Appeal No. 1998-0931 Page 14
Application No. 08/139,619
The examiner states (answer, page 5) that "Hedges teaches
a video buffer (168) and a standard commercial television
receiver (21) coupled to the video buffer (168) and operable
[to] display the image." Hedges discloses (col. 11, lines 9-
15) that:
The functions of the display control program 212
are depicted in FIG. 15 in which the inputs are
displaying descriptor lists and the status of the CRT
controller 61. The outputs include bit patterns for
the display storage area 168 of RAM 92 and commands to
direct the operation of the controller 61 of FIG. 3A.”
As shown in figures 3a an 15, CRT controller 61 generates a
composite video signal for displaying a game on monitor 60,
which is the display of playboard 40. Monitor 60 does not
display a livegame in progress on TV 21 or live game display
44. Rather, monitor 60 displays a game (figure 6).
Claim 15 requires, inter alia, that the display
controller has a digital processor for displaying encoded data
for presenting to the players "information" respecting the
wagering game. This "information" is defined in claim 15 as
information representing progress of the wagering game apart
from management of the input of the player data and the issue
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