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Electronic gaming method using coded input data

  • US 6,709,336 B2
  • Filed: 11/19/2001
  • Issued: 03/23/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A gaming program stored in a storage medium of a gaming device for executing a game, wherein the gaming program controls the gaming device to perform the steps of:

  • accepting at least a portion of a Universal Product Code, wherein said Universal Product Code corresponds to a product code pre-assigned in accordance with a set of Uniform Code Council requirements, said product code corresponding to a product, wherein said product is not a game associated product; and

    assigning a secondary meaning to the portion of the Universal Product Code, wherein said secondary meaning is unrelated to said product, wherein said secondary meaning is not assigned in accordance with said set of Uniform Code Council requirements, the secondary meaning corresponding to a feature of said game.

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