公开(公告)号：US07708631B2

公开(公告)日：2010-05-04

申请号：US10808914

申请日：2004-03-25

申请人： Clifton Lind ,  Gary L. Loebig ,  Jefferson C. Lind ,  Joseph R. Enzminger

发明人： Clifton Lind ,  Gary L. Loebig ,  Jefferson C. Lind ,  Joseph R. Enzminger

IPC分类号： A63F9/24

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： Players participate in bingo-type games through player stations each having a suitable player interface. Once a player is assigned a bingo card representation and a game designation set is associated with the bingo card representation, daubing the bingo card representation may be performed manually by the player at the player's respective player station using a suitable interface at the player station. Alternatively to manual daubing, the present invention includes automatically daubing one or more bingo card representations in response to an automatic daub input made by the player at the player station using a suitable input device.

摘要翻译： 玩家通过玩家站参加宾果式游戏，每个玩家都有合适的玩家界面。 一旦玩家被分配了宾果卡表示，并且游戏指定集与宾果卡表示相关联，则可以由播放器的各个播放器站上的玩家在播放器站处使用适当的界面手动执行宾o卡表示的涂抹。 作为手动涂抹的替代方案，本发明包括响应于玩家在播放器站使用合适的输入设备进行的自动涂抹输入，自动地涂抹一个或多个宾果牌表示。

公开(公告)号：US07326111B2

公开(公告)日：2008-02-05

申请号：US10842609

申请日：2004-05-10

申请人： Joseph R. Enzminger ,  Jefferson C. Lind ,  Clifton Lind

发明人： Joseph R. Enzminger ,  Jefferson C. Lind ,  Clifton Lind

IPC分类号： A63F9/24

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

摘要： At least one pool of game play records is stored at a central processing system. Each game play record includes a record index selected from a set of unique index values, each associated with a different result type. A record index associated with a particular game play record is communicated from the central processing system to the player terminal in response to a game play request which a player has entered at the player terminal. The player terminal responds to the received record index 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 which has been communicated to the player terminal.

摘要翻译： 在中央处理系统中存储至少一个游戏记录池。 每个游戏记录包括从一组唯一索引值中选择的记录索引，每一个与不同的结果类型相关联。 响应于玩家在玩家终端输入的游戏播放请求，将与特定游戏记录相关联的记录索引从中央处理系统传送到玩家终端。 播放器终端通过使用播放器终端处的数据产生显示命令来响应所接收的记录索引，以在播放器终端处产生图形表示。 该图形表示与包括已经传送给玩家终端的特定记录索引的索引值相关联的结果类型一致。

公开(公告)号：US06991541B2

公开(公告)日：2006-01-31

申请号：US10021396

申请日：2001-12-07

申请人： Clifton Lind ,  Gordon T. Graves ,  Joseph R. Enzminger ,  Jefferson C. Lind ,  Gary L. Loebig

发明人： Clifton Lind ,  Gordon T. Graves ,  Joseph R. Enzminger ,  Jefferson C. Lind ,  Gary L. Loebig

IPC分类号： A63F9/24

CPC分类号： G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/3246

摘要： A lottery ticket distribution system according to the invention includes a ticket distribution center (9) that is in electronic communication with a number of player terminals (10) at locations remote to the ticket distribution center. The ticket distribution center (9) includes an electronic ticket storage device (11, 20) for storing a game set (29) of electronic tickets (31) and distributing the electronic tickets to the player terminals (10). A ticket record manufacturing device (14, 15) operatively connected to the ticket distribution center (9) provides either a nonvolatile data record for each ticket or a hard copy ticket, or both. The nonvolatile data records or set of hard copy tickets for a given game set are not distributed to the players, but are held for verification and dispute resolution purposes either at the ticket distribution center (9) or some other secure location.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明的彩票分发系统包括在远离票分配中心的位置处与多个玩家终端（10）进行电子通信的票发行中心（9）。 票务发行中心（9）包括用于存储电子票（31）的游戏机（29）的电子票存储装置（11,20），并将电子票分发给玩家终端（10）。 操作性地连接到票分配中心（9）的票据记录制造装置（14,15）为每张票或硬拷贝票提供非易失性数据记录，或者两者。 给定游戏机的非易失性数据记录或一套硬拷贝票不分配给玩家，而是在售票中心（9）或其他安全位置进行验证和争议解决。

