Gaming device providing touch activated symbol information
First Claim
1. A gaming device operated under control of at least one processor, said gaming device comprising:
- a display device controlled by the processor;
a game controlled by the processor and operable upon a wager, said game including at least one symbol generator, said at least one symbol generator configured to generate a plurality of symbols including a plurality of different symbols;
at least one player input device activatable to select at least one of said symbols, wherein when the player input device is activated by a player to select one of the symbols, the player input device is configured to initiate sending a signal to the processor to communicate a player selection of said symbol to the processor; and
a plurality of different paytable displays associated with the plurality of different symbols and stored in a memory device accessible by the processor, wherein if the processor receives the signal communicating the player selection of one of said symbols, said processor causes said display device to display the paytable display for said selected symbol.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for quickly and easily providing desired paytable information to a player of a gaming device. The invention utilizes the game'"'"'s display device containing a plurality of game generated symbols as an index of symbols from which a player can choose a desired symbol. The present invention enables a player to touch or otherwise select the desired symbol and produce desired paytable information, which includes a plurality of different types of information. Touching a desired symbol is simple, interactive and entertaining. Such features are not inherent in the existing methods. The invention contemplates the game maintaining one or more databases for every single symbol. Alternatively, the game can maintain one or more databases having information on all the symbols of the gaming device and immediately scroll to the desired symbol upon the player'"'"'s selection.
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42 Claims
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1. A gaming device operated under control of at least one processor, said gaming device comprising:
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a display device controlled by the processor; a game controlled by the processor and operable upon a wager, said game including at least one symbol generator, said at least one symbol generator configured to generate a plurality of symbols including a plurality of different symbols; at least one player input device activatable to select at least one of said symbols, wherein when the player input device is activated by a player to select one of the symbols, the player input device is configured to initiate sending a signal to the processor to communicate a player selection of said symbol to the processor; and a plurality of different paytable displays associated with the plurality of different symbols and stored in a memory device accessible by the processor, wherein if the processor receives the signal communicating the player selection of one of said symbols, said processor causes said display device to display the paytable display for said selected symbol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A gaming device operated under control of at least one processor, said gaming device comprising:
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a game controlled by the processor and operable upon a wager, said game including a plurality of symbol generators; a plurality of symbols on said symbol generators, said plurality of symbols including a plurality of different symbols; a display device operable to display said symbol generators and said symbols; a touch screen connected to the display device; and a plurality of paytable displays for said different symbols, wherein a plurality of the different symbols have different functions in the game and the paytable displays associated with said different symbols are different, and wherein the processor is programmed to cause the display device to display the paytable display for a selected one of the different symbols if said symbol is selected by a player using the touch screen. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A gaming device operated under control of at least one processor, said gaming device comprising:
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a game controlled by the processor and operable upon a wager, said game including a plurality of symbol generators; a plurality of symbols on said symbol generators, said plurality of symbols including a plurality of different symbols; a paytable associated with said symbols based on the functionality of the symbols in the game; a symbol selector; and a display device, wherein the processor is programmed to, upon player selection of one of said symbols using the symbol selector, cause said display device to display a portion of the paytable associated with said selected symbol. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A gaming device operated under control of at least one processor, said gaming device comprising:
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a game controlled by the processor and operable upon a wager by a player; a plurality of symbol generators in the game, said symbol generators including a plurality of symbols, said symbols including a plurality of different symbols; a plurality of different winning combinations of said symbols obtainable in said game; a plurality of awards including a plurality of different awards obtainable in said game, each award resulting from at least one of said different winning combinations of symbols which can be generated by the symbol generators; a symbol selection input device; and a display device, wherein upon the player selecting one of said symbols using the symbol selection input device, the processor causes the display device to display paytable information indicating the winning combinations that include said symbol and the obtainable awards for at least one of said winning combinations. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method of operating a gaming device having a game operable upon a wager, said method comprising:
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displaying a plurality of symbol generators of the game and a plurality of symbols on the symbol generators; and in response to an input from a player selecting one of the symbols, displaying on an electronic display device at least a portion of a paytable associated with said selected symbol for a subsequent play of the game, wherein said portion of said paytable includes; (i) at least one winning combination of symbols that includes said selected symbol, and (ii) at least one award associated with each said winning combination. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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