Global Patent Index - EP 1919584 A4

EP 1919584 A4 20101208 - MULTI-USE GAMING MACHINE

Title (en)

MULTI-USE GAMING MACHINE

Title (de)

SPIELAUTOMAT ZUR MEHRFACHEN VERWENDUNG

Title (fr)

APPAREIL DE JEU POLYVALENT

Publication

EP 1919584 A4 20101208 (EN)

Application

EP 06788311 A 20060721

Priority

  • US 2006028677 W 20060721
  • US 19177405 A 20050728

Abstract (en)

[origin: US2007026922A1] A multi-use gaming machine is switchable between playing a game native to the machine and for interactive play of a game taking place at a remote location has a common video display for displaying the results of the game being played by a player at the machine. The machine includes a touch screen corresponding to a betting grid of the game taking place at the remote location by which wagers can be placed on the remote game and a computer that determines winning and losing wagers and maintains a running account balance for the machine. The machine also can be used for tournament play with a number of machines where there is a data processor manager, a counter that sets a predetermined number of games for the tournament, a communication link by which the data processor obtains and stores the running account balances of all of the machines after completion of a game, the data processor determining the tournament winner based on only one machine having a running account with a positive balance prior to the completion of the predetermined number of games or the machine having the highest balance after completion of the predetermined number of games. Data of the machine having the highest account balance is also provided to all of the machines after each game.

IPC 8 full level

A63F 13/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G07F 17/32 (2013.01 - EP US); G07F 17/3276 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

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

DOCDB simple family (publication)

US 2007026922 A1 20070201; EP 1919584 A2 20080514; EP 1919584 A4 20101208; WO 2007016035 A2 20070208; WO 2007016035 A3 20070426

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 19177405 A 20050728; EP 06788311 A 20060721; US 2006028677 W 20060721