(19)
(11) EP 1 074 955 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
22.10.2003 Bulletin 2003/43

(43) Date of publication A2:
07.02.2001 Bulletin 2001/06

(21) Application number: 00306668.5

(22) Date of filing: 04.08.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7G07F 17/32
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 04.08.1999 GB 9918427

(71) Applicant: MAYGAY MACHINES LIMITED
Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV10 9NL (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Powell, David John
    Wem, Shropshire SY4 5NX (GB)

(74) Representative: Hackney, Nigel John et al
Mewburn Ellis, York House, 23 Kingsway
London WC2B 6HP
London WC2B 6HP (GB)

   


(54) Data transfer devices and methods


(57) In one aspect, the present invention provides a network of game machines (506, 508, 510, 514) including a central controller (500). The central controller is useable to receive data from the game machines and also to transmit data to the game machines, for example to upload new or corrected software to the game machines. Some of the game machines may be connected to the network via radio link (512). Higher baud rates, such as 10,000 baud, are acheivable with the network of the present invention.







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