ELECTRONIC GAME SYSTEM WITH PLAYER-CONTROLLABLE SECURITY FOR DISPLAY IMAGES
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- multiple video displays associated with an electronic table game, each video display for a participant playing at the electronic table game, the multiple video displays controllable to provide changeable display images assigned to the participants;
a processor to perform at least the following functions;
providing game rules which at least partially administer play of the electronic table game;
defining display images for playing the electronic table game;
assigning the display images to the participants according to the game rules;
presenting the display images assigned to a participant on one of the video displays; and
a device to accept input from a participant to reveal to only the participant at least part of an identity of a virtual game artifact represented by one of the display images.
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Abstract
Electronic game systems with player-controllable security for display images are described. In one implementation, an exemplary multiplayer system hides the identity of virtual game artifacts, such as playing cards, being displayed as images, but allows the player to whom the virtual game artifacts are assigned to view the identities of the virtual game artifacts at will. A sensor or a player-controlled device, such as a switch or a touch screen display, can change a display image in order to hide or reveal at least part of the identity of the virtual game artifact. The display image being secured by the system can be a virtual representation of a playing card, die, dice, domino, game tile, game-piece, roulette number, slot symbol, icon, or token. The system can also shield the identity of the virtual game artifact while the display image is at one visual size, and reveal the identity of the virtual game artifact when shrinking the visual size of the display image to afford security.
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28 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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multiple video displays associated with an electronic table game, each video display for a participant playing at the electronic table game, the multiple video displays controllable to provide changeable display images assigned to the participants; a processor to perform at least the following functions; providing game rules which at least partially administer play of the electronic table game; defining display images for playing the electronic table game; assigning the display images to the participants according to the game rules; presenting the display images assigned to a participant on one of the video displays; and a device to accept input from a participant to reveal to only the participant at least part of an identity of a virtual game artifact represented by one of the display images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system, comprising:
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multiple video displays associated with an electronic table game, each video display for a participant playing at the electronic table game, the multiple video displays controllable to provide changeable display images assigned to the participants; a processor to perform at least the following functions; providing game rules which at least partially administer play of the electronic table game; defining display images for playing the electronic table game; assigning the display images to the participants according to the game rules; presenting the display images assigned to a participant on one of the video displays; and a device to block at least part of a display image assigned to a participant from other participants. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system, comprising:
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multiple video displays associated with an electronic table game, each video display for a participant playing at the electronic table game, the multiple video displays controllable to provide changeable display images assigned to the participants; a processor to perform at least the following functions; providing game rules which at least partially administer play of the electronic table game; defining display images for playing the electronic table game; assigning the display images to the participants according to the game rules; presenting the display images assigned to a participant on one of the video displays; a device to accept user input to switch between a visually enlarged form of one or more display images and a visually compressed form of the one or more display images; and wherein the visually enlarged form secures the identities of one or more virtual game artifacts represented by the display image, while the visually compressed form reveals the identities of the one or more virtual game artifacts. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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