RU17442U1 - NETWORK CONTROLLER OF THE GAME DEVICE SYSTEM AND THE GAME DEVICE SYSTEM OF THE SINGLE INFORMATION PRIZE NETWORK - Google Patents

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NETWORK CONTROLLER OF THE GAME DEVICE SYSTEM AND THE GAME DEVICE SYSTEM OF THE SINGLE INFORMATION PRIZE NETWORK

The utility model relates to the field of entertainment and gambling, to the design of the IF devices of a single information network and can be used in local and global networks of casinos or gaming halls, which use games that are heterogeneous and located at a considerable distance from each other and from the computer center devices and in which a constant account of bets made and winnings or prizes won in If devices is maintained.

Various stand-alone IF machines are known comprising a coin or token acceptor, a game panel, and a prize or prize issuing device. The disadvantage of these stand-alone devices is the participation of only one player in the game and the limited maximum payout, which, as a rule, is smaller than the total amount of bets made on slot machines.

A known slot machine for electronic implementation of a symbolic, in particular card game such as “Poker, in which prepay a loan and set the value of the game bet within this loan, display them, then, upon a command, randomly generate combinations of non-repeating, for example, card teams for random replacing, in this combination, part of the symbols defining a gain or loss and an indication of the results, in which, for the implementation of the method described above, micromCI-6 A 63 F 9/24 are used

FIELD OF TECHNOLOGY.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

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with a reprocessor-based software and computing device, a credit and rate adjuster, a control unit, a video driver, a symbolic indicator field (in the form of a video monitor), digital indicators of credit, a bet and a game result, a panel of buttons for game commands. Patent Germany 3738120, G07F17 / 32, 1987

Until now, all attempts to integrate gaming machines that are heterogeneous in design, function, and types of output information signals (switched interfaces) into a single control network via terminals connected to the gaming machines by a cable and collecting information therein for subsequent processing on a computer have led to that various means of connecting existing heterogeneous types of switched interfaces to the network of gaming machines using traditional and well-known technical means It has led to the submission to the central computer center of erroneous data during test runs or in the functioning of the network, which can be registered as delivered or received amount. This led to distortions of the data collected from such gaming machines, which, in turn, dramatically reduces the functioning efficiency of such gaming machine systems. Therefore, in practice, the most widespread are local networks of homogeneous in design and types of output information signals (switched interfaces) IF machines or IF machines, although such systems are not attractive enough for players with different gaming interests and therefore local systems of homogeneous machines are not efficient enough and are in demand.

In particular, it is known a device for an additional game for a reward, which is played simultaneously by the host casino player and a lot of players at the casino gaming table with many player positions, each of which has a receiver for tokens, light-emitting diodes-indicators for each player, controller by which, at the command of the master, the token receiver is blocked, random number generators connected to the controller, a display connected to the controller to display a random high-end combination or cards, line communication network and a personal computer having a controller input / output card, the additional master controller and sootvetstvuyuch v software present patent RF 2142309, A63F9 / 24, publ. 12/10/1999, Bull. 34. A significant drawback of this device is its operability only when connecting to the system identical to one another equipment of playing places, compatible with the type of input / output information signals of the personal computer of the host. The impossibility of combining, through hitherto known and available technical means, heterogeneous in design and types of switched input / output information signals (types of switched interfaces) into a single electrically connected network of gaming machines has led to the appearance of technical solutions (utility model) in which information signals are exchanged infrared signals through appropriate emitters and receivers, which greatly complicates the design of network comm nication, dramatically reduces the noise immunity of communication lines and, accordingly, the reliability of operation of the network, and also allows you to create a local (small in length) of the network of slot machines within a single gambling hall. The closest in technical essence and achieved technical result (prototype) is a system for accounting bets and winnings in gaming machines by constantly counting the delivered amounts and amounts paid as prizes in gaming machines issuing random prizes, which contains installed in the gaming machine and performing all operations for reading, storing and transmitting information, control means connected to the infrared communication board and an adapter board connected to the information terminal, when In this connection between the communication board and the adapter is carried out by means of infrared signals, which are equipped with emitters and receivers for this, and the control device installed in the gaming machine contains a communications microcontroller, a supervisor element, which ensures the correct operation of the circuit and communication elements that determine program failures and failures according to RF application No. 94031566/09 G07F17 / 38, publ. 1996.06.20. A characteristic feature of this control system (prototype) is that the communication circuit is designed in accordance with the FRS232 interface and allows you to connect peripheral devices that work only in this standard in local networks that are limited in length, and that the control tool contains a microcontroller that performs counting operations and acts as a storage device for storing information, fueled by a battery in case of power failure, a supervisor element, which determines both malfunctions during program execution, and power failures, and a communication element designed to transmit information electrically to the infrared communication board, and the entire control system is mounted on a printed circuit board, which, in addition to microcontroller elements, a supervisor element, communication elements and related electronic circuits, equipped with a connector through which communication with the gaming machine and communication board in the infrared range, as well as installation elements s to set the board inside the machine.

