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Electrical transmission among interconnected gaming systems

  • US 8,287,386 B2
  • Filed: 06/08/2009
  • Issued: 10/16/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a plurality of card devices, each card device of the plurality of card devices comprising;

    a respective substrate having a front face and a back face;

    a respective display coupled to the front face of the respective substrate; and

    a respective power element configured to provide power to the respective first display element and comprising a respective arrangement of first conductive elements configured to generate at least a portion of the power through induction caused by a time varying magnetic field proximate to the respective card device;

    in which each card device of the plurality of card devices have a combined length, width, and height substantially similar to a playing card, and in which each of the plurality of card devices is configured to display a respective card value for a hand of a game; and

    a charge device comprising;

    an arrangement of second conductive elements; and

    a driver configure to provide a voltage across the second conductive elements so that the time varying magnetic field is generated.

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