(54) METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR
CONCURRENT DISPLAY OF CARDS IN A
PLAYING HAND AND CARDS ISSUED IN
PREVIOUS PLAYING HANDS
(76) Inventor: Stanley P. Dabrowski, 2801 Deep
Water Cir., Las Vegas, NV (US) 89117
( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.
(21) Appl. No.: 09/489,911
(22) Filed: Jan. 24, 2000
(51) Int. CI.7 A63F 13/00; A63F 1/00
(52) U.S. CI 463/13; 463/11; 463/16;
273/292
(58) Field of Search 463/11, 12, 13,
463/16, 20, 25, 17, 18, 19, 21, 30, 31; 273/292, 138.1, 142 R, 143 R, 142 B, 138.2
(56) References Cited
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for concurrently presenting a current playing hand and cards issued in previous playing hand is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of presenting a playing hand having at least one card and a representation of at least one card issued in at least one previous game to a player; determining an outcome of the game; and taking an action according to an outcome of the game. The article of manufacture comprises a program storage device tangibly embodying instructions for performing the method steps described above. The apparatus comprises a processor, communicatively coupled to a display and a user input device, and a memory, coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions for concurrently displaying a playing hand having at least one card and a representation of at least one card issued in a previous hand.
21 Claims, 11 Drawing Sheets
