Automatic daubing apparatus and method for electronic bingo gaming systems
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1. A gaming system for conducting bingo-type games, the gaming system including:
- (a) a player station;
(b) a user interface included with the player station, the user interface for (i) enabling a player using the player station to enter a game play request for a play in a bingo-type game to initiate a game play request communication from the player station, and for (ii) enabling the player to enter an automatic daub input for the play in the bingo-type game as a separate input after entry of the game play request;
(c) a data storage device for storing a matched card set, the matched card set including a number of game play records, each game play record corresponding to a respective bingo card representation and including a result indicator indicating a result of a match between the respective bingo card representation and a set of game designations;
(d) a back office system connected for communication with the player station and also connected for communication with the data storage device, the back office system for assigning a respective game play record from the matched card set to the player station in response to receiving the game play request communication; and
(e) an automatic daub control for applying the set of game designations in response to the automatic daub input to automatically daub the respective bingo card representation associated with the respective game play record assigned to the player station.
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Abstract
Players participate in bingo-type games through player stations each having a suitable player interface. Once a player is assigned a bingo card representation and a game designation set is associated with the bingo card representation, daubing the bingo card representation may be performed manually by the player at the player'"'"'s respective player station using a suitable interface at the player station. Alternatively to manual daubing, the present invention includes automatically daubing one or more bingo card representations in response to an automatic daub input made by the player at the player station using a suitable input device.
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13 Claims
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1. A gaming system for conducting bingo-type games, the gaming system including:
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(a) a player station; (b) a user interface included with the player station, the user interface for (i) enabling a player using the player station to enter a game play request for a play in a bingo-type game to initiate a game play request communication from the player station, and for (ii) enabling the player to enter an automatic daub input for the play in the bingo-type game as a separate input after entry of the game play request; (c) a data storage device for storing a matched card set, the matched card set including a number of game play records, each game play record corresponding to a respective bingo card representation and including a result indicator indicating a result of a match between the respective bingo card representation and a set of game designations; (d) a back office system connected for communication with the player station and also connected for communication with the data storage device, the back office system for assigning a respective game play record from the matched card set to the player station in response to receiving the game play request communication; and (e) an automatic daub control for applying the set of game designations in response to the automatic daub input to automatically daub the respective bingo card representation associated with the respective game play record assigned to the player station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A gaming system for conducting bingo-type games, the gaming system including:
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(a) a number of player stations; (b) a user interface associated with each player station, each respective user interface for (i) enabling a player using a respective player station to enter a game play request for a play in a bingo-type game to initiate a game play request communication from the respective player station, and for (ii) enabling the player to enter an automatic daub input for the play in the bingo-type game as a separate input after entry of the game play request; (c) a data storage device for storing a matched card set, the matched card set including a number of game play records, each game play record corresponding to a respective bingo card representation and including a result indicator indicating a result of a match between the respective bingo card representation and a set of game designations; (d) a back office system connected for communication with each respective player station and for communication with the data storage device, the back office system for assigning a respective game play record from the matched card set to a respective player station in response to receiving the game play request communication from the respective player station; and (e) a respective automatic daub control included with each respective player station, the respective automatic daub control being activated in response to the automatic daub input in order to automatically daub the respective bingo card representation associated with the game play record assigned to the respective player station. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for conducting a bingo-type game, the method including the steps of:
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(a) storing a matched card set at a data storage device, the matched card set including a number of game play records, each game play record corresponding to a respective bingo card representation and including a result indicator indicating a result of a match between the respective bingo card representation and a set of game designations; (b) receiving a game play request from a player in the bingo-type game; (c) assigning a respective game play record to the player in response to receiving the game play request; (d) receiving an automatic daub input from the player in the bingo-type game, the automatic daub input being a separate input after entry of the game play request; and (e) in response to the automatic daub input, applying the set of game designations to automatically daub the respective bingo card representation associated with the respective game play record assigned to the player. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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