Progressive gaming control and communication system
November 12, 2012. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesMonitoring system for use with amusement game devices Cash accounting and surveillance system for games Remote gaming system Cash flow monitoring system Automatic lottery system Game monitoring apparatus Electronic access control system for coin-operated games and like selectively accessible devices Statistical information gathering Poker machine communication system System for interactively playing poker with a plurality of players InventorsApplicationNo. 975144 filed on 11/12/1992US Classes:463/27, Pool carryover (e.g., progressive jackpot, etc.)463/29, Access or authorization (e.g., game selection, security, etc.)463/42Network type (e.g., computer network, etc.)ExaminersPrimary: Harrison, Jessica J.Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassesA63F 009/22A63B 071/00 AbstractIn order to provide a progressive gaming system with greater speed, flexibility and reliability a communication unit is used to control the information transmitted between a group of gaming machines and a progressive controller. The communication unit collects coin-in information from each of the gaming machines and transmits this information to the progressive controller in response to periodic poll signal signals from the progressive controller.Field of SearchEdge indication | |