公开(公告)号：US06969320B2

公开(公告)日：2005-11-29

申请号：US10044478

申请日：2002-01-10

申请人： Clifton Lind ,  Joseph R. Enzminger ,  Jefferson C. Lind

发明人： Clifton Lind ,  Joseph R. Enzminger ,  Jefferson C. Lind

IPC分类号： G07F17/32 ,  A63F9/22

CPC分类号： G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/323 ,  G07F17/3241 ,  G07F17/3248

摘要： A back office system is preferably located in a secure area and includes one or more central computers. Each central computer stores a number of game records with each game record representing a play in a game. A database computer included in the back office system maintains an account for each authorized player in the gaming system. A casino floor system is operatively connected for communication with the back office system and includes a number of player terminals through which players may participate in various games offered in the gaming system. Each player terminal in the casino floor system is serviced by one central computer in the back office system. Each player terminal allows a player to log in and make a request for a game play, and then communicates the entered game play request to the respective central computer servicing that particular player terminal. In response to the game play request from the player terminal, the central computer system reads a selected game record from the group of game records stored in the back office system and identifies the result associated with the game record. The central computer also directs the database computer to change the player's account balance according to the game play request and result of the selected game record. The central computer also sends information regarding the game play result back to the player terminal, which then uses the information to notify the player of the result.

摘要翻译： 后台系统优选地位于安全区域中并且包括一个或多个中央计算机。 每个中央计算机存储多个游戏记录，每个游戏记录表示游戏中的游戏。 包括在后台系统中的数据库计算机为游戏系统中的每个授权的玩家维护帐户。 赌场楼层系统被可操作地连接用于与后台系统通信，并且包括玩家可以参与在游戏系统中提供的各种游戏中的多个玩家终端。 赌场楼层系统中的每个玩家终端由后台系统中的一个中央计算机提供服务。 每个玩家终端允许玩家登录并进行玩游戏的请求，然后将输入的游戏播放请求传送到为该玩家终端提供服务的各个中央计算机。 响应于来自播放器终端的游戏播放请求，中央计算机系统从存储在后台系统中的游戏记录组中读取所选择的游戏记录，并且识别与游戏记录相关联的结果。 中央计算机还指示数据库计算机根据游戏播放请求和所选游戏记录的结果来改变玩家的帐户余额。 中央计算机还将关于游戏结果的信息发送回玩家终端，然后使用该信息通知玩家结果。

公开(公告)号：US06358151B1

公开(公告)日：2002-03-19

申请号：US09503651

申请日：2000-02-14

申请人： Joseph R. Enzminger ,  Jefferson C. Lind ,  Clifton Lind

发明人： Joseph R. Enzminger ,  Jefferson C. Lind ,  Clifton Lind

IPC分类号： A63F924

CPC分类号： A63F3/081

摘要： Pools of game play records (25) used in lottery-type games are stored at each player terminal (14) in a network which includes at least one player terminal and least one central processing system (12). The central processing system (12) is responsible for receiving game play requests from the player terminals (14) and, in response to each game play request, providing game play record identifying information (32) to the player terminal from which the game play request originated. This game play record identifying information (32) allows the player terminal (14) to access the identified game play record (25) and use information from the game play record to communicate to the player the result of the game play.

