User interface features in a system of concurrent games

US9811236B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bally Gaming, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Scott T. Hilbert · Reno, US
• Joseph R. Hedrick · Reno, US
• David Ponce · Las Vegas, US
• Yogendrasinh Hematji Rajput · Bengaluru, IN
• Prateek Kumar Baishkhiyar · Bachra, IN
• Ravi Subramanian · Mountain View, US
• Pratima Mary Yedluri · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 26, 2014
• Grant date: Nov 7, 2017
• Expiry date: Jan 20, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F17/3293
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A video gaming system is disclosed that includes one or more game processors, one or more video displays, an apparatus for a player to control the play of the game, and a memory device. The memory device stores a set of fixed instructions to control the game processor and is configured to: enable the player to interact with the game interface to select a game from a list of games offered by the video gaming machine, wherein the game is represented by a game bubble floating in the game interface; display a game selection interface to enable the player to select the game and add the game in a control panel, wherein the control panel is configured to display multiple games selected by the player; and enable the player to switch among the plurality of games and control a game play of the plurality of games concurrently.