Apparatus and method for promotional contests
First Claim
1. A gaming system comprising:
- control means comprising;
means for storing a plurality of messages;
means for generating a plurality of symbols;
means for grouping said symbols into symbol ranges, each symbol range having a start symbol and an end symbol;
means for storing said symbol ranges; and
means for associating at least one of said messages with a selected range of symbols, wherein different ranges are associated with different messages and wherein each symbol of a selected range is associated with one message;
the system further comprisingmeans for generating indicia representative of each symbol, said indicia being located on an article and said article being available to a player, said indicia being in machine readable form,means for reading said indicia and for transmitting said read indicia to said control means,said control means also comprisingmeans for determining the symbol range which contains the symbol represented by the read indicia, andmeans for outputting the corresponding associated message to a player based upon said determine range, said message indicating to a player game status.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for promoting customer traffic. A promotional unit is provided having audio messages stored in its memory. At least one audio message is associated with a plurality, or range, of selected bar encoded indicia. The promotional unit audibly outputs the stored audio message associated with a particular indicia when that encoded indicia is scanned and decoded by the promotional unit. Means are provided for associating each audio message with a range of indicia identified by a starting indicia and an ending indicia. The system is adapted for editing the audio messages and providing corrective prompts for known fault conditions. The unit is adapted to employ musical audio messages and a plurality of scanner types.
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1. A gaming system comprising:
- control means comprising;
means for storing a plurality of messages; means for generating a plurality of symbols; means for grouping said symbols into symbol ranges, each symbol range having a start symbol and an end symbol; means for storing said symbol ranges; and means for associating at least one of said messages with a selected range of symbols, wherein different ranges are associated with different messages and wherein each symbol of a selected range is associated with one message; the system further comprising means for generating indicia representative of each symbol, said indicia being located on an article and said article being available to a player, said indicia being in machine readable form, means for reading said indicia and for transmitting said read indicia to said control means, said control means also comprising means for determining the symbol range which contains the symbol represented by the read indicia, and means for outputting the corresponding associated message to a player based upon said determine range, said message indicating to a player game status. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- control means comprising;
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