Graphic adventure gaming machine
Patent 6991539 Issued on January 31, 2006. Estimated Expiration Date: 
January 29, 2022. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
January 29, 2022. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesIndicia selection game Gaming apparatus and method including a player interactive bonus game Interactive wagering systems and processes Slot machine game-find the prize Gaming machine with variable probability of obtaining bonus game payouts Patent #: 6159097 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 10059454 filed on 01/29/2002US Classes:463/16, In a chance application463/20Lot-to-lot combination (e.g., slot machine, etc.)ExaminersPrimary: Brocketti, JulieAttorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassA63F 9/24AbstractA graphic adventure gaming machine and method of conducting a game of chance on the gaming machine are disclosed. The machine portrays an adventure scene including a plurality of selectable objects. The machine receives a selection from a player of at least one of the selectable objects and receives a wager associated with the selection. The machine awards any outcome associated with the selected object. The outcome may, for example, include a payoff, bonus game, animated event, video clip, sound clip, transition to new adventure scene or location within the adventure scene, adding an item associated with the selected object to a persistent inventory, unlocking or revealing new selectable objects within the adventure scene, zooming into the selected object, and progressing a story of which the adventure scene is a part. | |
