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EP0405776A2 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Remote gaming system playable by several participants

Assignee: Interactive Network Inc
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Filing: 1990-06-08
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2010-06-08
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Abstract

Abstract A game of skill or chance playable by several participants remote from each other in conjunction with a common event, such as a computer game, provides the basic format or template of the game on a floppy disk suitable for use with the remote users' personal computers. Then by connection to a mass communications one way channel, such as an FM SCA channel, variations in the game parameters and characteristics are broadcast at the same time to all of the individual remote players. These characteristics both initialize characteristics of the game and when the game is being played, provide updated playing parameters. A score can later be uploaded to the central station by, for example, telephone lines or any other convenient means.

Inventors

  • 👤 David B. Lockton

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 07:15
CPC Classifications
A63F13/12; A; A63; A63F; A63F13/00; A63F13/30; A63F13/35; A63F13/45; A63F13/48

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim 126 words
A game of skill or chance playable simultaneously by several participants remote from each other in conjunction with a common event comprising: a computer game serving as said common event having a basic format and stored in binary form on a digital storage medium; a personal computer associated with each participant for receiving said storage medium; a one-way mass communications means; a network terminal connected to each personal computer for receiving data from said mass communications means and transferring such data to said personal computer; said mass communications means transferring such data to said network terminal in a form compatible with said format of said computer game for both initializing characteristics of said game and while the game is being played, for providing updated playing parameters.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 126 words
A game of skill or chance playable simultaneously by several participants remote from each other in conjunction with a common event comprising: a computer game serving as said common event having a basic format and stored in binary form on a digital storage medium; a personal computer associated with each participant for receiving said storage medium; a one-way mass communications means; a network terminal connected to each personal computer for receiving data from said mass communications means and transferring such data to said personal computer; said mass communications means transferring such data to said network terminal in a form compatible with said format of said computer game for both initializing characteristics of said game and while the game is being played, for providing updated playing parameters.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 36 words
A game as in claim 1 where said basic format of said computer game which is stored on said storage medium includes blank templates suitable for storing and receiving said data from said mass communications means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 35 words
A game according to claims 1 or 2, including means for receiving a start signal from said mass communications means, so that all participants start the playing of said computer game at the same time.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 39 words
A game according to any one of the preceding claims where each of said network terminals includes a buffer memory for temporarily storing data from said mass communications means for later transfer to a memory of said personal computer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 28 words
A game according to any one of the preceding claims including means for scoring said game and for storing the results of said scoring in a secured memory.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 39 words
A game according to any one of the preceding claims where said basic format includes a plurality of stored graphic routines for selective use in a textual type game in accordance with said data from said mass communications means.

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