Program-controlled, money-operated entertainment and gaming apparatus

• US 20030008715A1
• Filed: 09/11/2002
• Published: 01/09/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/1995
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NSM Music Ltd.
• Original Assignee: NSM Music Ltd.
• Inventors: Huber, Anton, Niederlein, Horst
• Application Number:
  US10/241,142
• Publication Number:
  US 20030008715A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/43
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements

Abstract

A program-controlled entertainment and game apparatus includes a storage section, preferably in the form of one or more optical or magnetic disks. A data compression technique, such as MPEG (“MOTION PICTURE EXPERT GROUP”), is employed.

Claims

1. An entertainment and gaming apparatus comprising:

a housing;

a display connected to the housing;

an operating element connected to the housing;

an amplifier connected to the housing;

storage section means for storing program information and data information wherein the data information is compressed; and

a control unit connected to the display, the operating element, and the storage section means, wherein the control unit restores the compressed data information and activates the program information and the data information to visually depict a game sequence on the display in response to manual actuation of the operating element.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:

a disk associated with the storage section means.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the disk is a magnetic disk.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein the magnetic disk is a hard disk.

5. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the disk is an optical disk.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein the optical disk is a CD-ROM.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:

a CD-ROM player associated with the storage section means.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:

a network with a server in communication with the control unit.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:

a keyboard connected to the housing.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:

a loudspeaker connected to the amplifier.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the display is a screen.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the display is a VGA monitor.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:

a coin processing unit connected to the operating element.

14. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:

a power supply unit connected to the control unit.

15. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the compressed data information is MPEG encoded, and further wherein the control unit restores the compressed data information by MPEG decoding.

17. The jukebox of claim 16 further comprising:

a display connected to the control unit means wherein the control unit restores the compressed data information and activates the data information to visually depict a sequence on the display in response to manual actuation of the operating element.

18. The jukebox of claim 16 further comprising:

a housing wherein the storage section means and the control unit means are within to the housing.

19. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the compressed data information is MPEG encoded, and further wherein the control unit means restores the compressed data information by MPEG decoding.

16. A jukebox comprising:

an audio system;

an operating element connected to the audio system;

storage section means for storing program information and data information wherein the data information is compressed;

a control unit means connected to the audio system, the operating element, and the storage section means wherein the control unit restores the compressed data information and plays the data information on the audio system in response to manual actuation of the operating element; and

a money processing unit connected to the control unit means wherein the money processing unit receives a payment to activate the control unit means.

20. A gaming apparatus comprising:

a display;

an operating element connected to the audio system and connected to the display;

storage section means for storing program information and data information wherein the data information is compressed;

a control unit connected to the display, the operating element, and the storage section means wherein the control unit restores the compressed data information and visually depicts a game sequence on the display in response to actuation of the operating element; and

a money processing unit connected to the control unit wherein the money processing unit receives a payment to activate the control unit.