摘要翻译： 在彩票式游戏中使用的游戏记录（25）的游戏被存储在包括至少一个玩家终端和至少一个中央处理系统（12）的网络中的每个玩家终端（14）处。 中央处理系统（12）负责接收来自玩家终端（14）的游戏播放请求，并且响应于每个游戏播放请求向游戏者终端提供游戏播放记录识别信息（32） 起源于 游戏记录识别信息（32）允许玩家终端（14）访问所识别的游戏记录（25），并使用来自游戏记录的信息来向玩家传达游戏结果。

公开(公告)号：US08317590B2

公开(公告)日：2012-11-27

申请号：US12352424

申请日：2009-01-12

申请人： Nimai C. Malle ,  Joseph R. Enzminger

发明人： Nimai C. Malle ,  Joseph R. Enzminger

IPC分类号： A63F9/24

CPC分类号： G07F17/329 ,  G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/3225

摘要： A game server communicates game record groups to a site controller associated with a gaming site, and the site controller stores the game record groups in associated data storage. The site controller selects one of the stored game record groups in response to a game availability request associated with a respective game presentation, and communicates the selected game record group from the site controller to a player station services controller associated with the gaming site. The player station services controller stores that respective game record group in its associated data storage device and communicates data from a respective game record to a player station in response to a game play request from the player station, thereby allowing the player station to present a player with a lottery game result for the game play request.

摘要翻译： 游戏服务器将游戏记录组传送到与游戏站点相关联的站点控制器，并且站点控制器将游戏记录组存储在相关联的数据存储中。 站点控制器响应于与相应游戏呈现相关联的游戏可用性请求来选择所存储的游戏记录组中的一个，并将所选择的游戏记录组从站点控制器传送到与游戏站点相关联的玩家站服务控制器。 播放器站服务控制器将相应的游戏记录组存储在其相关联的数据存储装置中，并且响应于来自玩家站的游戏播放请求将来自相应游戏记录的数据传送到玩家站，从而允许玩家站呈现一个玩家 有一个彩票游戏结果的游戏播放请求。

公开(公告)号：US08267775B2

公开(公告)日：2012-09-18

申请号：US13180294

申请日：2011-07-11

申请人： Robert F. Lannert ,  Brendan M. O'Connor ,  Joseph R. Enzminger ,  Gary L. Loebig ,  Clifton E. Lind ,  Jefferson C. Lind

发明人： Robert F. Lannert ,  Brendan M. O'Connor ,  Joseph R. Enzminger ,  Gary L. Loebig ,  Clifton E. Lind ,  Jefferson C. Lind

IPC分类号： A63F9/24

CPC分类号： G07F17/3255 ,  G06Q30/0239 ,  G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/3269

摘要： A processing device measures the time it takes for a player to take some action in a game and bases the award or result in the game for the player at least in part on that measured time. A player receives a more desirable result or outcome for a particular game play in response to a shorter player action time and/or receives a less desirable result or outcome for a particular game play in response to a longer player action time. Providing more desirable results for shorter player action times or less desirable results for longer player action times provides players an incentive that influences them to take the appropriate player actions more quickly.

摘要翻译： 处理装置测量玩家在游戏中采取某些动作所花费的时间，并至少部分地基于该测量时间将玩家的奖励或结果作为游戏的基础。 响应于较短的游戏者动作时间，玩家接收特定游戏的更理想的结果或结果，和/或响应于较长玩家动作时间而接收到针对特定游戏的较不理想的结果或结果。 为更短的玩家行动时间提供更理想的结果，或者对于较长的玩家行动时间而言，不太理想的结果为玩家提供了激励，从而影响他们更快地采取适当的玩家动作。

公开(公告)号：US20120190422A1

公开(公告)日：2012-07-26

申请号：US13437811

申请日：2012-04-02

申请人： Clifton Lind ,  Gordon T. Graves ,  Gary L. Loebig ,  Jefferson C. Lind ,  Joseph R. Enzminger ,  Rodney L. Willyard ,  Robert Lannert

发明人： Clifton Lind ,  Gordon T. Graves ,  Gary L. Loebig ,  Jefferson C. Lind ,  Joseph R. Enzminger ,  Rodney L. Willyard ,  Robert Lannert

IPC分类号： A63F9/24

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 result represented by a matched bingo card representation is displayed to a player in a bingo-type game through a result representation provided at a suitable player station. Each result representation includes a graphical representation unrelated to the bingo-type game. That is, although the game results are simply bingo game results defined by predetermined patterns of matches between the various card designations and the designation set produced or called for a particular bingo-type game, the game results are displayed to the players with a graphical display including a graphic that is not merely a graphical representation or reproduction of a bingo card.

