RU2102790C1 - Electronic game system - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: electronic game and service systems for local and wide area networks. SUBSTANCE: device has central computer station, peripheral computer station and their connection, data transmission network. Central computer station has systems for registration of players, servicing their accounts, information generation, storage and search, game situation back-up, detection of accounts at end of game, input of parlay information, execution game system, data exchange system. In addition device has electronic payment system, information protection system, secure information exchange system, game selection system, mail system. Data transmission network provides interface between peripheral and central stations for arbitrary types of peripheral systems and has communication station and data transmission network. EFFECT: secure wide-band network which provides possibility of confidential servicing users including money transfers between accounts using game base which includes several games. 10 cl, 3 dwg

Description

 The invention relates to electronic gaming and service systems. Systems can be used in local and global networks to create casinos, administrative and production systems, exchange systems and other communication, marketing systems that require the interactive operation of its parts. The system can be used to model real relationships between business entities in a market economy.

 Known gaming machines and devices for collective games such as "Machine for games, entertainment, training," having several game positions for individual players. The gaming device has a standard driver that allows the player to participate in the game at each position (EPO patent N 0338103, published ISM N 6-1991 g, class A 63 F 9/14). However, the system allows the player to participate without selecting partners. The well-known "Multi-Purpose Video Game", which contains a round screen with radially mounted multiple projectors. Each projector is directed to a specific area of the screen. Several game sections are radially mounted to this screen (ЕВП patent N 0387862, date of issue March 14, 1990, published ISM N 6-1991 g, class A 63 F 9/22). However, all game sections can be locally installed around one game processor and do not allow service firms to be connected to the system as subjects of the system. Known applications "Set of gaming equipment for gaming rooms" (Japanese application N 3-70993, publication N 1-1775 from 11.11.91 and Japanese application N 3-70994, publication N 1-1775 from 11.11.91), which are intended for organization games on several slot machines forming a group of machines and allow you to perform game calculations for playing with multiple players. However, they do not allow the creation of a secure network, not limited in distance, providing the ability to service several companies and / or game participants included in the system (including the implementation of monetary transactions), while ensuring a significant variety of the gaming base offered for betting, betting and other game situations. Known methods of electronic payments using networks that provide communication with financial institutions. For example, "A method and apparatus for providing credit in a gaming computer" (US patent N 5038022, published 06.08.91, vol. N 1129 N 1, Official Gazette) and "Device for direct or remote control of game manipulations, in particular for use in casino "(French patent N 2666672, published 13.03.92 N 1" Bulletin offucial de la propriete industrielle "). However, they do not provide for the creation of a game system from a variety of unlimited geographical entities with the simultaneous implementation of both simulation of the game situation and settlements in a financial institution based on the results of the completed game. The well-known "Network terminal used as a gaming machine" (EPO patent N 0477775, published 04.01.92 N 14, ISM 93-13-93) and "Computer game for several participants, remote from each other" (US patent N 5083800, published January 28, 1992, volume N 1134 N 2 Official Gazette, which uses telephone lines and terminals, however, the authors do not solve the problem of creating a secure network with the possibility of service, including the implementation of monetary operations, with a wide game base in various combinations of teams players.

 Closest to the technical nature of the proposed electronic gaming system (VIS) is the "Electronic system with a computer for playing poker", described in US patent N 4926327 from 05.15.90, ISM 15, 1991, cl. G 06 F 15/44, which is adopted as a prototype. An electronic system for a computer has a central console (CPU) of the computer and groups of individual game consoles (IP) of the computer connected to the central. The CPU has a scheme for issuing permission to all players to start betting, a scheme for initiating all game moves with the transfer of information, a scheme for evaluating each player’s cards to determine how to exit the game, a scheme for dividing the total amount of bets made, and IPs have processors, a scheme for Acceptance and indication of selected cards, a scheme for allowing each player to respond to moves initiated by the processor, schemes for transmitting and indicating bet amounts. The system provides the ability to make bets simultaneously to many players in a certain time period of initiation, which is equal to the period of admission of players to make bets. The system allows for multi-variant poker game according to parameters set by the system or manually by players. The system carries out the final calculation of game points after the completion of the game for each player. It allows you to place many individual computers on the local territory, provides for each player the ability to monitor the progress of the game and limits the viewing of the game results displayed on the individual computer to others, due to the available bells.

 The system can be used in casinos. However, an electronic system with a computer for playing poker provides the players with a game situation of the same type and is geographically limited by the capabilities of this local network. At the same time, it is impossible to create a secure network that is not geographically limited and that can provide after-sales service for all entities included in the system, both players and companies, for which it is necessary to provide a wide gaming base, on the basis of which bets are made, bets are made, etc. .d. and after the game is completed, monetary operations are carried out in financial institutions.

