inventors: Pryor, David, Schwartz, Richard T., Pacey, Larry J., Kopera, Thomas M., Arezina, Vladimir I.
• Granted Patent: US 8,858,332 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/37
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes

Abstract

A gaming system for playing a wagering game on a handheld gaming machine includes a handheld gaming machine configured to play the wagering game and an external system configured to regulate wagering game play on the handheld gaming machine.

Claims

1. A gaming system for playing a wagering game on a handheld gaming machine, comprising:

a handheld gaming machine configured to play the wagering game; and

an external system configured to regulate wagering game play on the handheld gaming machine.

2. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein the handheld gaming machine comprises at least one display.

3. The gaming system of claim 2, wherein the at least one display comprises a wearable display that is at least one of separable from a main body of the handheld device and physically distinct from a main body of the handheld device.

4. The gaming system of claim 2, wherein the at least one display comprises at least one of a touch screen display and a haptic display.

5. The gaming system of claim 2, wherein the handheld gaming machine comprises at least one of a base and a casing, said at least one display being angularly positionable relative to said base or casing.

6. The gaming system of claim 5, wherein the handheld gaming machine comprises at least one handle.

7. The gaming system of claim 2, wherein the handheld gaming machine comprises a wireless communication device adapted to wirelessly communicate with said external system.

8. The gaming system of claim 7, wherein said wireless communication device comprises at least one of a broadband wireless modem and a Bluetooth-enabled communication device.

9. The gaming system of claim 8, wherein the external system comprises at least one of a gaming network, another gaming machine, a gaming server, a communication system, a controller, and a service.

10. A handheld wagering game machine, comprising:

a controller;

at least one display;

at least one player input device to permit input of a command to the handheld wagering game machine by a player; and

a communication device configured to permit communication between the handheld wagering game machine and an external system comprising at least one of a gaming network, another gaming machine, a gaming server, a communication system, a controller, and a service.

11. The handheld wagering game machine of claim 10, further comprising:

a memory comprising an instruction set, said instruction set, upon execution by said controller, enabling said handheld wagering game machine to play a wagering game thereupon;

12. The handheld wagering game machine of claim 11, wherein said at least one display comprises at least one of a touch screen display, a haptic touch screen display, and a wearable display.

13. The handheld wagering game machine of claim 12, wherein said at least one player input device comprises at least one of a push button, a key, a switch, a joystick, a rotatable wheel, a touch pad, a touch screen button, and a microphone.

14. The handheld wagering game machine of claim 13, wherein said communication device comprises a wireless communication device.

15. A method of conducting a wagering game on a handheld wagering game machine, comprising:

determining a random outcome for the wagering game; and

conducting the wagering game on said handheld wagering game machine, said act of conducting comprising displaying a result associated with said random outcome.

16. A method of conducting a wagering game on a handheld wagering game machine in accord with claim 15, wherein said act of determining a random outcome is performed in an external system.

17. A method of conducting a wagering game on a handheld wagering game machine in accord with claim 16, said method further comprising the act of:

transmitting a signal bearing said random outcome determined by said external system to said handheld wagering game machine.

18. A method of conducting a wagering game on a handheld wagering game machine in accord with claim 16, said method further comprising the acts of:

determining an award in accord with a wager placed by a player in association with said random outcome; and

transmitting a signal bearing award information to said external system.

19. A method of conducting a wagering game on a handheld wagering game machine in accord with claim 15, said method further comprising the acts of:

determining an award in accord with a wager placed by a player in association with said random outcome; and

transmitting said result associated with said random outcome to an external system.

20. A method of conducting a wagering game on a handheld wagering game machine in accord with claim 19, wherein said act of transmitting comprises transmitting said result to an external system using a wireless communication device.