Game history for wagering games using handheld devices
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1. A computerized method comprising:
- presenting, via at least one of one or more electronic processors, a community game on a display device of a wagering game system that comprises a wagering game machine associated with a handheld device for use in conducting the community game, wherein the presenting of the community game comprises presenting movements of a game element in response to movements of the handheld device, wherein the wagering game machine includes a money input device configured to receive physical money, wherein a value for the physical money is added to a credit balance for placement of one or more wagers on the community game, and wherein the game element is presented, at least in part, in response to the one or more wagers; and
at periodic time intervals during the community game, storing, via at least one of the one or more electronic processors, in a memory device, data indicating a current position of the handheld device.
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Abstract
A computerized method includes presenting a community game on a display device of a wagering game system that comprises a wagering game machine associated with a handheld device for use in conducting the community game, wherein the presenting of the community game comprises presenting movements of a game element in response to movements of the handheld device. The computerized method includes, at periodic time intervals during the community game, storing, in a memory device, data indicating a current position of the handheld device.
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1. A computerized method comprising:
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presenting, via at least one of one or more electronic processors, a community game on a display device of a wagering game system that comprises a wagering game machine associated with a handheld device for use in conducting the community game, wherein the presenting of the community game comprises presenting movements of a game element in response to movements of the handheld device, wherein the wagering game machine includes a money input device configured to receive physical money, wherein a value for the physical money is added to a credit balance for placement of one or more wagers on the community game, and wherein the game element is presented, at least in part, in response to the one or more wagers; and at periodic time intervals during the community game, storing, via at least one of the one or more electronic processors, in a memory device, data indicating a current position of the handheld device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A gaming system comprising:
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one or more display devices; a money input device; a handheld device including a sensor configured to detect inputs for a community game occurring during a wagering game; one or more memory devices; and one or more processors configured to execute instructions to cause the gaming system to detect movements of the handheld device, wherein the money input device is configured to receive physical money, wherein a value for the physical money is added to a credit balance for placement of one or more wagers on the community game, and wherein a game element is presented, at least in part, in response to the one or more wagers, present, in response to the movements of the handheld device, movements of the game element in the community game on the one or more display devices, and at periodic time intervals during the community game, store, in the one or more memory devices, data that indicates a current position of the handheld device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A community gaming system comprising:
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a first wagering game machine including one or more first display devices configured to display a first wagering game; a second wagering game machine including one or more second display devices configured to display a second wagering game, wherein one or more of the first wagering game machine or the second wagering game machine includes a money input device configured to receive physical money, wherein a value for the physical money is added to a credit balance for placement of one or more wagers on a community game, and wherein one or more of a first game element or a second game element is presented, at least in part, in response to the one or more wagers; one or more community game display devices configured to display the community game that is initiated during play of the first wagering game and the second wagering game; a first handheld device associated with the first wagering game machine, wherein the first handheld device includes at least one first sensor configured to detect movements of the first handheld device at periodic intervals during the community game; a second handheld device associated with the second wagering game machine, wherein the second handheld device includes at least one second sensor configured to detect movements of the second handheld device at the periodic intervals during the community game; a community game presentation unit configured to present, on the one or more community game display devices, video of the community game, wherein the video includes movements of the first game element in response to the movements of the first handheld device, and wherein the video includes movements of the second game element in response to the movements of the second handheld device; and a game history recorder unit configured to store, in a memory device, data indicating positions of the first handheld device and data indicating positions of the second handheld device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. One or more machine-readable storage devices including instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations for replaying a community game, the operations comprising:
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receiving game data for creating video for a replay of the community game, wherein the community game is presented via a wagering game machine that includes a money input device configured to receive physical money, wherein a value for the physical money is added to a credit balance for placement of one or more wagers on the community game; receiving recorded data indicating positions of a handheld device used in playing the community game, wherein the recorded data indicating the positions of the handheld device was recorded at periodic intervals during an earlier presentation of the community game; and presenting, on a display device, the replay of the community game based on the game data and the recorded data indicating the positions of the handheld device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An apparatus comprising:
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one or more processors; one or more machine-readable storage devices configured to store; first instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the apparatus to present a community game on a display device of a wagering game system that includes a wagering game machine and a handheld device, wherein presentation of the community game includes presentation of movements of a game element in response to movements of the handheld device, wherein the wagering game machine includes a money input device configured to receive physical money, wherein a value for the physical money is added to a credit balance for placement of one or more wagers on the community game, and wherein the game element is presented, at least in part, in response to the one or more wagers; and second instructions that when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to periodically, during the community game, store, in a memory device, data indicating a current position of the handheld device. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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