TASKS OF A USEFUL MODEL.

The main technical problem (the inventive task has not been solved so far), which hinders the development of the gaming business, the increase in the mass, attractiveness and effectiveness of modern gaming device systems, is that increased requirements for the cost-effectiveness, attractiveness and gambling of gaming device systems require combining into a single information -prize local (within the same gaming hall) and global (within several remote gaming halls) networks of heterogeneous in terms of the design and operation of gaming devices, but known to date and available technical means, only homogeneous gaming devices can be combined into local electrically connected networks.

It is also known that in the majority of currently known IF devices they usually use switched interfaces of information signals according to TTL and RS232 standards, therefore, in local networks (within the same gaming hall or one casino) and relatively short chains of information communications, the exchange of information signals is most effective according to the TTL and RS232 standards, however, when transmitting information signals to the TTL and RS232 standard in long communication circuits, many errors and errors occur.

h in the global circuits of information communications the most efficient exchange of information signals according to RS422 and RS485 standards or other standards or other information exchange protocols. Thus, for global systems that combine gaming equipment of several remote arcs from a friend and from the computing center of the ife halls into a single information and prize network, it is necessary to create and use new technical tools that simultaneously process information signals of heterogeneous equipment in several different TTL, RS232 standards, RS422, RS485 and other standards and protocols of information exchange, combine gaming machines with various interfaces and informat protocols in global networks translational exchange, manage real-time information display devices and the accumulation mode and winning prizes and promotional information, collect, analyze and store statistical information about the channels and means of communication. TECHNICAL RESULT OF A USEFUL MODEL. The required technical result (the purpose of the utility model), achieved by using the utility model, is the creation of new equipment and new information technologies that allow the use of gaming devices of a different design and function that are remote at any distance from each other and from the computer center in global prize networks and additional gaming equipment that allows in real time to simultaneously process electrically (by means of electric or optical cables) and electronically (via the INTERNET global network) connected networks, heterogeneous types of switched input / output information signals according to different types of switched interfaces according to different standards and according to different information exchange protocols, combined into a single global network of dissimilar ife devices remote from each other, with at the same time increasing economic efficiency, reliability, controllability, attractiveness and gambling of gaming devices while reducing labor intensity maintenance of IF equipment. ESSENCE OF A USEFUL MODEL.

The required technical result when using the utility model (the goal) is achieved by the fact that the network controller of the gaming device system of a single information and prize network ACCORDING TO THE USEFUL MODEL contains a processor with input / output ports for information signals, a storage device, means for transmitting information signals, and software for autonomous automatic and / or remote monitoring of the operation of the network controller itself and / or one or more units network controller and / or ifa devices and / or additional equipment of ifa devices and / or information boards and / or means for transmitting information signals and / or their software, software and hardware for autonomous automatic and / or remote configuration of the operation of the network controller itself and / or one or more blocks of the network controller and / or additional equipment of gaming devices and / or information boards and / or information signal transmission means s and / or their software and software and hardware for protecting information signals and / or software for a network controller and / or means for transmitting information signals, wherein the processor comprises an integrated program execution control device and at least one of the processor ports contains a universal asynchronous information transceiver signals or other similar means with the ability to process or convert in real time heterogeneous switched types interfaces, for example, TTL, RS232, RS422, RS485 or other standards or protocols of information exchange of an information and computer center with gaming devices and / or additional equipment of gaming devices and / or information displays or other switched devices, and the hardware blocks of the network controller are made with the possibility of them the functions of the network controller of the gaming device, the network controller of the information board and the network two-channel analyzer-converter.

