Patent ID: 8419535

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a flexible substrate having a front face and a back face, a flexible organic light emitting diode display coupled to the front side of the flexible substrate; a flexible communication element coupled to the flexible substrate, in which the flexible communication element is configured to receive an indication of gaming information from an external system, and in which the flexible communication element is configured to provide information to the external system; a flexible processor element coupled to the flexible substrate, in which the flexible processor element is configured to control the flexible organic light emitting diode display to display the gaming information; a flexible touch input element coupled to the front side of the flexible substrate, in which the flexible touch input element is configured to determine a location on the front side of the substrate that is touched by a user of the apparatus, in which the flexible touch element is configured to provide an indication of the location to at least one of the external system and the flexible processor element; and a flexible power element coupled to the flexible substrate and configured to provide power to the flexible organic light emitting diode display, the flexible processor element, the flexible communication element, and the flexible touch input element; in which the flexible substrate, flexible organic light emitting diode display, flexible processor element, flexible communication element, flexible touch input element, and flexible power element have a combined length, width, and height substantially similar to a playing card and have a combined structure that is flexible; in which the flexible processor element is configured to control the flexible organic light emitting diode display to provide a display of a card value in a game and an interface that includes a plurality of actions that may be taken in the game; in which the flexible touch input element is configured to detect a touch from a user corresponding to a selection of a location that corresponds to an action of the plurality of actions displayed in the interface and provide an indication of the location to the flexible processor element; in which the flexible processor element is configured to determine the action based on the indication of the location, and provide an indication of the action to the external system; in which the flexible communication element is configured to transmit the indication of the action to the external system, receive information from the external system after transmitting the indication of the action to the external system, and in which the communication element is configured to provide the information to the flexible processor element; and in which the flexible processor element is configured to alter the display of at least one of the card value and the interface based on the received information.