Game machine and program product for displaying demonstration video

• US 20050107159A1
• Filed: 10/07/2004
• Published: 05/19/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Aruze Corp.
• Original Assignee: Aruze Corp.
• Inventors: Sato, Kazunobu
• Application Number:
  US10/959,298
• Publication Number:
  US 20050107159A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/30
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3211 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3227 Configuring a gaming machine, e.g. downloading personal settings, selecting working parameters

Abstract

A gaming machine includes: a demonstration video data storage unit that stores a plurality of demonstration video data of different types concerning demonstration video; a game history storage unit that stores a game history; a demonstration video data selection unit that selects at least one piece of demonstration video data from among the plurality of demonstration video data in accordance with the game history stored in the game history storage unit; and a display control unit that controls a display device attached to the gaming machine to display the demonstration video data that is selected by the demonstration video data selection unit when no game is played by a player.

Claims

1. A gaming machine comprising:

a demonstration video data storage unit that stores a plurality of demonstration video data of different types concerning demonstration video;

a game history storage unit that stores a game history;

a demonstration video data selection unit that selects at least one piece of demonstration video data from among the plurality of demonstration video data in accordance with the game history stored in the game history storage unit; and

a display control unit that controls a display device attached to the gaming machine to display the demonstration video data that is selected by the demonstration video data selection unit when no game is played by a player.

2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the demonstration video data includes at least one of a plurality of video data of a logotype of a manufacturer of the game, a title screen, a game introduction movie, a character introduction movie, a computer simulation play movie, and a score ranking of the game.

3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the demonstration video data includes a plurality of video data concatenated in a predetermined order and a predetermined time allocation.

4. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the game history includes at least one of a number of times that each of opponent characters of the game has been selected, a ratio of selection for each of the opponent characters, time period of playing the game, a number of characters won by the player, a winning condition won by the player, and a game point won by the player.

5. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the game history storage unit stores the game history for each of a plurality of players of the game.

6. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit controls the display device to display the demonstration video data during time until the game is over is counted after the player loses the game.

7. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising a selection table storage unit that stores a demonstration video data selection table that indicates correspondence between the game history and the demonstration video data to be selected,

wherein the demonstration video data selection unit selects the demonstration video data with reference to the demonstration video data selection table stored in the selection table storage unit.

8. A gaming machine comprising:

a video data storage unit that stores a plurality of video data of different types, the plurality of video data in which to be concatenated with each other to provide a demonstration video;

a game history storage unit that stores a game history;

a format data storage unit that stores a plurality of format data each indicating a format of the demonstration video;

a format data selection unit that selects at least one piece of format data from among the plurality of format data in accordance with the game history stored in the game history storage unit; and

a display control unit that replaces at least one piece of the video data that is concatenated with other pieces of the video data to form the demonstration video with another piece of the video data in accordance with the format data selected by the format data selection unit, and controls a display device attached to the gaming machine to display the demonstration video when no game is played by a player.

9. The gaming machine according to claim 8, wherein each of the plurality of video data includes at least one of a logotype of a manufacturer of the game, a title screen, a game introduction movie, a character introduction movie, a computer simulation play movie, and a score ranking of the game.

10. The gaming machine according to claim 8, wherein the demonstration video includes the plurality of video data concatenated in a predetermined order and a predetermined time allocation.

11. The gaming machine according to claim 8, wherein the game history includes at least one of a number of times that each of opponent characters of the game has been selected, a ratio of selection for each of the opponent characters, time period of playing the game, a number of characters won by the player, a winning condition won by the player, and a game point won by the player.

12. The gaming machine according to claim 8, wherein the game history storage unit stores the game history for each of a plurality of players of the game.

13. The gaming machine according to claim 8, wherein the display control unit controls the display device to display the demonstration video during time until the game is over is counted after the player loses the game.

14. The gaming machine according to claim 8, further comprising a selection table storage unit that stores a format data selection table that indicates correspondence between the game history and the format data to be selected,

wherein the format data selection unit selects the format data with reference to the format data selection table stored in the selection table storage unit.

15. A computer-readable program product for displaying demonstration video on a display device when no game is played by a player, the program product for causing a computer to execute the steps comprising:

storing a plurality of demonstration video data of different types concerning demonstration video;

storing a game history;

selecting at least one piece of demonstration video data from among the plurality of demonstration video data in accordance with the stored game history; and

controlling a display device attached to the gaming machine to display the demonstration video data that is selected when no game is played by a player.

16. The program product according to claim 15, wherein the demonstration video data includes at least one of a plurality of video data of a logotype of a manufacturer of the game, a title screen, a game introduction movie, a character introduction movie, a computer simulation play movie, and a score ranking of the game.

17. The program product according to claim 16, wherein the demonstration video data includes the plurality of video data concatenated in a predetermined order and a predetermined time allocation.

18. The program product according to claim 15, wherein the game history includes at least one of a number of times that each of opponent characters of the game has been selected, a ratio of selection for each of the opponent characters, time period of playing the game, a number of characters won by the player, a winning condition won by the player, and a game point won by the player.

19. The program product according to claim 15, wherein in storing the game history, the game history for each of a plurality of players of the game is stored.

20. The program product according to claim 15, wherein in controlling the display control unit, the display device is controlled to display the demonstration video data during time until the game is over is counted after the player loses the game.

21. The program product according to claim 15, further causing the computer to execute the step of storing a demonstration video data selection table that indicates correspondence between the game history and the demonstration video data to be selected,

wherein in selecting the demonstration video data, the demonstration video data is selected with reference to the demonstration video data selection table stored in the selection table storage unit.

22. A computer-readable program product for displaying demonstration video on a display device when no game is played by a player, the program product for causing a computer to execute the steps comprising:

storing a plurality of video data of different types, the plurality of video data in which to be concatenated with each other to provide a demonstration video;

storing a game history;

storing a plurality of format data each indicating a format of the demonstration video;

selecting at least one piece of format data from among the plurality of format data in accordance with the game history;

replacing at least one piece of the video data that is concatenated with other pieces of the video data to form the demonstration video with another piece of the video data in accordance with the selected format data; and

controlling a display device attached to the gaming machine to display the demonstration video when no game is played by a player.

23. The program product according to claim 22, wherein each of the plurality of video data includes at least one of a logotype of a manufacturer of the game, a title screen, a game introduction movie, a character introduction movie, a computer simulation play movie, and a score ranking of the game.

24. The program product according to claim 22, wherein the demonstration video includes the plurality of video data concatenated in a predetermined order and a predetermined time allocation.

25. The program product according to claim 22, wherein the game history includes at least one of a number of times that each of opponent characters of the game has been selected, a ratio of selection for each of the opponent characters, time period of playing the game, a number of characters won by the player, a winning condition won by the player, and a game point won by the player.

26. The program product according to claim 22, wherein in storing the game history, the game history for each of a plurality of players of the game is stored.

27. The program product according to claim 22, wherein in controlling the display device, the display device is controlled to display the demonstration video during time until the game is over is counted after the player loses the game.

28. The program product according to claim 22, further causing the computer to execute the step of storing a format data selection table that indicates correspondence between the game history and the format data to be selected,

wherein in selecting the format data, the format data is selected with reference to the stored format data selection table.