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Accessing wagering game services by aiming handheld device at external device

  • US 8,727,881 B2
  • Filed: 09/25/2008
  • Issued: 05/20/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of conducting interactions between a wagering game played on a portable wagering game machine and a service, event or game displayed on one or more external display devices, the portable wagering game machine determining a current aiming direction based on a position and orientation of the portable wagering game machine, the method comprising:

  • displaying the wagering game on the portable wagering game machine, the wagering game including a randomly selected game outcome;

    displaying a game image on at least one of the one or more external display devices coincident with the current aiming direction, the displayed game image being related to the wagering game on the portable wagering game machine; and

    in response to the displayed game image coinciding with a designated target zone on the at least one of the one or more external display devices, causing an interaction between the wagering game and the service, event or game, wherein the interaction is responsive to the randomly selected game outcome.

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