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Client-server system

  • US 6,939,233 B2
  • Filed: 01/09/2002
  • Issued: 09/06/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A client-server system, comprising:

  • a client terminal and a server, wherein the client terminal and the server are remote from one another, the client terminal and server being operable in and switchable between an on-line connected mode and an off-line disconnected mode, wherein in the connected mode the client terminal and server are connected to one another through a communication link such that data is exchangeable therebetween and in the off-line disconnected mode the client terminal and server are disconnected from one another, and wherein the server comprises memory for storing game data that defines an electronic game and encrypts said game data in accordance with one or more pre-determined operational parameters, and the communication link is utilized to transmit the encrypted game data to the client terminal during an on-line connected mode session, and wherein the client terminal comprises a memory for storing received encrypted game data, a processor for executing the encrypted game data, a controller for allowing a user to play the electronic game during an off-line disconnected mode session in a manner whereby the user actuates the controller to control the outcome of the game, and wherein the processor in response to the gameplay by the user processes the outcome and utilizes the communication link to transmit a result of the gameplay to the server during an on-line connected mode session.

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