Moreover, the network controller with the ability to perform the functions of the network controller of the gaming device of a single informational-prize network is configured to receive, process and transmit real-time information signals from the gaming device and / or additional equipment

a gaming device to the information and computing center about the status and / or functioning of the if device and / or counters of the gaming device and / or additional equipment of the gaming device and / or their software and / or statistical information about the status or functioning of the means of transmitting information signals, reception, processing and transmitting real-time response information signals or commands from the information center, with the ability to remotely configure n the mediocre network controller of the gaming device itself, determining the type of protocol for exchanging informational information and the procedure for filling out the structure of the game device’s counters, as well as the additional possibility of autonomous automatic and / or remote zeroing and restarting of the network controller of the gaming device itself in cases of detecting signs of incorrect operation or in the absence of signs the correct operation of the gaming device and / or counters of the gaming device and / or accessory th hardware gaming device and / or directly to the network controller of a gaming device and / or software profammnogo.

In addition, the network controller with the ability to perform the functions of the network controller of the information panel of a single information-prize network is configured to receive, process and transmit information signals in real time on the status and / or operation of indicators of the information panel and / or its software to the information-computing center, with the ability to remotely configure directly the network controller of the information board, the ability to determine the circuit m connection, the order and duration of activation of the switched equipment for certain events and the ability to receive, process and transmit the corresponding response information signals or commands from the computer center, as well as the additional possibility of autonomous automatic and / or remote zeroing and restarting of the corresponding software and / or reloading of templates defining the form and display order of information signals of all or any of the indicators of the information board, and / or of the network controller directly placard in cases signs of improper operation or in the absence of correct operation of information display and / or indicator information display and / or directly to the network controller of the information display and / or their profammnogo software.

In addition, the network controller with the ability to perform the functions of a network two-channel analyzer-converter of a single information-prize network is configured to receive, process, coordinate and transmit in real time streams of information signals with different speeds and / or different switched types of interfaces or information exchange protocols, passing through the means of transmitting the information signal from the information and computing center to the network controllers of gaming devices or network to to controllers of information boards and vice versa, with the ability to collect, process and transmit information signal packets over electrically connected or other communication networks, with the ability to determine the addresses of sources and receivers of information signal packets, control errors in transmitted information signal packets, write control results to internal statistics structures , with the possibility of forming in the event of a loss of communication with the information and computer center of the commands to the network controllers of gaming devices and network controllers of advertising and information boards for their automatic transition to stand-alone automatic operation, the ability to automatically determine in real time the working speed of the exchange of information signals or packets of information signals of the analyzer-converter with the information and computer center and to determine in real time the working speed of the exchange of information signals or information signal packets of the analyzer-converter with the equipment of the gaming device system unified information-prize network in accordance with the specified configuration of the analyzer-converter, the ability to convert heterogeneous types of switched types of interfaces, the ability to receive, process and transmit the corresponding information signals from network controllers of gaming devices and / or network controllers of information boards and / or information transmission media sipnals to the computer center or response information sitals from the computer center and an additional opportunity Autonomous automatic and / or remote

resetting the network analyzer-converter itself in cases of detecting signs of incorrect operation or in the absence of signs of correct operation of the network analyzer-converter itself and / or means of collecting, processing and transmitting information signals to the information-processing center and vice versa.

At the same time, the network controller is capable of autonomous functioning upon interruption of the exchange of information signals with the information and computer center, and the controller’s storage device is capable of remotely reprogramming and / or reinstalling its software.

In addition, the network controller is equipped with a reader for magnetic or other information cards, contains an intelligent panel functionally connected to the storage device, containing an autonomous power source and / or a power controller and / or non-volatile real-time clock.

At the same time, the network controller is configured to control in real time the operation of the information board by the department of controlling the appropriate means of signaling and / or indication14 and / or with the ability to control LED or other similar indicators on the information board by adjusting the composition, order and form of the information signals about the fact or facts of a win and / or the current value of the amount of the win and / or information of an advertising nature, and software and hardware protection of information signals and / or software directly to the network controller itself and / or software for transmitting information signals is made in the form of software and hardware encryption / decryption of internal and / or external information signals of the controller and / or software of the network controller and / or software tools transmission of information signals.

