CA2468026A1 - Modular entertainment and gaming systems configured to consume and provide network services - Google Patents

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CA2468026A1
CA2468026A1 CA002468026A CA2468026A CA2468026A1 CA 2468026 A1 CA2468026 A1 CA 2468026A1 CA 002468026 A CA002468026 A CA 002468026A CA 2468026 A CA2468026 A CA 2468026A CA 2468026 A1 CA2468026 A1 CA 2468026A1
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Thierry Brunet De Courssou
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    • G07F17/00Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
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    • G07F17/3202Hardware aspects of a gaming system, e.g. components, construction, architecture thereof
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    • G07F17/3225Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users
    • G07F17/323Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users wherein the player is informed, e.g. advertisements, odds, instructions

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A secure and modular architecture for monitoring and controlling clusters of pay entertainment and gaming devices (200, 300, 400). The architecture allow s flexible and secure use of state of the art multimedia and Internet technologies to attract the younger player generation used to flashy and networked games. Cash or cash-less entertainment and gaming devices are supported.

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1. A gaming system including:
at least one gaming machine including means for consuming network services;
at least one central server system including means for providing network services;
a communication network linking the at least one gaming machine and the at least one central server system, each of the at least one gaming machine consuming at least one network service from the at least one central server system.
2. A gaming system according to claim 1, wherein the network services include game related high-level application modules.
3. A gaming system according to claim 1, wherein each of the at least one gaming machine must consume at least one network service from the at least one central server system in order to operate.
4. A gaming system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one central server system provides at least one high-level software module as a network service.
5. A gaming system according to claim 4, wherein each of the at least one gaming machine must consume the at least one high-level software module in order to operate.
6. A gaming system according to claim 5, wherein the central server system includes a farm of computer servers.
7. A gaming system including:
at least one gaming machine having means for providing network services;
at least one central server system having means for consuming network services;
a communication network linking the at least one gaming machine and the at least one central server system, each of the at least one central server system consuming at least one network service from each operating gaming machine.
8. A gaming system according to claim 7, wherein the network services include game related high-level application modules.
9. A gaming system according to claim 7, wherein each central server system must consume at least one network service from the at least one gaming machine in order to operate.
10. A gaming system according to claim 7, wherein each gaming machine further includes at least one specialized device, each specialized device including means for providing network services.
11. A gaming system according to claim 10, wherein each central server system must consume at least one network service from the at least one specialized device in order to operate.
12. A gaming system including:
at least one gaming machine including means for consuming network services;
at least one central server system including a farm of computer servers, each computer servers including means for providing network services;
a communication network linking the at least one gaming machine and each computer servers of the at least one central server system, wherein the at least one gaming machine is configured to consume at least one network service from a selected one of the computer servers.
13. A gaming system according to claim 12, wherein the network services include game related high-level application modules.
14. A gaming system according to claim 12, wherein the farm of computer servers includes a number of the computer servers that is at least equal to a number of operating gaming machines.
15. A gaming system according to claim 12, wherein the at least one gaming machine is configured to selectively offload computations to the farm of computer servers over the communication network, in a manner selected from one of:
a one-to-one manner wherein a single computer server is entirely allocated to a single gaming machine;
in a one-to-many manner wherein more than one computer servers are allocated to a single gaming machine;
in a many-to-one manner, wherein a single computer server is allocated to more than one gaming machine.
16. A gaming system according to claim 12, wherein each gaming machine must consume at least one network service from at least one of the computer servers in order to operate.
17. A gaming system according to claim 12, wherein each of the computer servers provides at least one high-level software module as a network service.
18. A gaming system according to claim 17, wherein each of the at least one gaming machine must consume the at least one high-level software module in order to operate.
19. A gaming system according to claim 12, wherein the at least one central server system includes a payment verification unit.
20. A gaming system according to claim 12, wherein the at least one central server system includes an unattended automatic payment verification unit.
21. A gaming system including:
at least one gaming machine including means for providing network services;
at least one central server system including a farm of computer servers, each of the computer servers including means for consuming network services;
a communication network linking the at least one gaming machine and each computer server of the at least one central server system, wherein each of the computer servers consumes at least one network service from a selected operating gaming machine.
22. A gaming system according to claim 21, wherein the network services include game related high-level application modules.
23. A gaming system according to claim 21, wherein each of the computer servers must consume at least one network service from a selected operating gaming machine in order to operate.
24. A gaming system according to claim 21, wherein each gaming machine further includes at least one specialized device having means for providing network services.
25. A gaming system according to claim 24, wherein each of the computer servers must consume at least one network service from the at least one specialized device in order to operate.
26. A gaming system according to claim 21, wherein the at least one central server system includes a payment verification unit.
27. A gaming system according to claim 21, wherein the at least one central server system includes an unattended automatic payment verification unit.
28. A gaming system including:
at least one gaming machine including means for consuming network services;
at least one payment verification unit including means for providing network services;
a communication network linking the at least one gaming machine and the at least one payment verification unit, wherein each gaming machine consumes at least one network service from the at least one payment verification unit.
29. A gaming system according to claim 28, wherein the network services include game related high-level application modules.
30. A gaming system according to claim 28, wherein the payment verification unit is an unattended automated payment verification unit.
31. A gaming system according to claim 28, wherein each gaming machine must consume at least one network service from a selected payment verification unit in order to operate.
32. A gaming system including:
at least one gaming machine including means for providing network services;
at least one payment verification unit including means for consuming network services;
a communication network linking the at least one gaming machine and the at least one payment verification unit, wherein each payment verification unit consumes network services from a selected gaming machine.
33. A gaming system according to claim 32, wherein the network services include game related high-level application modules.
34. A gaming system according to claim 32, wherein the payment verification unit is an unattended automated payment verification unit.
35 35. A gaming system including:
at least one gaming machine including specialized devices each including means for providing network services;
at least one payment verification unit including means for consuming network services;
a communication network linking the at least one gaming machine, the specialized devices and the at least one payment verification unit, wherein each of the at least one payment verification unit consumes network services from a selected one of the specialized devices.
36. A gaming system according to claim 35, wherein the network services include game related high-level application modules.
37. A gaming system according to claim 35, wherein the payment verification unit includes an unattended automated payment verification unit.
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