WO2005045610A3 - Method, system, and program product for grouping game players by class - Google Patents

Method, system, and program product for grouping game players by class Download PDF

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WO2005045610A3
WO2005045610A3 PCT/US2004/034857 US2004034857W WO2005045610A3 WO 2005045610 A3 WO2005045610 A3 WO 2005045610A3 US 2004034857 W US2004034857 W US 2004034857W WO 2005045610 A3 WO2005045610 A3 WO 2005045610A3
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Clifton Lind
Jefferson Craig Lind
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Multimedia Games Inc
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Priority to EP04795947A priority patent/EP1680197A4/en
Priority to AU2004288514A priority patent/AU2004288514C1/en
Publication of WO2005045610A2 publication Critical patent/WO2005045610A2/en
Publication of WO2005045610A3 publication Critical patent/WO2005045610A3/en
Priority to AU2008229711A priority patent/AU2008229711A1/en

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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
    • A63F3/06—Lottos or bingo games; Systems, apparatus or devices for checking such games
    • A63F3/0625—Devices for filling-in or checking
    • A63F3/064—Electric devices for filling-in or checking
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
    • A63F3/06—Lottos or bingo games; Systems, apparatus or devices for checking such games
    • A63F3/062—Bingo games, e.g. Bingo card games

Abstract

Game play requests in a bingo gaming system (100) are associated with different play characteristic classes and collected into different game play groups simultaneously according to play characteristic class. Once a sufficient number of game play requests are collected in a respective game play group, a bingo game is conducted with the respective game play group and results are returned to the players associated with that game play group. Play characteristic class may be defined on the basis of the speed at which players take any required actions to claim results in a game so that players who may take the required actions relatively slowly will not be grouped for games with players who may take the required actions relatively quickly.
PCT/US2004/034857 2003-10-29 2004-10-21 Method, system, and program product for grouping game players by class WO2005045610A2 (en)

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CA002542851A CA2542851A1 (en) 2003-10-29 2004-10-21 Method, system, and program product for grouping game players by class
EP04795947A EP1680197A4 (en) 2003-10-29 2004-10-21 Method, system, and program product for grouping game players by class
AU2004288514A AU2004288514C1 (en) 2003-10-29 2004-10-21 Method, system, and program product for grouping game players by class
AU2008229711A AU2008229711A1 (en) 2003-10-29 2008-09-30 Method, system, and program product for grouping game players by class

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US51526503P 2003-10-29 2003-10-29
US60/515,265 2003-10-29
US10/752,293 US7338368B2 (en) 2003-10-29 2004-01-06 Method, system, and program product for grouping game players by class
US10/752,293 2004-01-06

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CA2542851A1 (en) 2005-05-19
AU2004288514C1 (en) 2009-02-12
US20080153568A1 (en) 2008-06-26
EP1680197A2 (en) 2006-07-19
AU2008229711A1 (en) 2008-10-30
US8029352B2 (en) 2011-10-04
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AU2004288514A1 (en) 2005-05-19
US7338368B2 (en) 2008-03-04

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