In addition, the network controller is capable of autonomous automatic and / or remote indication in real time of the results of monitoring the status and / or functioning of the network controller itself and / or one or more blocks of the network controller and / or game

of a new device and / or additional equipment of a gaming device and / or information board and / or means of transmitting information glasses through light, sound or other indicators.

Moreover, the network controller further comprises a chip or other similar means generating and / or fixing a unique identification number directly of the network controller and / or game device and / or information board, and the processor of the network controller is made in the form of an erasable and repeatedly reprogrammable integrated circuit or a programmable logic integrated circuit consisting of a matrix of logic cells interconnected by logical keys and memorizing a structure made with the possibility of influencing their receipt of the required specialized microcircuit structure or.

The required technical result when using the utility model (the goal) is also achieved by the fact that in the system of gaming devices of a single information-prize network containing ife devices, information boards, information and computer center and means of transmitting information signals, according to the useful model, ife devices and information displays additionally contain network controllers with unique identification numbers with the possibility of autonomous automatic and / or remote control and / or settings for the operation of the network controllers themselves and / or one or more blocks of network controllers and / or game devices and / or additional equipment of IF devices and / or information boards and / or means of transmitting information signals and / or their software, with the ability to collect, process and transmit information signals in real time with various switched types of interfaces or protocols for information exchange, recording processing results in internal The structure of statistics and the transmission of information signals to the information and computer center and with the possibility of receiving, processing and transmitting corresponding response or control signals or commands from the computer center, while the network controllers are capable of processing heterogeneous switched types of interfaces, for example TTL, RS232, RS422 , RS485 or other inform standards or protocols,

exchange of communications, ifa devices and / or additional equipment of ifa devices and / or information boards or other switched devices and an information and computing center, and the controller hardware units are capable of performing by network controllers the functions of network controllers of gaming devices and network controllers of information boards.

At the same time, an additional network controller in the form of a network analyzer-converter with the possibility of collecting and processing in real time can be installed in the system of gaming devices on the line of transmitting information signals from network controllers of gaming devices and information boards to the information and computer center and back from the information and computing center information signals with various switched types of interfaces or information exchange protocols, error control in information signal ah, recording the results of processing in the internal structures of statistics, transmitting information signals to a computer center, as well as receiving, processing and transmitting corresponding response or control signals or commands from the information and computer center.

At the same time, in the system of IF devices, gaming devices and information boards contain network controllers of the construction described above.

Moreover, in the system of gaming devices, information boards contain network controllers of the design described above, which are functionally connected to information boards and are configured to control higher alarm devices and / or to control LED or other indicators of the information board by adjusting the composition, order and form of presentation information signals about higher and / or advertising information.

In this case, the gaming device system as a network controller in the form of an analyzer-converter, the IF device system contains a network controller according to any design described above, and the gaming devices are additionally equipped with magnetic or other information card readers.

The required technical result when using the utility model (the goal) is also achieved by the fact that the gaming devices and information boards are equipped with network controllers with unique identification numbers, and network controllers are made with the possibility of autonomous automatic and / or remote control and / or settings for the functioning of controllers and / or one or more blocks of controllers and / or gaming devices and / or additional equipment of gaming devices and / or information information boards and / or means of transmitting information signals or their software and with the possibility of processing in real time the flows of information signals with different speeds and different interfaces, for example TTL, RS232, RS 422, RS485 or other standards or protocols for the exchange of information and computing center with gaming devices and / or additional equipment for gaming devices and / or information boards or other switched devices, and the hardware blocks of the network controllers are made infuse with the ability to perform the functions of the controller network controllers of gaming devices, network controllers information board and network two-channel analyzer-converter. At the same time, network controllers of the design described above are used as network controllers of ifa devices and network controllers of a bulletin board. In addition, a network analyzer-converter can be additionally installed on the line for transmitting information signals from gaming devices and information boards to a computer center, while network controllers of gaming devices, network controllers of information boards and a network analyzer-converter are capable of autonomous automatic and / or remote control and / or settings for the functioning of network controllers and / or gaming devices and / or additional equipment for gaming devices TV and / or information boards and / or information signal transmission lines or their software and with the possibility of processing in real time information signal flows with different speeds and different interfaces, for example TTL, RS232, RS422, RS485 or other information exchange standards or protocols an information and computing center with gaming devices and / or additional equipment of IF devices and / or information displays, moreover, a network adapter is used as a network analyzer of the converter ntroller described above design.

