Patent ID: 8708817

Claim:
A graphic card animation display system for electronic card games, the system configured to display one or more electronically generated images of an electronic game card based on an orientation of the system, the system comprising: a display configured to present the electronically generated images to a user; a sensor configured to generate output signals conveying information related to an orientation of the display; a housing that carries the display and the sensor, the housing being configured to be grasped and manipulated by the user viewing the display; and one or more processors configured to execute computer program modules, the computer program modules comprising: an orientation module configured to determine an orientation of the display based on the output signals generated by the sensor; and a display module configured to cause the display to present individual ones of a series of images associated with the electronic game card based on the orientation of the display such that rotation of the display simulates presentation of the series of the images on a non-electronic, lenticular game card to create the visual effect of an animation in which a subject of the images is performing an action, the display module being further configured such that responsive to a first image corresponding to a first orientation and a second image corresponding to a second orientation, and further responsive to the orientation of the display being changed by the user from the first orientation to the second orientation, the display module is configured to cause the display to change the image presented on the display from the first image to the second image.