Patent ID: 7837557

Claim:
A method for operating networked gaming devices comprising: embedding a standard message with multimedia content to create an embedded message, where the multimedia content is directed to touch screen operation of a display of a gaming device in accepting a communication from a player via the touch screen display, the gaming device with the touch screen display having a pay table and configured to accept a wager from the player; transmitting the embedded message to a plurality of networked gaming devices, the plurality of networked gaming devices including the gaming device with the touch screen display and one or more gaming devices without a touch screen display and configured to receive only standard messages wherein the one or more gaming devices without a touch screen display and configured to receive only standard messages has a pay table and is configured to accept a wager from a player; displaying the standard message on one or more displays associated with the one or more gaming devices without a touch screen display and configured to receive only standard messages; and using the multimedia content of the embedded message in connection with the touch screen operation of the display of the gaming device with the touch screen display.