Method and system for operating a bingo game on the internet
DCFirst Claim
1. A method of operating a bingo game using a game server on a network and a plurality of remote game client computers, comprising:
- (a) providing a plurality of unique game cards and enabling a plurality of players to each purchase at least one unique game card by using a remote game client computer, at least one purchased card is a winning game card;
(b) suspending the purchase of game cards;
(c) after step (b), generating numbers to obtain a sequence of calls;
(d) applying the sequence of calls to each purchased game card and identifying the at least one winning game card;
(e) after step (d), transmitting the sequence of calls applied in step (d) to each remote game client computer which has been used to purchase at least one game card; and
, (f) on each remote game client computer, repeating the sequence of calls applied in step (d) until the at least one winning game card is identified.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method of operating a bingo game using a game server on a network, comprises (a) providing a plurality of unique game cards and enabling a plurality of players to each purchase at least one unique game card by using a remote game client computer, at least one purchased card is a winning game card; (b) suspending the purchase of game cards; (c) after step (b), generating numbers to obtain a sequence of calls; (d) applying the sequence of calls to each purchased game card and identifying the at least one winning game card; (e) after step (d), transmitting the sequence of calls applied in step (d) to each remote game client computer which has been used to purchase at least one game card; and, (f) on each remote game client computer, repeating the sequence of calls applied in step (d) until the at least one winning game card is identified.
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14 Claims
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1. A method of operating a bingo game using a game server on a network and a plurality of remote game client computers, comprising:
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(a) providing a plurality of unique game cards and enabling a plurality of players to each purchase at least one unique game card by using a remote game client computer, at least one purchased card is a winning game card;
(b) suspending the purchase of game cards;
(c) after step (b), generating numbers to obtain a sequence of calls;
(d) applying the sequence of calls to each purchased game card and identifying the at least one winning game card;
(e) after step (d), transmitting the sequence of calls applied in step (d) to each remote game client computer which has been used to purchase at least one game card; and
,(f) on each remote game client computer, repeating the sequence of calls applied in step (d) until the at least one winning game card is identified. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for simulating a real time bingo game on a network, including a game server connected to a network and comprising:
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(a) a purchase order processor for processing purchase orders for game cards from remote game client computers and suspending the purchase of game cards, wherein at least one of the purchased game cards is a winning game card;
(b) a generator for generating a sequence of calls;
(c) a processor for applying the sequence of calls to purchased game cards and determining the at least one winning game card; and
(d) a network connection for transmitting at the same time the sequence of calls to at least one remote game client computer for repeating the sequence of calls until the at least one winning game card is identified. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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