Gaming machine and server therefor

• US 20040106455A1
• Filed: 08/20/2003
• Published: 06/03/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FigureFun LLC (Endpoint IP LLC)
• Original Assignee: Aruze Corp.
• Inventors: Shinoda, Tomohiro
• Granted Patent: US 7,001,276 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/43
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/341 Active cards, i.e. cards including their own processing means, e.g. including an IC or chip
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/4093 Monitoring of device authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 1/06 Coins specially adapted to operate coin-freed mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3248 involving non-monetary media of fixed value, e.g. casino chips of fixed value
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3251 involving media of variable value, e.g. programmable cards, programmable tokens
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/1008 Active credit-cards provided with means to personalise their use, e.g. with PIN-introduction/comparison system

Abstract

A gaming machine (10) and a server (1) for the gaming machine are provided. A game carried out with the gaming machine (10) that uses a token with built-in IC chip is characterized in that game initial data or game history data is read out from the token and the commencement or progress of the game is controlled based on the read out data and previously stored data.

Claims

1. A gaming machine comprising:

data reading means for reading game initial data or game history data from a token with built-in IC chip; and

data transmission means for transmitting the game initial data or the game history data being read out by the data reading means.

2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising:

stop signal reception means for receiving a stop signal so as to stop commencement or progress of a game; and

game stop means for stopping the commencement or progress of the game based on the game initial data or the game history data utilizing the stop signal.

3. The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the stop signal is transmitted depending on a degree of difference between pre-recorded data and the game initial data or the game history data transmitted by the data transmission means, the pre-recorded data and the game initial data or the game history data being compared with each other.

4. A server for managing a game being used for a computer network including at least one gaming machine comprising data reading means for reading game initial data or game history data from a token with built-in IC chip, the server comprising:

data acquisition means for acquiring the game initial data or the game history data being read out by the data reading means of the gaming machine; and

data storage means for storing at least the game initial data or the game history data being acquired by the data acquisition means.

5. The server for managing the game according to claim 4, further comprising:

data comparison means for comparing the game initial data or the game history data being acquired by the data acquisition means with data being previously stored by the data storage means; and

game stop signal transmission means for transmitting a stop signal to the gaming machine in order to stop commencement or progress of the game in accordance with the game initial data or the game history data being acquired by the data acquisition means in a case where identification data included in the game initial data or the game history data having been acquired by the data acquisition means is not found in the data being previously stored in the data storage means after comparing the game initial data or the game history data with the data being previously stored.