摘要翻译： 通过匹配的宾果牌表示形式的结果通过在合适的播放台提供的结果表示以宾果式游戏显示给玩家。 每个结果表示包括与宾果型游戏无关的图形表示。 也就是说，虽然游戏结果是简单的宾果游戏结果，其通过各种卡片名称之间的预定匹配模式和为特定宾果游戏产生或被呼叫的指定集所定义的游戏结果，但游戏结果以图形显示显示给玩家 包括不仅仅是宾果卡的图形表示或再现的图形。

公开(公告)号：US08216050B2

公开(公告)日：2012-07-10

申请号：US12758731

申请日：2010-04-12

申请人： Clifton Lind ,  Gary L. Loebig ,  Jefferson C. Lind ,  Martin Keane ,  Joseph R. Enzminger ,  John Everett Padgett ,  David Michael Brandt

发明人： Clifton Lind ,  Gary L. Loebig ,  Jefferson C. Lind ,  Martin Keane ,  Joseph R. Enzminger ,  John Everett Padgett ,  David Michael Brandt

IPC分类号： A63F9/24

CPC分类号： G07F17/3232 ,  G07F17/32

摘要： A gaming system is disclosed wherein an outcome probability is determined for each of a number of possible outcomes achievable in a wagering game. Different subsets are then associated with each different prize level in a desired prize distribution. The possible outcomes and their respective probability are assigned or mapped to the different subsets so that the probability of achieving a possible outcome included in a subset comprises a value approximating the desired probability of an award of the prize level with which the subset is associated.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种游戏系统，其中为投注游戏中可实现的多个可能结果中的每一个确定结果概率。 然后将不同的子集与期望的奖励分配中的每个不同的奖金水平相关联。 可能的结果及其各自的概率被分配或映射到不同的子集，使得包括在子集中的实现可能结果的概率包括近似该子集相关联的奖励级别的所需概率的值。

公开(公告)号：US08100755B2

公开(公告)日：2012-01-24

申请号：US12463462

申请日：2009-05-11

申请人： Joseph R. Enzminger

发明人： Joseph R. Enzminger

IPC分类号： A63F9/24

CPC分类号： G07F17/329 ,  G07F17/32

摘要： Methods, apparatus, and program products are disclosed for providing distributed RNG calculation capability. Generally, gaming machines cooperate on a gaming network to calculate a result for a RNG algorithm. A preferred system uses peer machines to perform partial RNG calculations, but server machines may also be used. One method calculates a first partial RNG calculation at a first peer machine using a seed value. The first peer machine transmits results of the first partial calculation to a second peer machine, which completes the RNG calculation. Some algorithms may include a step of combining partial results from two or more gaming machines. A preferred system uses a RNG state tracker and a seed tracker operating on a RNG master machine. This machine initializes a partial RNG with a seed value, and then tracks the state of the partial RNG using results from the completed calculation obtained over the network.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于提供分布式RNG计算能力的方法，装置和程序产品。 通常，游戏机在游戏网络上协作以计算RNG算法的结果。 首选系统使用对等机器执行部分RNG计算，但也可以使用服务器机器。 一种方法使用种子值在第一对等机器上计算第一部分RNG计算。 第一个对等机器将第一部分计算的结果发送到第二个对等机器，完成RNG计算。 一些算法可以包括组合来自两个或更多个游戏机的部分结果的步骤。 首选系统使用在RNG主机上运行的RNG状态跟踪器和种子跟踪器。 该机器使用种子值初始化部分RNG，然后使用通过网络获得的完成计算的结果来跟踪部分RNG的状态。