 There is considerable interest in electronic computer games, which can provide a wide variety of game situations that help to acquire a variety of skills for solving logical, strategic problems, bet, predict the outcome of certain game situations during the interaction of other participants, sweepstakes (for example, roulette) or make a bet in gambling combinational games involving the player himself, for example card games, checkers, chess, etc. At the same time, there is a need, without special efforts, to go somewhere, move from a room convenient for the player and, not taking into account the possible working schedule of institutions, such as a casino, connect to the desired gaming situation at any time of the day, play a game in several game situations, or combine a game with performance of other work duties.

 All the alleged game situations enhance the stimulation of the connection when it is possible to make money bets, with the help of which money will be transferred to the player’s bank accounts, where the confidentiality of winnings, fairness and verifiability of settlements, the security of the player himself with the ability to communicate are guaranteed. This is ensured in a virtual computer world with players and groups of players actually selected for this, data about which, if necessary, can be estimated based on the information provided. However, all players remain incognito for participants in the game situation. The proposed electronic gaming system allows the creation of a network protected from the general public, not geographically limited and representing the possibility of confidential service of various entities included in the system, both players and firms, with the implementation of monetary operations on the players' bank accounts based on a diverse gaming base immediately multiple selected games.

 The electronic gaming system consists of a central computer station (CCS) 1 (see FIG. 1), peripheral computer stations (PCC) (see FIG. 2-5) and communication between them via a data network (SPD) (see FIG. . 6).

 The CKS includes an administrator 2 and is equipped with systems for registering players 3, maintaining player accounts 4, generating, storing and retrieving information 5, recording a game situation 6, determining scores from the results of game 7, accepting bets and betting 8, the gaming system 9, an exchange system data 10.

 The player registration system provides registration of all new entities that are connected to the system and are already members of this electronic gaming system (VMS). Logs the client logout. This provides control over a closed circle of subjects included in this VMS. The account management system manages the accounts of players, making settlements between players and the CSC and working with bank accounts.

 The system of formation, storage and retrieval of information provides the accumulation and processing of statistical information on players, game situations, selection criteria, etc. conducts special session protocols, which allows you to control the fairness and correctness of the administrator’s actions and the security of the system.

 The system for recording a game situation provides a protocol for each of the games initiated by the player, as well as saving current game situations in order to be able to restore this situation in the event of a communication failure. This will ensure the safety of information in the system even in emergency situations and will make it possible to verify the fairness and correctness of calculations in the game.

 The system of accepting bets and making bets ensures the implementation of the process before the start of the game. The executing game system directly controls the program units that implement the game process, provides input and output of information and other necessary actions for the game.

 In contrast to the prototype, the CCS includes electronic payment systems 11, information protection 12, organization of secure communication 13, game selection 14, mail system 15. An executing game system provides the implementation of game situations from the system database 16. The system for organizing secure communication includes a personal communication system, which provides electronic communication between the PKS and the administrator of the CCS or PKS among themselves. At the same time, the personal communication system carries out electronic communication of any two or more arbitrarily formed groups of PKS. The game selection system includes a database that provides data on all game situations and allows you to make a selection according to any given (designated) criterion, and also provides entry into it, switching from game to game to participate in several games at once. The electronic payment system provides the exchange of information with financial firms, such as banks, makes payments in electronic form using telecommunications. The information protection system provides personal and network-wide information used both for communication between players and financial information from unauthorized interference, delimitation and redistribution of information and access rights to information between EIS subjects. The system of organizing secure communication provides directly interactive communication between the subjects included in the system, between the player and the administrator or between groups of players in real time and the absence of a link to the schedules of the "Casino" as an EIS.

 The CKS and PKS include mail systems 15, which have personal email 15a for PKS and / or thematic electronic announcements 17, and also includes help systems of the CKS and / or PKS 18, 19 and a data exchange system. Unlike the prototype, the help system provides data on the initiated composition of the players, the game rating of each of the possible players and allows the selection of partners according to any given criterion (Fig. 11).

