Patent ID: 6089975
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
A system for providing interactive promotional advertising and information presentations to one or more casino or gaming establishment type of units of electronic video gaming apparatus each having a video game display screen comprising:a) a central computer system electronically interconnected to said one or more units of video gaming apparatus;b) means for communicating to said computer system a video program of interactive promotional advertising and information presentations;c) programmed integrated circuit interface boards each interconnected to said central computer system and to said one or more units of video gaming apparatus for the transmission of said video program of advertising and information presentations from said computer system to the video display screen of each of said units of said gaming apparatus when said one or more units of video gaming apparatus are not in game play by a game player; andd) means at each of said one or more units of video gaming apparatus interconnected to the programmed integrated circuit interface board thereof for terminating the transmission of said program of advertising and information presentations to the video game display screen thereof upon the activation of game play of said apparatus by a game player.