EP 1040427 A1 20001004 - BOWLING OPERATIONS SUPPORT SYSTEM
Title (en)
BOWLING OPERATIONS SUPPORT SYSTEM
Title (de)
BOWLINGBETRIEBS-UNTERSTÜTZUNGSSYSTEM
Title (fr)
SYSTEME DE GESTION D'UN JEU DE BOWLING
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 9822641 W 19981030
- US 6379597 P 19971031
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9923574A1] The Bowling Support System (BOSS) of the figure controls a plurality of games in a bowling center or establishment which consists of a plurality of bowling lanes (5) that can be used for one or more players. Each lane has a foul line and a pindeck. The setup and removal of pins on the pindeck is controlled by a pinspotter. One or more workstations (10) with one or more optionally connected printers (15 and 20) are used for the front desk functions including maintaining and updating the scores for each of the players (bowlers), the pinspotter, the point of sale functions, open and league check-in and check-out, shoe rentals, entertainment and video merchandising at the lanes, vending and cash control. More workstations can be connected to a host processor (25) via connections (30) for a bowling center management system that comprises a redundant master database stored on both a host and back-up processor, a client-server configuration and self-serve kiosks for retrieving and updating the master database.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A63D 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A63D 1/00 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9923574 A1 19990514; AU 1278099 A 19990524; EP 1040427 A1 20001004; EP 1040427 A4 20060208
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 9822641 W 19981030; AU 1278099 A 19981030; EP 98956202 A 19981030