Method, system, and program product for conducting multiple concurrent bingo-type games
First Claim
1. A method for conducting bingo-type games, the method including the steps of:
- (a) collecting game play requests from a plurality of electronic player stations into a first group of game play requests;
(b) determining if the first group of game play requests meets a predefined condition for a first quorum;
(c) conducting a first game with the first group of game play requests in response to meeting the predefined condition for a first quorum; and
(d) collecting game play requests from the plurality of electronic player stations into a second group of game play requests while conducting the first game.
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Abstract
A method for conducting bingo games includes using a server (101) to collect game play requests (501) from a plurality of electronic player stations (103). The server (101, 102) determines if a group of the collected game play requests meets one or more predefined conditions for establishing a quorum (502), and if so conducts a game with the group of game play requests (506, 507). Even after the game is started, the server continues to collect game play requests in preparation for conducting additional games (506, 500). When enough game play requests are collected (503), the server starts the next game, even if previous games are still in progress (506, 507).
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37 Claims
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1. A method for conducting bingo-type games, the method including the steps of:
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(a) collecting game play requests from a plurality of electronic player stations into a first group of game play requests;
(b) determining if the first group of game play requests meets a predefined condition for a first quorum;
(c) conducting a first game with the first group of game play requests in response to meeting the predefined condition for a first quorum; and
(d) collecting game play requests from the plurality of electronic player stations into a second group of game play requests while conducting the first game. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for conducting bingo-type games, the method including the steps of:
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(a) collecting a first group of game play requests from a plurality of player stations;
(b) associating each game play request in the first group of game play requests with a respective bingo card representation;
(c) conducting a first bingo game between the respective bingo card representations associated with the first group of game play requests;
(d) collecting a second group of game play requests from player stations included in the plurality of player stations;
(e) associating each respective game play request in the second group of game play requests with a respective bingo card representation; and
(f) while the first bingo game is being conducted, conducting a second bingo game between the respective bingo card representations associated with the second group of game play requests. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for conducting bingo-type games, the system including:
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(a) a plurality of electronic player stations, each electronic player station for producing a respective game play request in response to a player input at the respective electronic player station;
(b) a server in communication with each electronic player station in the plurality of electronic player stations, the server for collecting the respective game play requests from the electronic player stations into two or more groups of game play requests and for conducting a bingo-type game for each group of game play requests, at least a portion of at least two of the bingo-type games being conducted over a common time period. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A program product stored on a computer readable medium for conducting bingo-type games, the program product including:
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(a) first collection program code for collecting game play requests from a plurality of electronic player stations into a first group of game play requests;
(b) first quorum checking program code for determining if the first group of game play requests meets a predefined condition for a first quorum;
(c) game program code for conducting a first bingo-type game with the first group of game play requests in response to meeting the predefined condition for the first quorum; and
(d) second collection program code for collecting game play requests from the plurality of electronic player stations into a second group of game play requests while the first bingo-type game is being conducted. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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