Patent ID: 8348758
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of creating amusement with a plurality of electronic gaming machines, each having a video display unit and each interconnected by a network to a central authority, comprising: obtaining a first video signal in one of said gaming machines, said first video signal having obtaining a second video signal selected from a plurality of second video signals, wherein said second video signal has video information configured to generate a background video display on said video display unit, wherein at least one of the plurality of second video signals is selected in response to a play-related variable reaching a pre-determined threshold, and wherein at least one of said plurality of second video signals is player-selectable and adapted for video communications with another entity; and asynchronously providing the first video signal and the selected second video signal to said video display unit based on the key color information, wherein said game area of said video display unit and said background video display are combined such that said game area overlays said background video display on said video display unit.