In addition, during the operation of the gaming device system, autonomous automatic and / or remote configuration of the gaming device network controllers is performed in accordance with their unique identification numbers, the procedure for filling the structure of game device counters into information messages is determined, and the procedure for collecting, processing heterogeneous interfaces and transmitting information messages is established computer center on the status and functioning of gaming devices and / or additional equipment of IF devices and / or information boards and / or devices for reading magnetic or other information cards and / or other switched devices, as well as receiving, processing and transmitting corresponding response or control signals from a computer center, in this case, if signs of incorrect operation are detected or in the absence of signs of correct operation, autonomous automatic and / or remote zeroing and restarting of the network controllers of the IF devices or information boards is performed.

At the same time, during the operation of the gaming device system, autonomous automatic and / or remote configuration of the network controllers of information boards is carried out in accordance with their unique identification numbers, while information signals about types of indicators, information signals are transmitted to the network controllers of the advertising and information boards from the information and computing center about the fact of winnings or facts of winnings and the current value of the size of winnings, information signals about templates defining the procedure for displaying information on each indicator, information signals on connection schemes, the order and duration of activation of the switched equipment for certain events, and in case of signs of incorrect operation or in the absence of signs of correct operation, autonomous automatic and / or remote zeroing and restarting of network controllers is performed bulletin boards or reloading templates of any of the indicators.

LIST OF DRAWINGS FIGURES.

The disclosure of a utility model is illustrated by the drawings of FIG. 1, FIG. 2, FIG. 3, FIG. 4, FIG. 5 and FIG. 6.

In FIG. 1 and FIG. Figure 2 shows the structural block diagrams of a system of gaming devices integrated into a single prize-winning network, in which network controllers are installed on gaming devices and on information boards according to a utility model, and a network two-channel analyzer is additionally installed on the communication line with the information and computer center -converter in the form of a network controller according to a utility model (Fig. 2).

In FIG. 3 images structural block diagram of the design of the network controller according to the utility model.

In FIG. 4 shows a wiring diagram of a network controller according to a utility model.

In FIG. 5 shows the photo-pha of the network controller according to a utility model.

In FIG. 6 shows the photo-phafia of the information board with the network controller according to the utility model.

EXAMPLES OF IMPLEMENTATION OF A USEFUL MODEL.

The essence of the utility model is illustrated by examples of the implementation of the utility model (Fig. 1,2,3,4,5,6).

The inventive network controller in the form of a network controller of a gaming device (gaming machine, gaming machine) 1 is installed directly on each Ifov device 2, and the inventive network controller in the form of a network controller of an advertising information board 3 is installed directly on an advertising information board inaccessible to outside places. All network controllers of gaming devices 1 and all network controllers of advertising information boards 3 are connected by means of electrically (via electric or optical cables) and / or electronically (via the global Internet) connected means of transmitting information signals to the information and computer center 6 (Fig. 1) .

In the case of combining gaming devices and additional equipment of the halls into a single information and prize network, the network controller according to the utility model in the form of a two-channel analyzer-converter 5 is additionally installed at the output / entrance of the gaming hall (Fig. 2).

The network controller according to a utility model contains (Fig. 3) a processor 7, with ports 8, 9, 19 and an integrated internal hardware and software tool for monitoring and / or tuning the functioning of 10, a storage unit 11, including at least one random access memory 12 , read only memory 13 and reprogrammable read only memory 14, and encryption-decryption unit 15.

To ensure the possibility of autonomous functioning in case of damage to the transmission of information signals or power sources, the storage unit 11 is equipped with an intelligent connection panel with a power controller 17 and a real-time clock 18.

One of the ports of the processor 19 is connected to the indicators of a standard magnetic card reader 20, a power supply 21, a means for processing and converting in real time heterogeneous switched interfaces 22, made, for example, in the form of a universal asynchronous transceiver of information signals, and a control register of 6 channel switch 24.

A chip or other similar means 25 is attached to the processor 7, generating and / or fixing a unique identification number directly of the network controller and / or gaming device and / or information board.