 The mail system is designed to organize the exchange of personal messages between customers, maintain message boards and provide email services. These messages are transmitted in secure packets, do not require an immediate response, and can be processed by players both in the connected and disconnected state from the CCS. The personal mail system ensures that personal correspondence is maintained between the players, players and the administrator and other entities of the system that does not leave this system. The system has electronic boards (as thematic groups) of announcements within the system. This provides a secure exchange of information on the network only for entities included in it. The data exchange system implements the ability to protect the transmitted signals during data exchange between the CKS and the PKS. The help system provides easy orientation of the client in the game system to prevent errors on the part of the player that lead to loss of information or incognito of the player himself. The help system helps and simplifies the use of the game system. PKS includes modems and computers of both players and financial PKS. Financial PKS have bank accounts. Also, as special cases within the framework of the general system, PKS can have radio communications, modems, network and / or radio modems, stationary and / or portable computers (Fig. 2-5). Also, the PKS can include a modem and computers single and / or connected to a local computer network (Fig. 2, 5) with a terminal.

 The interaction of the CSC through the data network provides interaction with the PCB in an arbitrarily composed combination of the types of PCB. The data network includes a communication station 20 for both radio modems and network modems. Thus, the EIS provides administration, exchange of information, provision of game processes with the closeness, confidentiality and variety of game and services. In addition, the system controls the player’s accounts and will never let him lose more than he has on his deposit bank account.

 In FIG. 1 shows the structure of a central computer station; FIG. 2 - structure of possible types of peripheral computer stations; option 1 - single peripheral computer station; FIG. 3 option 2 peripheral computer station of financial firms; FIG. 4 option 3 peripheral computer station, mobile, using radio; FIG. 5 option 4 peripheral computer station network; FIG. 6 data transmission network structure; FIG. 7 scheme of interaction of EIS; FIG. 8 view of the display with a list of actions for entering the system; FIG. 9 view of the display with the provision of structured information from the game selection database; FIG. 10 view of the display with the provision of structured information for the selection of players; FIG. 11 view of the display with a demonstration of player ratings; FIG. 12 table of the selection of players according to the criteria set by the player; FIG. 13 view of the display with the provision of a table of calculations and information on the player’s accounts.

 The electronic gaming system consists of the CCS 1, which includes a modem device 21, a server 22, an administrator computer 23, and a terminal 24 operating as a single administrator system 2 (see Fig. 1). The structure of the CCS is a complex of software and hardware that store, collect and manage information from an electronic gaming system, for example, Casino.

CCS consists of:
Player Registration Systems 3;
Player Account Management Systems 4;
Systems for the formation, storage and retrieval of information 5;
Game situation recording systems 6;
System for determining bills according to the results of the game 7;
The system of receiving bets and betting 8, the gaming system 9;
Data exchange systems 10, see FIG. 2-5;
In the EIS there are peripheral computer stations (PCS) 25, which include the admission system of the player 26 in the CCS and the game interface system 27 (see Fig. 2-5). In contrast to the prototype, the CCC also includes an electronic payment system 11, an information protection system 12, a communication organization system 13, a game selection system 14. The executing game system 9 of the CCC 1 provides the implementation of gaming situations from the database 16 of the executing gaming system 9 (see FIG. . one).

 The interaction of the CSC 1 and the PKS 25 is carried out through a data network 26 (see Fig. 4), including a communication station 20 for both radio modems 7 (see Fig. 2) and network modems 28 (see Fig. 2, 3 , 5).

 EIS may have, for example, postal systems 15 (see Fig. 1 and 2-5), which are included in the CCS 1 and PKS 25.

 An EIS can, for example, have either one personal communication system or a personal communication system 13 in combination with a mail system 15. At the same time, the personal communication system electronically communicates with the PKS with the administrator's computer 23, TsKS 1 or PKS 25 (see Fig. 4). The personal communication system 13 communicates any two or more arbitrarily formed groups 29 of the PKS 25 (see Fig. 4). The game selection system 14 includes a database 16, which describes the types of game situations and allows you to make a choice of any of them (see Fig. 1). The system for the formation, storage and retrieval of information includes a database 16 describing the composition of the players, the rating of the players and allowing the selection of players according to any given criterion (see Fig. 8, 9). PKS 25 includes computers 30, 31 and modems 27, 28 of both players and bank and / or deposit accounts (see Fig. 2-5). CCS 1 consists of a terminal 24 and an administrator server 22 connected to a modem device 23 (see Fig. 1). CCS 1 through the data transmission network 26 provides interaction PKS 25 in any arbitrary selected combination. PKS 25 includes a modem 28 and computers 30, which can be both stationary and portable. In this case, PKS 25 can include single computers (Fig. 2) or computers connected to a local area network (Fig. 5) with a terminal and modem 28 (see Fig. 5). All systems work in an interactive mode and represent, according to the general classification, “Methods of Comparison, Classification and Pattern Recognition” (ISCRO), where the comparison is interpreted as a measuring operation, a measuring and computing complex (IVC). The CPI is hierarchical, since each system solves its own problem and assigns a specific action on its own to certain types of tasks, after which it sends the solution interactively to the corresponding system. The EIS adequately recognizes and organizes the work of the entire system as a CPI using the ISCRO, solving the problem of collecting and processing data from a comprehensive survey of the situation. If necessary, the main game functions are set by the player himself in the game mode and the administrator in the management mode of the system. When using the database, a model is used that is formed in terms of “vague logic”. Using the rules of composition of “vague” relationships for each set of data, a diagnostic solution is developed that, in relation to the most suitable option, takes the form of affirmation, denial or posing questions for further play. Options for creating such systems are known from sources (for example, Klesheev A.S. Chernyakhovskaya M.Yu. Systems for representing problem-oriented knowledge. Izvestiya AN SSSR, 1982, N 5, pp. 43-63).

