RU2000123356A - INTERACTIVE GAME SYSTEM - Google Patents

Claims (26)

1. An interactive system for games and audiovisual broadcasting, comprising a central gaming computer for processing game data, a decoder configured to receive game data from said central gaming computer, together with transmitted audio-visual data, said decoder also comprising a card reader for interaction with a user’s bank card for crediting a game account that is opened on said central gaming computer rated facility, in response to the transfer of funds from the bank account of the user.  2. The interactive system for games and audiovisual broadcasting according to claim 1, wherein the decoder is equipped with a card reader in the form of a smart card reader.  3. An interactive system for games and audiovisual broadcasting according to claim 1 or 2, in which the decoder is additionally equipped with a second card reader.  4. An interactive system for games and audiovisual broadcasting according to any one of the preceding paragraphs, in which the decoder is configured to receive data defining a credit transfer operation transmitted in the form of an electronic certificate generated by a bank card in response to transaction information provided by the decoder.  5. An interactive system for games and audiovisual broadcasting according to any one of the preceding paragraphs, in which the decoder is equipped with a hand-held remote control, wherein some or all of the data transmitted from it to the decoder is encrypted by the hand-held remote control and then decoded by the decoder.  6. An interactive system for games and audiovisual broadcasting according to any one of the preceding paragraphs, in which the decoder is configured to transmit data defining a credit transfer operation from itself to a bank server via a network communication channel.  7. The interactive system for games and audiovisual broadcasting according to claim 6, which further comprises an intermediate communication server, configured to receive data defining the operation of transferring credit transferred from the decoder, and transfer this data to the bank server.  8. The interactive system for games and audiovisual broadcasting according to claim 7, wherein the intermediate communication server is further configured to exchange data with said central gaming computer means.  9. An interactive system for games and audiovisual broadcasting according to any one of the preceding paragraphs, wherein said central gaming computer means is adapted to receive and transmit payment information from and to a bank server via a network communication channel.  10. An interactive system for games and audiovisual broadcasts according to any one of the preceding paragraphs, in which the decoder is configured to transmit game data to said central gaming computer means during the game through a network communication channel.  11. The interactive system for games and audiovisual broadcasting according to claim 10, in which some or all of the game data transmitted during the game from the decoder to the central gaming computer is encrypted by the decoder.  12. An interactive system for games and audiovisual broadcasting according to claim 10 or 11, which further comprises an intermediate communication server, configured to receive data transmitted from the decoder during the game and transfer this data to the central gaming computer.  13. The interactive system for games and audiovisual broadcasting according to claim 12, wherein said intermediate communication server is capable of decrypting data received from a decoder and re-encrypting this data for subsequent transmission to said central gaming computer means.  14. The interactive system for games and audiovisual broadcasting according to claim 12 or 13, wherein said intermediate communication server is configured to further exchange data with other servers.  15. An interactive system for games and audiovisual broadcasting according to any one of the preceding paragraphs, in which some or all of the game data transmitted from the central gaming computer means to the decoder is transmitted through transmitting means used to transmit audiovisual data to the decoder.  16. An interactive system for games and audiovisual broadcasts according to any one of the preceding paragraphs, in which some or all of the game data transmitted from said central gaming computer means to a decoder is transmitted via a network communication channel.  17. An interactive system for games and audiovisual broadcasts according to any one of the preceding paragraphs, wherein said central gaming computer means is configured to provide game data related to real-time sports transmission, and said decoder is configured to receive both game data and corresponding audiovisual data of this transmission.  18. An interactive system for games and audiovisual broadcasts according to any one of the preceding paragraphs, containing a digital television broadcasting system.  19. A gaming system for processing game data, comprising: means for transmitting game data to a user decoder; means for receiving data from a user decoder, and means for making a connection with a bank server containing a user’s bank account, for transferring funds to or from this account.  20. The gaming system according to claim 19, including a gaming account that is open in the gaming system and which can be credited in response to a loan transfer.  21. A gaming system according to claim 19 or 20, configured to exchange data with said decoder and bank server through a communication server.  22. The gaming system according to claim 21, configured to receive encrypted data from said communication server.  23. The gaming system according to any one of paragraphs. 19-22, configured to transmit game data related to real-time sports transmission.  24. An interactive system for games and audiovisual broadcasts, containing the gaming system according to any one of paragraphs. 19-23, said user decoder and said banking server.  25. A method for processing game data, including operations: transmitting game data to a user decoder; receiving data from a user decoder; and connecting to a bank server containing a user’s bank account to transfer funds to or from this account.  26. A method for controlling an interactive system for games and audiovisual broadcasting, including operations: processing game data in a central gaming computer; receiving processed game data from the central gaming computer means together with the transmitted audiovisual data, and interacting with a user’s bank card to credit a game account opened on the central gaming computer, in response to a transfer of funds from the user's bank account.