At the same time, a card reader 23 is connected to the processor 7, and the processor ports 8, 9 and 19 are equipped with means 27, 28 with the ability to process various types of switched interfaces of TTL, RS232, RS422, RS485 or other standards or communication protocols for communication with gaming devices 2, scoreboard 4 and computing center 6.

The circuit diagram of the network controller is shown in FIG. 4, and in FIG. 5 shows the photo-phafia of the network controller by the utility model / i.

The circuit diagram (Fig. 4) shows the location of the processor 7, the memory block 11, the random access memory 13, the programmable memory 14, port 19, the microcircuit 25, generating or fixing a unique identification number for the network controller. The same drawing shows the location of the contact

sockets (means of connection): X1 connector for connecting to a power source, X2 connector for connecting to an information board, HZ connector for connecting to an IF machine, X4 connector for connecting to a reader of magnetic or other information cards, X5 connector for connecting with means of transmitting information signals for connecting to a network and connecting to an information and computing center, connector X6 with microcircuit 25 generating or fixing a unique idea ntification number of the network controller, pin X7 for connecting to higher signaling devices, signaling about the features of equipment functioning and signaling of service information systems, pin X8 for connecting to the indicator of a reader for magnetic or other information cards.

A characteristic feature of the design of the same hardware units of the network controller is its versatility and the ability to perform the functions of a network controller of a gaming device, a network controller of an information board and a network two-channel analyzer converter, depending on the configuration of the network controller itself, which allows using the inventive network controller to combine into a single global prize network heterogeneous and remote from Formation and computing center Ifovye devices (machines, machines, etc.) and other additional equipment for gaming halls and casinos.

The inventive universal network controller of a gaming device system of a single prize network can be used to collect, process and transmit information about the status and functioning of the components of a network of gaming devices, to control various equipment of the gaming hall and additional equipment of gaming devices, as a network controller of gaming devices, as a network controller of information boards and as a network analyzer-converter.

A network controller configured to perform the functions of a network controller of a gaming device of a single prize network is configured by appropriate remote configuration with the ability to collect and transmit to the database of the data center

real-time formations about the counters and the state of the gaming device — turning on / off the power, changing the ifa’s parameters, the functioning of the gaming device and additional equipment of the ifa device, as well as the other functions of the network controller of the gaming device shown above.

A network controller configured to perform the functions of a network controller of the information display panel of the unified prize network is configured by appropriate remote configuration with the ability to control LED indicators (up to 5 pieces) on the information panel in the gaming device hall to control the composition, order and form of submission of information about wins and advertising information, as well as for controlling winnings alarm devices.

The network controller, configured to perform the functions of a network two-channel analyzer-converter of a single prize-winning network, is configured by appropriate remote configuration to collect and analyze information passing through the exchange channels, transfer the analysis results to the database of the computer center, coordinate data streams on channels with different speeds and different interfaces.

A network controller configured to perform the functions of the network controller of the gaming device is installed in the housing of the gaming device.

Communication of the network controller of the ifa device with the gaming device is carried out via one of the TTL or RS232 interfaces or other standards or information exchange protocols, with additional equipment of the gaming device via TTL, RS232 or RS422 interfaces, with a computer center via RS422 or RS485 interfaces or other standards or information exchange protocols.

The main function of the network controller of the gaming device is the collection and transfer to the database of the computing center in real time of information about the status and electronic counters of the if device, including information about the total number of tokens (credits) put on the game, about the total number of won tokens (credits), total number of played

games, etc., analysis of their own state and the formation of messages in the computer center, automatic speed detection on the line of exchange with the information and computer center.

In addition, through the network controller of the gaming device control additional equipment of the gaming device in accordance with the loaded configuration, as well as zeroing and restarting the network controller if necessary.

Using the network controller of the IF device, the following additional equipment can be connected to the IF device:

a panel displaying information about the amount of winnings or winnings and / or information of an advertising nature;

6-channel switch for controlling higher-level socialization devices;

a standard device for reading magnetic or other information cards and an indicator of the operation of this device.

In addition, the network controller of the gaming device collects statistical information about the operation of communication channels, receives, analyzes and executes commands from the computer center of the system, remotely configures the network controller of the gaming device using its unique identification number, determines and forms the type of protocol for the exchange of information signals with the gaming device , which is necessary for connecting to a single network of machines with different exchange protocols in different interfaces.