 The database is a set of data described by the construction of the FOSS language (structural description of the subject area), where each set is physically placed on the disk in the form of separate systems (N.T. Rustamov, G.T. Ibragimov. Description of tools for building advising recognition systems UZNPO "Cybernetics", Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Tashkent, 1991). Formal-linguistic tools are used for a class of administrative information systems, for example, of the type "DESKTOP SYSTEM" (S. P. Bouz. Methods and means of displaying multidimensional parametric dependencies. Collection of scientific and technical information. Artificial Intelligence Information Technologies. M. Gos. IFTP, 1994, UDC 681.51 / 513.2).

 EIS works as follows. To start work in the EIS, each entity carries out the registration procedure based on the introduction of a code, alias and password. After entering the data, the player is assigned a registration number and its identifiers are entered in the CCS. The player through the PKS is connected to the telephone line and enters the CCS at any time convenient for himself. Connection is made by running the program in the player registration system, which, using a modem, dials the casino phone number and connects through the casino modem to the casino administrator’s computer. After dialing, the player registration system requests a pseudonym, password and player code (see Fig. 8). After entering them, the system compares them with identifiers stored in the administrator's computer. In case of their full compliance, the client is considered identified and he is given the opportunity to use his deposit account, which can be either a game or a money one. In order to carry out specific game actions, the player selects his game pseudonym, for which he outputs data to the PKS interface for the information generation, storage and retrieval system (see Fig. 8), selects the composition of the team, entering data into the PKS interface for this system (see Fig. 10-12), selects the game by entering data into the PCB interface for the game selection system (see Fig. 9).

 To organize the desired group of players, the EIS user sends a request or announcement to the mail system or uses the communication organization system. In order to ensure security and maintain secrecy, the entire communication session between the CKS and the PKS or the PKS with the PKS is protected by an information protection system, a data exchange system, and, when making settlements with deposit accounts, an additional electronic payment system. Each system uses a player’s digital key. To carry out all the necessary actions, the player gets acquainted with the rules and tips in the help system. After playing the game on the PKS interface, the player is shown a table of the game results and operations on the calculations made on the player’s deposit account 32 (see Figs. 13, 5).

 Thus, each user of the system can, at any time of the day, without interrupting current affairs, play a game with any user of the system and make settlements with the bank according to the results of the game, while a game can be played on several game situations at once.

Claims (10)

 1. An electronic gaming system (EIS) consisting of a central computer station (CCS), including an administrator computer, a player registration system, a player score management system, a system for generating, storing and retrieving information, a game situation recording system, a game score determination system, a betting and betting system that executes a gaming system, a data exchange system and peripheral computer stations (PCS), each of which includes a player admission system to the central computer station and a game interface system, characterized in that the CKS is equipped with an electronic payment system, an information protection system, a communication management system, a game selection system, the executing game system providing game situations to databases of the executing game system, and the central and peripheral computer stations interacting through a data network including a communication station.  2. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that the central and peripheral computer stations include mail systems.  3. The system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the communication organization system includes a personal communication system.  4. The system according to claim 3, characterized in that the personal communication system carries out electronic communication between the PKS and the administrator's computer of the CKS or PKS among themselves.  5. The system according to claim 4, characterized in that the personal communication system carries out electronic communication of any two or more randomly generated groups of PKS.  6. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that the game selection system includes a database describing the types of game situations, and allows you to make a choice of any of them.  7. The system according to p. 1 or 6, characterized in that the system for the formation, storage and retrieval of information includes a database describing the composition of the players, the rating of the players, and allows you to make a choice according to any given criterion.  8. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that the PKS includes computers and modems of both players and bank and / or game deposit accounts.  9. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that the CCS consists of a terminal and an administrator server connected to a modem device.  10. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that the interaction of the CSC through the data network provides interaction with the PCB in any arbitrarily selected combination.

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