Game Chip, Game Chip Writer/Reader, and Game Chip Monitoring System
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1. A game chip used for a game, and recording recording-information including at least identification information, wherein:
- the game chip records the recording-information at least partially encrypted with use of a private key.
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Abstract
A game chip writer for writing at least identification information in a game chip used for a game includes an encryption unit for encrypting at least part of recording-information with use of a private key and a writing unit for writing the encrypted information. A game chip reader includes a reading unit for reading the encrypted information from the game chip and a decryption unit for decrypting the read information with use of a public key.
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1. A game chip used for a game, and recording recording-information including at least identification information, wherein:
the game chip records the recording-information at least partially encrypted with use of a private key. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A game chip writer for writing recording-information including at least identification information in a game chip used for a game, the game chip writer comprising:
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an encryption unit for encrypting at least partially the recording-information with use of a private key; and a writing unit for writing the encrypted information in the game chip. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. A game chip reader for reading out recording-information at least partially encrypted with use of a private key, from a game chip used for a game, the game chip reader comprising:
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a reading unit for reading out the encrypted information from the game chip; and a decryption unit for decrypting the read information with use of a public key. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A game chip monitoring system, comprising:
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(i) a game chip for recording recording-information including identification information, the recording-information at least partially encrypted with use of a private key; (ii) a game chip writer including; an encryption unit for encrypting at least partially the recording-information of the game chip with use of the private key; and a writing unit for writing in the game chip the information encrypted by the encryption unit; and (iii) a game chip reader including; a reading unit for reading out the encrypted information from the game chip; and a decryption unit for decrypting, with use of a public key, the information read out by the reading unit. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A game chip monitoring system, comprising:
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a card for storing player'"'"'s information; a game chip for compressing the player'"'"'s information stored in the card by a predetermined function, the game chip for storing the compressed player'"'"'s information in an encrypted condition with use of a private key; a gaming table capable of reading the player'"'"'s information stored in the card and the compressed/encrypted information stored in the game chip; and a controller for receiving the information read from the gaming table, the controller being configured to; (i) compress, by the predetermined function, the player'"'"'s information stored in the card, received from the gaming table; (ii) decrypt, with use of a public key, the compressed/encrypted player'"'"'s information of the game chip, received from the gaming table; (iii) judge whether the player'"'"'s information compressed in the itemized (i) and the player'"'"'s information compressed/encrypted in the game chip in the itemized (ii) correspond to each other; and (iv) execute a predetermined notification process based on a judgment result in the itemized (iii). - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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