公开(公告)号：EP1678584A2

公开(公告)日：2006-07-12

申请号：EP04795712.1

申请日：2004-10-19

申请人： Multimedia Games Inc.

发明人： LIND, Clifton ,  LIND, Jefferson, Craig

IPC分类号： G06F1/00

CPC分类号： G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/3223

摘要： A method according to the present invention includes matching bingo card representations to a given set of game designations to produce a matched card set. Each matched bingo card representation in the matched card set represents a respective game play record for use in the present gaming system (10) and includes or is associated with a result indicator that indicates whether the respective bingo card representation is a winning card or losing card for that set of game designations. Individual game play records from the matched card set are each assigned to a player in response to a game play request initiated by the player. Each game play request is associated with a player by virtue of the player initiating the game play request. Each game play request is also associated with a particular card representation that is 'owned' or held by the player. Players are assigned one or more card representations to allow the player to make game play requests.

公开(公告)号：EP1633453A2

公开(公告)日：2006-03-15

申请号：EP04760900.3

申请日：2004-05-06

申请人： Multimedia Games Inc.

发明人： LIND, Clifton ,  LIND, Jefferson, C.

IPC分类号： A63F13/00

CPC分类号： G07F17/3211

摘要： A gaming machine (10) includes a cabinet (11) having a game video display (14) mounted on a front side of the cabinet (11). The gaming machine (10) also includes at least one more additional video display (17, 18) mounted on the front side of the cabinet (11) either above or below the game video display (14). A player control device (15) is also mounted on the front side of the cabinet (11). This player control device (15) may be separate from the video displays (14) or may be integrated with one or more of the video displays (17, 18) in the form of a touch screen portion of one or more of the video displays. The player control device (15) may include a separate touch screen display mounted on a ledge (16) projecting forwardly from the front side of the gaming machine cabinet (11).

公开(公告)号：EP1339467A1

公开(公告)日：2003-09-03

申请号：EP01925096.8

申请日：2001-02-14

申请人： Multimedia Games Inc.

发明人： ENZMINGER, Joseph, R. ,  LIND, Jefferson, C. ,  LIND, Clifton

IPC分类号： A63F13/00

CPC分类号： G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/3227 ,  G07F17/329

摘要： At least one pool (22) of game play records (23) is stored at a central processing system (12). Each game play record includes a record index (24) selected from a set of unique index values, each associated with a different result type. A record index (24) associated with a particular game play record (23) is communicated from the central processing system (12) to the player terminal (14) in response to a game play request which a player has entered at the player terminal. The player terminal (14) responds to the received record index (24) by generating display commands using data at the player terminal to produce a graphic representation at the player terminal. This graphic representation is consistent with the result type associated with the index value comprising the particular record index (24) which has been communicated to the player terminal (14).

公开(公告)号：EP1833580A4

公开(公告)日：2010-06-30

申请号：EP05849426

申请日：2005-11-10

申请人： MULTIMEDIA GAMES INC

发明人： ENZMINGER JOSEPH

IPC分类号： A63F9/24 ,  G07F17/34

CPC分类号： G07F17/3213 ,  G07F17/3211

公开(公告)号：EP1937376A4

公开(公告)日：2009-10-21

申请号：EP06803165

申请日：2006-09-07

申请人： MULTIMEDIA GAMES INC

发明人： WILLYARD RODNEY L ,  MULLER GARY ,  LANNERT ROBERT ,  LIND CLIFTON E ,  LOEBIG GARY L

IPC分类号： G07F17/32

CPC分类号： G07F17/3286 ,  A63F3/062 ,  A63F2003/086 ,  G07F17/32

公开(公告)号：EP1363712B1

公开(公告)日：2009-03-18

申请号：EP02709216.2

申请日：2002-01-30

申请人： Multimedia Games Inc.

