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US 2014/0349742 A1Published application
System capable of adding multi-currency function
AssigneesUniversal Entertainment Corporation, Aruze Gaming America, Inc.
InventorKengo Takeda
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Abstract
Provided is a system that is capable of adding a multi-currency function to an existing ticket/cashless server. The system according to the present application communicates information to issue a barcode ticket for taking out a credit from a gaming machine via a path connected with a game controller and, in the case of receipt of a bill, sends information on the bill to the ticket/cashless server via a path different from the path.
Claims7
A multi-currency system comprising:
- a gaming machine in which a game controller performs game processing;
- an issuance server which communicates information to issue a barcode ticket for taking out a credit from the gaming machine via a path connected with the game controller;
- and
- a reception system for receiving a bill to perform the game processing in the gaming machine,
- wherein, in a case of reception of a bill, the reception system sends information about the bill to the issuance server via a path different from the path.
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A multi-currency system comprising:
- an issuance system including a gaming machine in which a game controller performs game processing and an issuance server for communicating information to issue a barcode ticket for taking out a credit from the gaming machine, the issuance server communicating information via a transit path which goes through the game controller;
- and
- a reception system for receiving a bill to perform the game processing in the gaming machine, the reception system connected with the issuance server to be able to communicate via a non-transit path which does not go through the game controller,
- wherein the reception system is capable of receiving domestic bills and foreign bills,
- wherein, in a case of reception of a domestic bill, the reception system sends information on an amount of the domestic bill in a domestic currency to the issuance server via the non-transit path, and
- wherein, in a case of reception of a foreign bill, the reception system sends information on an amount of the foreign bill converted into the domestic currency to the issuance server via the non-transit path.
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A multi-currency system comprising:
- an issuance system including a gaming machine in which a game controller performs game processing and an issuance server for communicating information to issue a barcode ticket for taking out a credit from the gaming machine, the issuance server communicating information via a transit path which goes through the game controller;
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- a reception system for receiving a bill to perform the game processing in the gaming machine, the reception system including a bill acceptor for receiving domestic currency bills and foreign currency bills and a reception server connected with the bill acceptor and the issuance server to be able to communicate, the reception system connected with the issuance server to be able to communicate via a non-transit path which does not go through the game controller,
- wherein the reception system is capable of receiving domestic bills and foreign bills,
- wherein, in a case of reception of a domestic bill, the reception system sends information on an amount of the domestic bill in a domestic currency to the issuance server via the non-transit path, and
- wherein, in a case of reception of a foreign bill, the reception system sends information on an amount of the foreign bill converted into the domestic currency to the issuance server via the non-transit path.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.