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US 2004/0106455 A1Published application
Gaming machine and server therefor
AssigneeAruze Corp.
InventorTomohiro Shinoda
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Abstract
A gaming machine (10) and a server (1) for the gaming machine are provided. A game carried out with the gaming machine (10) that uses a token with built-in IC chip is characterized in that game initial data or game history data is read out from the token and the commencement or progress of the game is controlled based on the read out data and previously stored data.
Claims5
A gaming machine comprising:
- data reading means for reading game initial data or game history data from a token with built-in IC chip;
- and
- data transmission means for transmitting the game initial data or the game history data being read out by the data reading means.
A server for managing a game being used for a computer network including at least one gaming machine comprising data reading means for reading game initial data or game history data from a token with built-in IC chip, the server comprising:
- data acquisition means for acquiring the game initial data or the game history data being read out by the data reading means of the gaming machine;
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- data storage means for storing at least the game initial data or the game history data being acquired by the data acquisition means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.