In addition, by means of the network controller of the gaming device, the order of filling in the counter structure and messages transmitted by the network controller of the if device to the information and computing center are determined, which is necessary for ordering statistics in the database of the computing center if there are gaming devices and additional equipment of different types and different companies in the network -Manufacturers, as well as friendly, necessary for the functioning of a single information and prize network functions.

The network controller, configured to perform the functions of a network controller of the information board of a single informational-prize network, is installed in the body of the information panel or other place protected from unauthorized access. The information board, as a rule, is one or several (up to 5 pieces) LED indicators located in the housing and designed to display information about winnings and advertising information. In addition to indicators, a 6-channel switch can be connected to the network controller of the information board to control win-win signaling devices.

The communication of the network controller of the information board with the indicators is usually carried out through one of the RS232 or RS422 interfaces, and with the network and the computer center via the RS485 interface or other standards or protocols of information exchange.

The main function of the network controllers of information boards is to manage real-time information on one or more indicators on the board in the gaming devices hall in accordance with the loaded configuration, control winnings through a 6-channel switch, collect statistical information and communication channels with indicators and for each indicator.

In addition, the network controllers of the information boards receive, analyze and execute commands from the information center, remote configuration using the unique identification number of the network controller of the information board itself.

In addition, the network controllers of information boards receive, analyze and process information from a computer center about the type of indicator, type of win, templates that specify the form and order of presentation of information to be displayed on each indicator, information about the connection scheme, order and duration of activation of the dial-up through 6- Ti-channel equipment switch (calls, light garlands) for certain events (for example, when winning), as well as zeroing and restarting the network controller of the information scoreboard, reloading templates of all or one indicators.

In addition, the network controllers of the information boards analyze their own state and generate messages in the information center and automatically determine the speed on the communication line with

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information and computer center and other functions necessary for the functioning of a single information and prize network.

A network controller configured to perform the functions of a network two-channel analyzer-converter of a single prize-winning network is installed in the gaming device hall in a place protected from unauthorized access.

The connection of a network two-channel analyzer-converter with network controllers of gaming devices and network controllers of information boards is usually carried out via the RS485 interface, and with a computer center via the RS232 or RS422 interface or other standards or protocols of information exchange.

One of the main functions of the two-channel analyzer-converter of the unified information-prize network is the collection and analysis of information passing through serial communication channels from the information and computer center to the network controllers of gaming devices and network controllers of information boards and vice versa, including collecting a data packet byte-by-bit, determining the address source and receiver of a packet of information, error control in passing packets by checking a checksum or other methods, recording analysis results Statistics of internal structure that lozvolyaet analyze the physical condition and quality of links with each device.

In addition, the network two-channel analyzer-converter carries out the conversion of the RS232 / RS485 interface types, performs the analysis of a) the operational state and the formation of messages in the information and computer center, as well as the functions necessary for the operation of a single information and prize network.

In addition, a network two-channel analyzer-converter receives, analyzes and processes information from a computer center, remotely configures directly the network two-channel analyzer-converter itself, automatically determines the working speed of information exchange on a communication channel with a computer center, and sets the speed on a communication channel with terminal devices in according to a given configuration, it matches data streams on channels with different speeds, which allows lODO

It is necessary to optimize the ratio “quality / data transfer speed as well as zeroing and restarting directly the network two-channel analyzer-converter itself in case of violations of its functioning.

Some individual particular features of the utility model are known, however, the totality of essential features of the utility model among the solutions known in science and technology, in the scope of our search, was not found. In addition, the set of essential features of the utility model performs new functions not previously known, that is, it provides the opportunity to obtain a new technical result.

Known controllers of certain types of gaming equipment, in particular, are known gaming machine controllers SMIB (Slot Machine Interface Board) company Mikohn, USA. However, these controllers are only suitable for connecting gaming machines only to local networks.

A characteristic feature of the network controller according to the utility model is its versatility and the ability to use the same basic design for processing or converting in real time heterogeneous switched types of interfaces, for example TTL, RS232, RS422, RS485 or other standards or protocols for information exchange, integration heterogeneous gaming devices and / or additional equipment for gaming devices and / or information boards or other switched devices and information and computing a center for network controllers to perform identical hardware execution and functions of the network controller of the gaming device and the network controller of the information board and network two-channel analyzer-converter.

