Gaming device video display system
View Patent ↗A wagering device video display system for displaying a presentation on a plurality of display devices. A plurality of gaming devices and video displays are provided. Each video display may be controlled by a video display controller that is adapted to communicate with other video display controllers. When a multi-screen presentation is requested by a gaming device or a game device controller, the video display controllers coordinate among themselves to determine when the presentation will be displayed. Various bonus presentations or attractive presentations may be displayed on a plurality of video screens.
1. A gaming device video display system for displaying multi-screen presentations, the system comprising:
(A) a plurality of gaming devices, each gaming device being adapted to allow a player to play a wagering game, each gaming device being further adapted to select a multi-screen presentation and transmit a request for a multi-screen presentation;
(B) a plurality of video displays, each video display being adapted to display a video presentation, the video displays being positioned in close relative proximity to allow a video presentation to be displayed using the plurality of video displays, a portion of the video presentation being displayed on each of the video displays, wherein the video presentation appears to be an integrated, multi-screen presentation; and
(C) a plurality of video display controllers, each video display controller being in communication with a gaming device, a video display, and other video display controllers, each video display being adapted to receive requests for multi-screen presentations from the gaming device with which it is in communication, the plurality of video display controllers being adapted to coordinate multi-screen presentations among the video display controllers, each video display controller being adapted to operate the video display with which it is in communication to present a portion of a multi-screen presentation.
2. The gaming device video display system of claim 1 , wherein one of the plurality of video display controllers is a master video display controller, the master video display controller being adapted to receive requests for multi-screen video presentations, determine the availability of video displays, and grant multi-screen privileges.
3. The gaming device video display system of claim 1 wherein each gaming device comprises a game device controller, the game device controller being adapted to monitor the gaming device and transmit a request to a video display controller for a multi-screen presentation.
4. The gaming device video display system of claim 3 wherein the game device controller is adapted to select a multi-screen video presentation from a plurality of different presentations.
5. The gaming device video display system of claim 3 wherein the game device controller is adapted to select a bonus award and a multi-screen video presentation based on the output of a random number generator.
6. The gaming device video display system of claim 1 wherein each video display controller comprises memory, the memory being adapted to store video presentation data.
7. The gaming device video display system of claim 6 wherein each video display controller is adapted to store video presentation data for one segment of a multi-screen presentation.
8. The gaming device video display system of claim 1 wherein at least one of the gaming devices comprises a game display, the game display being adapted to display information, wherein the gaming device is adapted to display a presentation using both its video display and its game display.