Patent ID: 7374488
Filing Date: 2008-05-20
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A player insert for a gaming machine, said player insert composing: an electronically controllable screen operable in a first state in which it is transparent and in a second state in which it is adapted to function as a display, the player insert having a face, the electronically controllable screen substantially covering the entire face of the player insert; a controller coupled to the electronically controllable screen and configured to control the electronically controllable screen to display images for public viewing unrelated to personal information concerning a player of the gaming machine, when the electronically controllable screen is in the second state a separate display provided behind said electronically controllable screen and visible to a player essentially only when said electronically controllable screen is in said first state, the separate display being smaller than the electronically controllable screen, the controller being coupled to the separate display and configured to display personal information concerning the player when the electronically controllable screen is in the first state; and at least one input sensor accessible to a player through the electronically controllable screen to convey information from the player.