Global Patent Index - EP 1476232 A1

EP 1476232 A1 20041117 - STRATEGY SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF

Title (en)

STRATEGY SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF

Title (de)

STRATEGIEUNTERSTÜTZUNGSSYSTEM UND BETRIEBSVERFAHREN DAFÜR

Title (fr)

SYSTEME D'AIDE STRATEGIQUE ET PROCEDE D'EXPLOITATION DU SYSTEME

Publication

EP 1476232 A1 20041117 (EN)

Application

EP 03739613 A 20030213

Priority

  • GB 0203516 A 20020214
  • IB 0300477 W 20030213

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO03068350A1] A strategy support system (1) for a game of video poker includes a gaming facility (2) operable to deal a poker hand of five initial playing cards to a player, an evaluation facility (7) operable to predict the chance of obtaining a desirable and an undesirable hand of poker pursuant to substitution of any number of the five initial playing cards with other dealt cards, a goal selector (10) that can be activated by the player to select a desired goal for the hand of poker; and a controller (11) capable of automatically effecting a game play decision by causing substitution of any selection of one or more of the five initial playing cards as a function of the selected desired the goal and the chances predicted by the evaluation facility (7).

IPC 1-7

A63F 13/00

IPC 8 full level

A63F 13/00 (2006.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G07F 17/32 (2013.01 - EP US); G07F 17/3293 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 03068350 A1 20030821; AU 2003245732 A1 20030904; CA 2476231 A1 20030821; EP 1476232 A1 20041117; EP 1476232 A4 20050406; GB 0203516 D0 20020403; US 2005197179 A1 20050908

DOCDB simple family (application)

IB 0300477 W 20030213; AU 2003245732 A 20030213; CA 2476231 A 20030213; EP 03739613 A 20030213; GB 0203516 A 20020214; US 50431205 A 20050429