Distributed game accelerator
OwnerRobert Linley Muirinventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is provided, in which a gaming server 11 is responsible for accounting, game play, and payouts, while the game console 12 is primarily responsible for presenting the user interface. In the general case, communication delays are eliminated by generating game outcomes locally to the console which will be used to determine game outcome to the console prior to the player making their selection. The random numbers used to generate game outcomes are generated in a highly secure device and cannot be used to determine the correct choice of player selection or influence the game outcome. When the player makes a selection the random numbers are already available to the console and the game outcome can be determined and displayed immediately, independent of communication delays.
Claims34
A method of operating a gaming system including one or more secure storage and processing devices, a gaming server and one or more gaming consoles, each console including a secure storage and processing device read/write interface and a user interface allowing a user to initiate a game and observe a result, and the server including a random seed generator and being in communication with a secure storage and processing device read/write interface, the method comprising:
- the server creating a plurality of random seeds, and communicating the seeds for storage in one of the secure storage and processing devices, via the secure storage and processing device read/write interface with which the server is in communication, to provide a plurality of predetermined outcomes for future games to be played on one or more of the Gaming Consoles;
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- communicating between of one of the gaming consoles and one of the secure storage and processing devices via the respective secure storage and processing device read/write interface, and upon receipt of a user input initiating a game on the console, wherein the game requires a set of random numbers to produce an outcome, producing in the secure storage and processing device, a set of random numbers required to play a game, from one of the seeds and producing a game play sequence including a game and/or gamble outcome indication determined by the random numbers produced by the secure storage and processing device alone or in combination with a user input.
A gaming system comprising:
- at least one gaming console, the console including secure storage and processing device read/write interface and a user interface allowing a user to initiate a game and observe a result;
- at least one secure storage and processing device;
- a gaming server in communication with a secure storage and processing device read/write interface and which creates random seeds, and communicates the seeds to one of the secure storage and processing devices, via the secure storage and processing device read/write interface with which it is communicating, to provide a plurality of predetermined outcomes for future games to be played on one or more of the Gaming Consoles;
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- wherein the secure storage and processing device calculates, from each of the random seeds it has stored, a set of random numbers indicating a game or gamble outcome to be used by one of the gaming consoles for a future game to be played on the gaming console, the user interface of the gaming console including game controls to receive a user input initiating a game in response to which the console initiates a game play sequence including a game and/or gamble outcome indication on the user interface determined by the game or gamble outcome information provided by in the secure storage and processing device alone or in combination with a user input.
A secure storage and processing device for use in a gaming console which includes a user interface allowing a user to initiate a game and observe a result, the secure storage and processing device being arranged to store random seeds and to calculate, from each of the random seeds it has stored, a set of random numbers indicating a game or gamble outcome to be used by the console for a future game to be played on the Gaming Console, the console further including game controls to receive a user input initiating a game and to produce a game play sequence including a game and/or gamble outcome indication determined by the game or gamble outcome information provided by the secure storage and processing device alone or in combination with a user input whereby the secure storage and processing device provides a game or gamble outcome to the console in response to the console signaling the commencement of a game.
A secure removable control device for use in a gaming console which includes a user interface allowing a user to initiate a game and observe a result, the secure removable control device including a secure storage and processing device arranged to store random seeds and to calculate, from each of the random seeds it has stored, a set of random numbers indicating a game or gamble outcome to be used by the console for a future game to be played on the gaming console, wherein a user input received via the user interface initiates a game and causes the control device to produce a game play sequence including a game and/or gamble outcome indication determined by the game or gamble outcome information provided by the secure storage and processing device alone or in combination with a user input whereby the secure storage and processing device provides a game or gamble outcome to the console in response to the console signaling the commencement of a game.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.