SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING JOINT ACCESS TO AN APPARATUS
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1. A system comprising:
- a plurality of pieces of equipment, each of them being able to receive a group of participants, each piece of equipment defining a position for a participant and each piece of equipment being provided with a digital processing unit,a central server,network communications means between the central server and the plurality of pieces of equipment,a plurality of participants'"'"' terminals capable of network communications with the central server and of interacting with the processing unit of the piece of equipment,means for managing sessions on the piece of equipment, implemented by cooperation between the central server and the processing units of the pieces of equipment via the communications means, andcontrol and identification means implemented by cooperation between the central server, the processing units of the pieces of equipment and the terminals and allowing, on the one hand, the access to sessions on the equipment by a group of participants and their identification and, on the other hand, an allocation of each identified participant to a position at the piece of equipment.
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Abstract
The invention proposes a system comprising:
- a plurality of pieces of equipment, each of them being able to receive a group of participants, each piece of equipment defining a position for a participant and each piece of equipment being provided with a digital processing unit,
- a central server,
- network communications means between the central server and the plurality of pieces of equipment,
- a plurality of participants'"'"' terminals capable of network communications with the central server and of interacting with the processing unit of the piece of equipment,
- means for managing sessions on the piece of equipment, implemented by cooperation between the central server and the processing units of the pieces of equipment via the communications means, and
- control and identification means implemented by cooperation between the central server, the processing units of the pieces of equipment and the terminals and allowing, on the one hand, the access to sessions on the equipment by a group of participants and their identification and, on the other hand, an allocation of each identified participant to a position at the piece of equipment.
Application in particular to game equipment such as football tables.
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1. A system comprising:
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a plurality of pieces of equipment, each of them being able to receive a group of participants, each piece of equipment defining a position for a participant and each piece of equipment being provided with a digital processing unit, a central server, network communications means between the central server and the plurality of pieces of equipment, a plurality of participants'"'"' terminals capable of network communications with the central server and of interacting with the processing unit of the piece of equipment, means for managing sessions on the piece of equipment, implemented by cooperation between the central server and the processing units of the pieces of equipment via the communications means, and control and identification means implemented by cooperation between the central server, the processing units of the pieces of equipment and the terminals and allowing, on the one hand, the access to sessions on the equipment by a group of participants and their identification and, on the other hand, an allocation of each identified participant to a position at the piece of equipment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for managing the use of a piece of equipment by participants, wherein the piece of equipment is capable of implementing sessions involving a group of participants and defines for each participant a position, and wherein the piece of equipment is provided with a digital processing unit and with a set of wireless-readable codes that identify positions at the equipment, the method comprising the following steps:
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reading, by terminals associated with a group of participants, a set of wireless-readable codes provided at a same piece of equipment, transmitting to a central server requests for participation for the considered piece of equipment, said requests containing information representative of the read codes and of the identifiers of the respective participants, verification at the central server of conditions required for the participants and the position codes, in case the conditions are fulfilled, transmitting by the central server to the processing unit of the piece of equipment session authorization information, processing said session authorization information at the processing unit to start a session at the piece of equipment. - View Dependent Claims (17, 19, 20)
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16. A method for managing the use of a piece of equipment by participants, wherein the equipment is capable of implementing sessions involving a group of participants and defines a position for each participant and wherein the equipment is provided with a digital processing unit and with a device for reading wireless-readable codes capable of identifying participants to sessions at the equipment, the method comprising the following steps:
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reading by the reader of a set of wireless-readable codes associated with a plurality of participants, transmitting requests for participation for the considered piece of equipment to a central server, said requests containing information representative of the read codes and of positions at the equipment, verification at the central server of conditions required for the participants and the position codes, in case the conditions are fulfilled, transmitting by the central server to the processing unit of the piece of equipment session authorization information, processing said session authorization information at the processing unit to start a session at the piece of equipment. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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