William P Foster
Accountancy in Reno, NV
License number
Utah 153193-2602
Issued Date
Aug 24, 1984
Expiration Date
Aug 31, 1988
Category
Accountancy
Type
Acct. Certificate Holder - Obsolete
Address
Address
Reno, NV
Professional information
Gaming Units With An Enhanced Group Bonus Round
US Patent:
7758423, Jul 20, 2010
Filed:
Mar 28, 2003
Appl. No.:
10/401662
Inventors:
William J. Foster - Reno NV, US
Kirk Tedsen - Reno NV, US
Kirk Tedsen - Reno NV, US
Assignee:
IGT - Reno NV
International Classification:
A63F 9/24, A63F 13/00
US Classification:
463 31, 463 29, 463 30, 463 42
Abstract:
A group bonus round game may be played on a gaming system comprising a plurality of gaming units connected together to form a networked gaming system. Each of the gaming units having a light device located thereon, wherein the light device is adapted to display a bonus indicia. The group bonus game includes the generation of a display of bonus indicia on a first subset of the gaming units, and subsequently a second subset of the gaming units, wherein the display of the bonus indicia on the different subsets of gaming units creates an illusion that the bonus indicia are spinning, or revolving through the gaming system before stopping at a specific gaming unit. The group bonus round may additionally utilize music and/or bonus stages to create other bonus round gaming themes, for example a “musical chairs” type group bonus round.