Apparatus and Method for Generating a Graphical Transformation of a Lottery Input Number
OwnerChris Gossinventor
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Abstract
One embodiment of the invention provides apparatus comprising an input for receiving a lottery number, K, and an output for presenting a graphical selector comprising N options. The graphical selector steps in sequence through said N options in accordance with the received lottery number K to select an option. The output can be incorporated into a broadcast television signal as part of a lottery program, and used to drive other material in the program, as well as providing an application for other platforms, such as mobile telephones and the Internet.
Claims47
Apparatus comprising:
- an input for receiving a non-predictable input number, K, wherein said non-predictable number K comprises a lottery number from a primary game;
- and
- cyclical selector comprising N output options, wherein said cyclical selector is configured to cyclically count through said N output options in accordance with the received number K to select one of said N output options, thereby transforming the non-predictable input number K into a selection of an output option for use as input to a secondary game.
The apparatus of claim where the cyclical selector is configured to return to a predetermined starting location prior to receipt of each input number from said succession of non-predictable numbers.
The apparatus of claim, wherein an accumulation of output options selected so far by the cyclical selector for a succession of input numbers is presented by the apparatus.
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Apparatus comprising:
- an input for receiving an input number, K, wherein said number K comprises a lottery serial number;
- and
- a cyclical selector comprising N output options, wherein said cyclical selector is configured to cyclically count through said N output options in accordance with the received number K to select one of said N output options, thereby transforming the input number K into a selection of an output option, for use as input to a secondary game.
A method of performing a computerised graphical transformation comprising:
- receiving a non-predictable number, K, from a primary game, wherein said random number K comprises a lottery number;
- operating a cyclical selector comprising N output options, so as to count through said N output options in accordance with the received number K to select one of said N output options, thereby transforming the non-predictable input number K into a selection of an output option;
- and
- using said selected output option to configure a secondary game.
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A method of running a secondary lottery game comprising:
- receiving a succession of non-predictable numbers K as the result of a lottery draw;
- and
- operating a cyclical selector so as to cyclically count through N output options in accordance with each received number K to transform the succession of non-predictable numbers K into a sequence of output options and select one of said N output options for output:
- using said sequence of output options to determine a result of said secondary lottery game.
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A computer program product comprising machine instructions that when loaded into one or more machines implement a method of generating a computerised graphic comprising:
- receiving a non-predictable number, K, wherein said random number K comprises a lottery number for a primary game;
- presenting a cyclical selector comprising N options, operating the cyclical selector as to cyclically count through said N output options in accordance with the received number K to select one of said N output options, thereby transforming the non-predictable input number K into a selection of an output option;
- and
- outputting data indicative of said selected output option to a secondary game.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.