CLIENT ACCOUNT MANAGING ARRANGEMENT ON AN ONLINE GAMING SYSTEM

• US 20120129591A1
• Filed: 04/28/2009
• Published: 05/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sg Gaming, Inc. (Scientific Games Corporation), Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Ongame Services AB (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Inventors: Lagercrantz, Henrik, Jahanshahi, Jahanshah
• Granted Patent: US 8,657,677 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/25
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/335 using Internet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/352 involving special game server arrangements, e.g. regional servers connected to a national server or a plurality of servers managing partitions of the game world
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/792 for payment purposes, e.g. monthly subscriptions
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/407 Data transfer via internet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/513 server hierarchy, e.g. local, regional, national or dedicated for different tasks, e.g. authenticating, billing
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/5513 involving billing
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/554 by saving game or status data
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/5546 using player registration data, e.g. identification, account, preferences, game history
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3223 Architectural aspects of a gaming system, e.g. internal configuration, master/slave, wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes

Abstract

A client account managing arrangement on an online gaming system includes a game server system (20) having at least one game logic (G1, G2) managing clients (P1-P5) participating in at least one game session (GAME1, GAME2). Each client has a permanent account (A1-A5) on an accounting system (24). Proxies (PROXY1, PROXY2, PROXY3A, PROXY3B, PROXY4, PROXY5), one for each client/game session combination, are connected to the respective game logics. An asynchronous communication server system (22) is connected to the proxies. The accounting system (24) is connected to the asynchronous communication server system and is configured to i) create a temporary reservation account (T1, T2, T3A, T3B, T4, T5) for each client/game session combination, ii) transfer money from the permanent accounts to the respective temporary reservation accounts as clients start to participate in game sessions, iii) update the temporary reservation accounts during ongoing game sessions, iv) transfer remaining money from the temporary reservation accounts to the respective permanent accounts as clients end their participation in game sessions, v) closing the temporary reservation accounts for each ended client/game session combination.

Claims

1. A client account managing arrangement on an online gaming system, including:

a game server system (20) having at least one game logic (G;

G1, G2) managing clients (P1-P3;

P1-P5) participating in at least one game session (GAME;

GAME1, GAME2), each client having a permanent account (A1-A3;

Al-A5) on an accounting system (24);

proxies (PROXY1-PROXY3;

PROXY1, PROXY2, PROXY3A, PROXY3B, PROXY4, PROXY5), one for each client/game session combination, connected to the respective game logic;

an asynchronous communication server system (22) connected to the proxies;

said accounting system (24) being connected to the asynchronous communication server system and configured to

create a temporary reservation account (T1-T3;

T1, T2, T3A, T3B, T4, T5) for each client/game session combination,

transfer money from the permanent accounts to the respective temporary reservation accounts as clients start to participate in game sessions,

update the temporary reservation accounts during ongoing game sessions,

transfer remaining money from the temporary reservation accounts to the respective permanent accounts as clients end their participation in game sessions,

closing the temporary reservation account for each ended client/game session combination.

2. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the proxies are included in the game server system (20).

3. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the proxies are included in the asynchronous communication server system (22).

4. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the asynchronous communication server system (22) is separated from the game server system (20).