Appeal No. 1998-0931 Page 10
Application No. 08/139,619
by the croupier will be readily visible to the television
cameras 12, 13 which provide results to the remote gaming
terminals (col. 7, lines 49-56). Hedges further discloses
(col. 3, lines 23-37)
The live game display 44 includes a remotely
controlled color television monitor such as monitor
21 of FIG. 1, which is connected by a standard
closed circuit TV coaxial cable system 22 as
depicted in FIG. 1, which is in turn connected to TV
cameras 12, 13 placed to monitor live wagering games
in progress at a selected one of a plurality of
croupier stations in the casino.
The TV signals are transmitted over cable 22
using standard cable-TV frequencies and modulation
techniques through modulator 14 whereby monitor 21
can receive and select the desired game at the
playing station 10 of FIG. 1. Monitor 21 can be
equipped with a remote control so that the player
may remotely select a game to be played. The remote
control device is part of the playboard 40 of the
RGT 20 and is connected via bus interface to the
processor via bus 50, as described below.
Of note is that figure 1 of Hedges discloses bus 22
directly connecting from modulator 14 to both playboard 20 and
to TV 21. Figure 2, which represents a block diagram of the
remote gaming terminal of figure 1 (col. 2, lines 27 and 28)
does not show the direct connection of bus 22 to both the
playboard (referred to as playboard 20 in figure 1 and now
referred to by Hedges as playboard 40) and the live game
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