Gaming system, server, gaming terminal and game control method
AssigneeAruze Gaming America, Inc.
InventorKazuo Okada
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Abstract
A game control method according to the present invention comprises: a downloading step conducted by a server of downloading game software components to be used in a gaming terminal, along with authentication programs for authenticating the game software components to the gaming terminal; an authenticating step conducted by the gaming terminal of executing the authentication programs to authenticate the game software components downloaded from the server, prior to start of a game; and a producing step conducted by the gaming terminal of producing games to be executed in the gaming terminal using the game software components authenticated through the authentication programs.
Claims20
A gaming system comprising:
- a server;
- a plurality of gaming terminals;
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- a network which enables communication between said server and said plurality of gaming terminals,
- said server comprising (A) a first network interface for communicating with said plurality of gaming terminals, (B) a first memory which stores (a) game software components to be used in said plurality of gaming terminals and (b) authentication programs for authenticating said game software components, and (C) a processor designed or configured to download said game software components to said plurality of gaming terminals along with said authentication programs, and
- said plurality of gaming terminals each comprising (I) a second network interface for communicating with said server, (II) a controller designed or configured to (i) execute said authentication programs to authenticate said game software components downloaded from said server prior to start of a game and (ii) produce a game to be executed in said gaming terminals using said game software components authenticated through said authentication programs, and (III) a second memory which stores said game software components and said authentication programs downloaded from said server.
A server comprising:
- (A) a first network interface for communicating with a plurality of gaming terminals;
- (B) a first memory which stores (a) game software components to be used in said plurality of gaming terminals and (b) authentication programs for authenticating said game software components;
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- (C) a processor designed or configured to download said game software components to said plurality of gaming terminals along with said authentication programs.
A gaming terminal comprising:
- (I) a second network interface for communicating with a server;
- (II) a controller designed or configured to (i) execute authentication programs downloaded from said server to authenticate game software components downloaded from said server, prior to start of a game, and (ii) produce games to be executed in said gaming terminals using said game software components authenticated through said authentication programs;
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- (III) a second memory which stores said game software components and said authentication programs downloaded from said server.
A game control method comprising:
- a downloading step conducted by a server of downloading game software components to be used in a gaming terminal, along with authentication programs for authenticating said game software components to said gaming terminal;
- an authenticating step conducted by said gaming terminal of executing said authentication programs to authenticate said game software components downloaded from said server, prior to start of a game;
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- a producing step conducted by said gaming terminal of producing games to be executed in said gaming terminal using said game software components authenticated through said authentication programs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.