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Automatic bowling center system

  • US 5,628,692 A
  • Filed: 05/24/1995
  • Issued: 05/13/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/18/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a bowling center system having a plurality of bowling lanes and an electrically controlled pinsetting device for each lane, a game control system comprising:

  • a plurality of game control units, each electrically connected to one or more of said pinsetting devices, each said game control unit including a central processing unit, an operator input device and a memory means for storing a game control program to operate said pinsetting devices;

    a manager'"'"'s control system including a programmed central processing unit connected to a display device, an operator input device and a memory means for storing one or more game control programs;

    communication means for electrically connecting the processing unit of said manager'"'"'s control system with the processing units of each of said game control units; and

    means operatively associated with one of said operator input devices for requesting said manager'"'"'s control system processing unit to transfer one of said game control programs stored in the memory means connected thereto over said communication means to the memory means coupled to one of said game control units so that said one game control unit operates the pinsetting device connected thereto to play a game according to the requested game control program.

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