发明人： LIND, Clifton ,  GRAVES, Gordon, T. ,  LOEBIG, Gary, L. ,  LIND, Jefferson, C. ,  ENZMINGER, Joseph, R. ,  WILLYARD, Rodney, L. ,  LANNERT, Robert

IPC分类号： A63F3/06 ,  A63F3/04

CPC分类号： G07F17/3286 ,  G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/323 ,  G07F17/3232 ,  G07F17/3244 ,  G07F17/3251 ,  G07F17/3258 ,  G07F17/3262 ,  G07F17/3288 ,  G07F17/329

摘要： A gaming system (10) utilizes a game designation generating component (16), a gaming establishment component (11), and a set of predefined bingo card representations. Each bingo card representation is stored in electronic format as a data structure or data record defining a predefined pattern of game designations chosen from a pool of available designations. The game designation generating component (16) generates sets of game designations from a pool of available designations. The method employed in the gaming system (10) includes pre-matching the bingo card representations to a given set of game designations to produce a matched card set. This pre-matching occurs prior to the sale, distribution, or assignment of card representations to players in the game.

公开(公告)号：EP2032222A2

公开(公告)日：2009-03-11

申请号：EP07811988.0

申请日：2007-05-31

申请人： Multimedia Games Inc.

发明人： LIND, Clifton, E. ,  LIND, Jefferson, Craig ,  WATKINS, Brian, Alexander

IPC分类号： A63F9/24 ,  A63F13/00 ,  G06F17/00 ,  G06F19/00

CPC分类号： G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/3232

摘要： A result level structure includes a number of first result levels and a second result level. Each first result level correlates a respective result level identifier and a respective result value. Each first result level is also associated with a respective expected number of results per given number of plays in a game. As with each first result level, the second result level is associated with a respective expected number of results per given number of plays in the game. In contrast to the first result levels, however, the second result level correlates a respective result level identifier and a respective user definable result value field which may hold any suitable result value designated by a game operator. Thus, the second result level represents a user alterable result level.

公开(公告)号：EP1414533B1

公开(公告)日：2008-09-03

申请号：EP02731961.5

申请日：2002-05-30

申请人： Multimedia Games Inc.

发明人： LIND, Jefferson, C.

IPC分类号： A63F13/00

CPC分类号： G07F17/3241 ,  A63F3/081 ,  G07F17/32

摘要： At least one physical designation (16) associated with an objet (12) available in a game draw is mapped to a preferably randomly generated virtual designation (32). The resulting map relating the physical designation (16) to a virtual designation (32) is not available to the game operator. When the physical designation (16) is drawn and entered into the game system (10), the system converts the entered physical designation (16) to the mapped or related virtual designation (32), and this virtual designation is the designation actually used in the play of the game. Thus, the operator is unable to cooperate with a player to cheat in the game by simply calling the physical designation (16) needed by the player to win.

公开(公告)号：EP1922682A2

公开(公告)日：2008-05-21

申请号：EP06801067.7

申请日：2006-08-09

申请人： Multimedia Games Inc.

发明人： LIND, Clifton ,  LIND, Jefferson C.

IPC分类号： G06Q20/00

CPC分类号： G07F17/329 ,  G06Q10/00 ,  G06Q50/34 ,  G07F17/32

摘要： A method of distributing sweepstakes entries includes associating a product with a user account. The product may be a product such as Internet access time, calling card minutes, gift card credit, other types of store credit, or any other type of product. One or more sweepstakes entries are associated the user account based at least in part upon the value of the product that has been associated with the user account. A user ticket (501) is dispensed to a user correlated with the user account. This user ticket (501) is associated with the product through information recorded on the user ticket (501), and is also printed with a respective indicia for each respective sweepstakes entry associated with the user account. A user receiving the user ticket (501) may see their sweepstakes entry results at a display terminal (106) that causes the results to be displayed in an entertaining fashion.

公开(公告)号：EP1850932A2

公开(公告)日：2007-11-07

申请号：EP06734514.0

申请日：2006-02-06

申请人： Multimedia Games Inc.

发明人： LIND, Clifton

IPC分类号： A63F9/24

CPC分类号： G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/323

摘要： A gaming machine (100) includes a number of game implementation devices, each adapted to be placed alternatively in an enabled or disabled condition. Each respective game implementation device is operable to implement at least a portion of a respective game at the gaming machine (100) when the respective game implementation device is in its enabled state in the gaming machine. The gaming machine (100) also includes an enabling arrangement for selectively placing any of the respective implementation devices in the enabled state. A video display (104) is included in the gaming machine (100) for displaying graphic portions of a respective one of the games when the respective game is implemented at the gaming machine (100).