ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,534, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd. (North Ryde, Australia).

"Gaming machines and method for displaying backgrounds on multiple gaming machines" was invented by Dominic DeMarco (Round Rock, Texas) and Daniel Harden (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is provided. The system includes a plurality of electronic gaming machines, each including a display and a controller. A first electronic gaming machine and a second electronic gaming machine are positioned adjacent to each other laterally. A first display associated with the first electronic gaming machine and a second ...