Built-in-IC-chip medal and inscription machine thereof
OwnerTomohiro Shinodainventor
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Abstract
A medal with the built-in IC chip used on a medal gaming machine, which provides a medal with the built-in IC chip having a storage section which can store the initial data and the historical data of the game supplied from the aforementioned medal gaming machine, and which also provides a medal that can be a medal gaming machine combining an unprecedented amusement with the interest of a game itself by giving a new value of a game to a medal itself used for a medal gaming machine.
Claims12
A medal used for a gaming machine, comprising:
- an external body of a substantially thin disk shape which constitutes a medal external body;
- an IC chip built-in said external body, wherein the IC chip comprises a storage section which is capable of storing initial data of a game and history data of the game supplied by the gaming machine;
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- an interface section for transmitting the initial and/or history data between the gaming machine and the storage section.
A medal inscription machine for issuing a medal used for a gaming machine, comprising:
- a main body;
- a medal or coin inlet on the main body;
- a control section on the main body for a purchaser to control the machine with;
- a built-in IC chip medal pay outlet on the main body;
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- a data writing device for writing an initial data of a game.
A medal system used for a game, comprising:
- a first kind of medal which has a value for the game;
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- a second kind of medal which has a built-in IC chips comprising a storage section for storing a status data of the game;
- wherein the first and second kinds of medals are separated and different at least in possessed information thereof;
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- wherein the first and second kinds of medals are used at the same time to play the game.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.