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US6585590B2
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Method and system for operating a bingo game on the internet
Assignee: M PROJECTS ASSETS SA
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Filing: 2001-03-12
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Granted: 2003-07-01
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Expires: 2021-03-12
Abstract
Abstract The present invention provides a method of operating a bingo game using a game server on a network, comprises (a) providing a plurality of unique game cards and enabling a plurality of players to each purchase at least one unique game card by using a remote game client computer, at least one purchased card is a winning game card; (b) suspending the purchase of game cards; (c) after step (b), generating numbers to obtain a sequence of calls; (d) applying the sequence of calls to each purchased game card and identifying the at least one winning game card; (e) after step (d), transmitting the sequence of calls applied in step (d) to each remote game client computer which has been used to purchase at least one game card; and, (f) on each remote game client computer, repeating the sequence of calls applied in step (d) until the at least one winning game card is identified.
Inventors
- 👤 Perry Malone
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 12:36
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07F; G07F17/00; G07F17/32; G07F17/3286
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
159 words
A method of operating a bingo game using a game server on a network and a plurality of remote game client computers, comprising: (a) providing a plurality of unique game cards and enabling a plurality of players to each purchase at least one unique game card by using a remote game client computer, at least one purchased card is a winning game card; (b) suspending the purchase of game cards; (c) after step (b), generating numbers to obtain a sequence of calls; (d) applying the sequence of calls to each purchased game card and identifying the at least one winning game card; (e) after step (d), transmitting the sequence of calls applied in step (d) to each remote game client computer which has been used to purchase at least one game card; and, (f) on each remote game client computer, repeating the sequence of calls applied in step (d) until the at least one winning game card is identified.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
159 words
A method of operating a bingo game using a game server on a network and a plurality of remote game client computers, comprising: (a) providing a plurality of unique game cards and enabling a plurality of players to each purchase at least one unique game card by using a remote game client computer, at least one purchased card is a winning game card; (b) suspending the purchase of game cards; (c) after step (b), generating numbers to obtain a sequence of calls; (d) applying the sequence of calls to each purchased game card and identifying the at least one winning game card; (e) after step (d), transmitting the sequence of calls applied in step (d) to each remote game client computer which has been used to purchase at least one game card; and, (f) on each remote game client computer, repeating the sequence of calls applied in step (d) until the at least one winning game card is identified.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method according to claim 1 further comprising including with the transmitted sequence of calls the identity of the at least one winning game card.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
49 words
The method according to claim 2 further including the step of coding the sequence of calls and the identity of the at least one winning game card prior to transmitting said sequence of calls and identity of the at least one winning game card to each remote client computer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method according to claim 1 further including the step of coding the sequence of calls prior to transmitting said sequence of calls to each remote client computer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method according to claim 1 wherein step (f) comprises repeating each number in the sequence of calls at specified intervals until the at least one winning game card is identified.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method according to claim 2 wherein in step (e), the transmitting of the sequence of calls and the identity of the at least one winning game to said remote game client computers is asynchronous.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method according to claim 6 further comprising the step of synchronizing the start of the sequence of calls on said remote game client computers with a start signal issued by the game server.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method according to claim 1 wherein in step (e), the transmitting of the sequence of calls to said remote game client computers is asynchronous.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method according to claim 8 further including the step of synchronizing the start of the sequence of calls on said remote game client computers with a start signal issued by the game server.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method according to claim 1 further including the step of selecting a game pattern and generating a plurality of game cards.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method according to claim 10 wherein the plurality of game cards are first generated before the purchase of the cards is enabled.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method according to claim 10 wherein the game cards are generated as they are purchased.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
130 words
A system for simulating a real time bingo game on a network, including a game server connected to a network and comprising: (a) a purchase order processor for processing purchase orders for game cards from remote game client computers and suspending the purchase of game cards, wherein at least one of the purchased game cards is a winning game card; (b) a generator for generating a sequence of calls; (c) a processor for applying the sequence of calls to purchased game cards and determining the at least one winning game card; and (d) a network connection for transmitting at the same time the sequence of calls to at least one remote game client computer for repeating the sequence of calls until the at least one winning game card is identified.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
130 words
A system for simulating a real time bingo game on a network, including a game server connected to a network and comprising: (a) a purchase order processor for processing purchase orders for game cards from remote game client computers and suspending the purchase of game cards, wherein at least one of the purchased game cards is a winning game card; (b) a generator for generating a sequence of calls; (c) a processor for applying the sequence of calls to purchased game cards and determining the at least one winning game card; and (d) a network connection for transmitting at the same time the sequence of calls to at least one remote game client computer for repeating the sequence of calls until the at least one winning game card is identified.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
31 words
The system according to claim 13 , further including a storage device for storing at least one of the purchased game cards, the sequence of calls, and the at least one
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