Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Distributed game services
- Patent Title (中): 分布式游戏服务
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Application No.: US11225337Application Date: 2005-09-12
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Publication No.: US08287379B2Publication Date: 2012-10-16
- Inventor: Binh T. Nguyen , Jamal Benbrahim , Mark Bansemer
- Applicant: Binh T. Nguyen , Jamal Benbrahim , Mark Bansemer
- Applicant Address: US NV Reno
- Assignee: IGT
- Current Assignee: IGT
- Current Assignee Address: US NV Reno
- Agency: Weaver, Austin, Villeneuve & Sampson, LLP
- Main IPC: A63F13/00
- IPC: A63F13/00

Abstract:
Disclosed are methods, apparatus, and systems, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for providing a game of chance. A local gaming machine is in communication with a remote gaming machine over a data network. A player input is received at an input terminal of the local gaming machine. The player input requests a game application. The requested game application is located at the remote gamine machine. It is determined whether interface requirements of the requested game application are compatible with an interface of the local gaming machine. It is also determined whether the requested game application is available for execution on the remote gaming machine. In some embodiments, determining availability of the requested game application includes determining compliance with interface requirements, licensing requirements and/or jurisdictional requirements. When the requirements are compatible and the requested game application is available for execution, an instance of the requested game application is reserved on the remote gaming machine. When the instance is executed on the remote gaming machine, output data is sent to the local gaming machine over the data network. One or more game parameters can be captured from the received output data.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070060363A1 Distributed game services Public/Granted day:2007-03-15
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