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Aircraft gamingRelated Patent Categories: Amusement Devices: Games, Including Means For Processing Electronic Data (e.g., Computer/video Game, Etc.), In A Chance ApplicationAircraft gaming description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060229121, Aircraft gaming. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
RELATED APPLICATION [0001] The present application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/669,669, filed on Apr. 8, 2005, and entitled "Aircraft Gaming;" the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein. COPYRIGHT [0002] A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material to which the claim of copyright protection is made. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by any person of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office file or records, but reserves all other rights whatsoever. Copyright 2006, WMS Gaming, Inc. FIELD [0003] The invention relates generally to gaming and more particularly to aircraft gaming. BACKGROUND [0004] The gaming industry has been popular on land via casinos and on water via cruise ships or gambling boats. Only the air lacks any significant gaming presence. A variety of circumstances have contributed to the lack of gaming capabilities within an aircraft. For example, in an aircraft space and weight factors of any gaming equipment must be considered carefully. Additionally, unlike maritime law, the laws with respect to airspace are often determined by the government associated with the land that lies directly underneath the airspace of an aircraft. This means that wagering may be permissible during some points of a flight but not lawful during other points of the flight. In fact, within the United States, the laws of gambling vary by state and are determined largely by the individual states. [0005] In addition, electronic devices within aircraft have always raised concerns about safety and are still restricted during certain portions of a flight, such as during takeoff and during landing. Advances in this area have recently revealed that most of these concerns about operating electronic devices are not the problems that they were believed to be. Moreover, aircraft are more modern today with more advanced electronics and safety mechanisms. [0006] Therefore, there is a need for aircraft gaming devices, machines, systems, and/or techniques. SUMMARY [0007] In various embodiments, aircraft gaming machines, gaming systems, and methods for gaming within an aircraft are provided. In an embodiment, a gaming machine includes a display, a processor, and a 115 volt power supply. The processor is adapted to execute gaming applications and is interfaced to the display. The power supply is acquired from the aircraft as 400 Hz of Alternating Current (AC). [0008] In an embodiment, a gaming system includes a plurality of gaming stations situated within an aircraft, a gaming server, and a network. Each gaming station includes a player seat, a player-provided input device, a gaming-provided value output device, a display, and one or more player controls. The gaming server is interfaced to each of the gaming stations via the network and the gaming server is adapted to execute gaming applications. [0009] In still another embodiment, a gaming system includes a kiosk adapted to dispense a gaming application on a removable storage medium. The removable storage medium is adapted to interface with a processing device for purposes of uploading the gaming application to the processing device and executing the gaming application on the processing device. [0010] In yet another embodiment, value for wagering on a gaming application is acquired from a player within an aircraft. The gaming application is executed on a processing device and an amount associated with the value is modified in response to results obtained from executing the gaming application. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0011] FIG. 1 is a diagram of an aircraft gaming machine, according to an example embodiment. [0012] FIG. 2 is a diagram of a gaming system, according to an example embodiment. [0013] FIG. 3 is a diagram of another gaming system, according to an example embodiment. [0014] FIG. 4 is a diagram of still another gaming system, according to an example embodiment. [0015] FIG. 5 is a diagram of yet gaming system, according to an example embodiment. [0016] FIG. 6 is a diagram of a method for gaming within an aircraft, according to an example embodiment. [0017] FIG. 7 is a diagram of another method for gaming within an aircraft, according to an example embodiment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION Continue reading about Aircraft gaming... 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