Methods employing action buttons

US8657666B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bally Gaming, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Karl Wudtke · Henderson, US
• Bryan M. Kelly · Alamo, US
• Micheal Shackelford · Henderson, US
• Vernon Bernard · Las Vegas, US
• Michael Stacey · Las Vegas, US
• John Garofalo · Staten Island, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 27, 2008
• Grant date: Feb 25, 2014
• Expiry date: Feb 11, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F17/32
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The claimed embodiments contemplate methods, systems and apparatuses directed to an active display button. In various embodiments, an active display button may generally be a button containing one or more elements that move when the button is engaged. By example, and not limitation, these elements may include one or more reels, be they mechanical or video, or perhaps a rotating indicator. The active display button may also include lights, vibratory motors and other experience-enhancing implements. The active display button may be installed on a gaming machine and operated in conjunction with the gaming device, separate from the gaming machine on which it is installed or perhaps as part of the operation of the gaming machine.