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US 10,650,633 B2Granted
Game controller
AssigneeUniversal Entertainment Corporation
InventorsShinsuke Yamaguchi, Kouichi Matsumoto, Yoshiyuki Kanno, Masaya Kato
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Abstract
A game controller downloads a chip database at a predetermined timing from a server and stores the chip database as offline data in a storage unit, determines whether communication with the server is possible, when a chip communication unit accesses a game chip, and authenticates the game chip with reference to a offline data table when the communication is impossible.
Claims5
A game controller comprising:
- a chip communication unit capable of accessing identification information for identifying a game chip used for a game, the identification information being located on the game chip;
- a communication connection unit configured to enable data communication with a server including a chip database in which the identification information for identifying the game chip is associated with information used for authenticating the game chip;
- a storage unit;
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- a control unit, the control unit
- downloading the chip database from the server at a predetermined timing and storing the chip database in the storage unit as offline data,
- determining whether data communication with the server is possible when the chip communication unit accesses the game chip,
- authenticating the game chip with reference to the chip database on the server when data communication with the server is possible, and
- authenticating the game chip with reference to the offline data stored in the storage unit when data communication with the server is impossible.
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