Appeal No. 1998-0931 Page 2
Application No. 08/139,619
of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary
claim 15, which is reproduced as follows:
15. A wagering system, comprising:
a central computer system for managing at least one of
entry validation and crediting of winning entries in a
wagering game having a plurality of players at diverse
locations;
a plurality of agent terminals in data communication with
the central computer system, the agent terminals each being
operable for managing input of player data and issue of player
entries for a plurality of successive players involved
commonly in said wagering game, the agent terminals being
operable interactively for accepting entries from the players
in said wagering game as a point of sale terminal, and paying
on winning entries at a conclusion of said wagering game, in
each case subject to supervisory control by the central
computer;
at least a subset of the agent terminals each having a
display controller coupled thereto, the display controller
including a digital processor having means for data
communication with an external system operable to supply
encoded data to the digital processor to be displayed for
presenting to the players information respecting said wagering
game, said information representing progress of said wagering
game apart from management of said input of the player data
and said issue of the player entries via the agent terminal;
data memory means and program memory means coupled to the
digital processor, the data memory means including random
access memory for storage of information at least partly
defining an image to be displayed, under control of the
digital processor, and the digital processor being operable to
produce image data therefrom;
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