WO2006124225A3 - Creation of game elements using location information - Google Patents

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WO2006124225A3
WO2006124225A3 PCT/US2006/016058 US2006016058W WO2006124225A3 WO 2006124225 A3 WO2006124225 A3 WO 2006124225A3 US 2006016058 W US2006016058 W US 2006016058W WO 2006124225 A3 WO2006124225 A3 WO 2006124225A3
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location information
creation
game elements
game
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Iii William M Hawkins
Rick Marazzani
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Digital Chocolate Inc
Iii William M Hawkins
Rick Marazzani
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/3202—Hardware aspects of a gaming system, e.g. components, construction, architecture thereof
    • G07F17/3223—Architectural aspects of a gaming system, e.g. internal configuration, master/slave, wireless communication
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/3225—Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users
    • G07F17/323—Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users wherein the player is informed, e.g. advertisements, odds, instructions

Abstract

Method, system and machine-readable medium for creating game elements using location information (figure 5-6). In one form, ate least one machine readable medium has instructions stored thereon which when executed by a machine cause the machine to implement a game, to obtain information about a location of the machine, and to abstract the information into an element of the game (fig. 5-6).
PCT/US2006/016058 2005-05-19 2006-04-26 Creation of game elements using location information WO2006124225A2 (en)

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