WO2004082780A3 - Methods and apparatus for a portable gaming machine - Google Patents

Methods and apparatus for a portable gaming machine Download PDF

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WO2004082780A3
WO2004082780A3 PCT/US2004/008600 US2004008600W WO2004082780A3 WO 2004082780 A3 WO2004082780 A3 WO 2004082780A3 US 2004008600 W US2004008600 W US 2004008600W WO 2004082780 A3 WO2004082780 A3 WO 2004082780A3
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bingo
gaming machine
game
portable gaming
player
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Lee I Fried
Alex V Freed
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Lif Capital Group Llc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/326—Game play aspects of gaming systems
    • G07F17/3272—Games involving multiple players
    • G07F17/3281—Games involving multiple players wherein game attributes are transferred between players, e.g. points, weapons, avatars
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/3202—Hardware aspects of a gaming system, e.g. components, construction, architecture thereof
    • G07F17/3216—Construction aspects of a gaming system, e.g. housing, seats, ergonomic aspects
    • G07F17/3218—Construction aspects of a gaming system, e.g. housing, seats, ergonomic aspects wherein at least part of the system is portable
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/326—Game play aspects of gaming systems
    • G07F17/3272—Games involving multiple players
    • G07F17/3276—Games involving multiple players wherein the players compete, e.g. tournament
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/3286—Type of games
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
    • A63F3/06—Lottos or bingo games; Systems, apparatus or devices for checking such games
    • A63F3/062—Bingo games, e.g. Bingo card games

Abstract

The invention is directed towards a method and apparatus for a portable gaming machine. The method activates several bingo games that are stored in the portable gaming machine. The activation makes the bingo games available to a bingo player for playing. The bingo player is presented with an option to switch from a first bingo game to a second bingo game while retaining numbers entered by the bingo player in the first bingo game. The method also records every keystroke entered by a bingo player for each game. These keystores can be displayed in an expeditious manner to a gaming official upon entering of a password.
PCT/US2004/008600 2003-03-19 2004-03-19 Methods and apparatus for a portable gaming machine WO2004082780A2 (en)

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