The versatility of the hardware execution of the controller according to the utility model allows you to connect practically all gaming equipment of various manufacturers to a single prize network, increase flexibility and simplify the operation of both the controller itself and a wide range of various gaming equipment, the integration of which into a single network was previously impossible .

A high degree of controller adaptation is achieved through the use of an integrated program control device in the processor structure and

the use of at least one of the processor ports of a universal asynchronous transceiver, as well as the use of a reprogrammable read only memory as part of the controller.

All this not only made it possible to increase the number of switched types of interfaces and information exchange protocols, to provide an unlimited coverage area of a single prize-winning information network and to provide the possibility of an unlimited number of gaming equipment to be connected to the network, but also to drastically reduce the complexity of network maintenance, the ability to remotely control and re-configure software and hardware blocks of network controllers, as well as drastically reduce the requirements for quantity and qualifications about attendants.

Using the built-in encryption / decryption unit, significantly increase the information security of the network and information data from unauthorized access.

Thus, the combination of general and private essential features of a utility model provides the opportunity to solve the inventive problems and achieve the goals of the utility model and confidently achieve the desired technical result when using the utility model.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY.

To confirm the feasibility of implementing the utility model in an industrial way and experimentally confirm the feasibility of achieving the required technical result, pilot samples of the claimed network controllers were manufactured and tested, a gaming device system was created and implemented using network controllers according to the utility model within a single prize-winning network on the territory of St. Petersburg and Moscow, Riga and other cities have shown high efficiency in their application.

Practical field tests have shown that the use of the inventive network controllers and the gaming device system of a single information network allows you to implement the utility model in an industrial way with the following main practical advantages:

when using universal network controllers according to a utility model, the convenience of operation and the visualization of displaying software and hardware malfunctions of gaming equipment are improved, including the provision of self-diagnosis by network controllers for a number of parameters;

provides automation and increased reliability of the game system due to the possibility of remote configuration of equipment, adaptation to specific communication lines, automatic control, commissioning, zeroing and restarting of faulty equipment in real time;

increased visibility of information for players through the use of additional 6 channel switches and address management of each individual information board directly from the computer center in real time;

other practically proven advantages, which praetically confirmed the fundamental operability of the utility model with its wide practical use in the actually operating unified informational prize network “JACKPOT in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Riga and other cities created by the applicant's efforts - LLC PROFIT Firm.

COMPLIANCE WITH ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA. In general, given the novelty and innocence of a utility model (proved in the section "Prior Art and" The Essence of a Utility Model), the materiality of all general and particular features of a utility model (proved in the section "Disclosing the Essence of a Utility Model), as well as shown in the sections" Implementation Examples utility model and “Industrial applicability, feasibility of a utility model and the achievement of objectives, in our opinion, the claimed group of utility models satisfies all the eligibility requirements for useful affairs.

Thus, there is every reason to assert that the utility model of the group meets the requirements of the eligibility criteria, and the analysis also shows that all the general and particular features of the utility model are essential, since each of them is necessary, and together they are not only dos,

are sufficient to achieve the goal of a utility model, but also allow you to implement a utility model in an industrial way.

In addition, the analysis of the set of essential features of the utility model of the group and the technical result achieved by using them shows the presence of a single inventive concept, a close and inextricable relationship between useful models of the group, which allows combining utility models in one application.

Claims (19)

1. Network controller of a gaming device system of a single informational-prize network, characterized in that it contains a processor with input / output ports for informational signals, a storage device, means for transmitting informational signals, software / hardware for autonomous automatic and / or remote monitoring of the operation of the network itself a controller, and / or one or more blocks of a network controller, and / or gaming devices, and / or additional equipment for gaming devices, and / or formation boards, and / or means for transmitting information signals, and / or their software, software and hardware for autonomous automatic and / or remote configuration of the operation of the network controller itself, and / or one or more blocks of the network controller, and / or additional equipment gaming devices, and / or information boards, and / or means for transmitting information signals, and / or their software, and software and hardware for protecting information signals c, and / or the software of the network controller, and / or means for transmitting information signals, wherein the controller processor comprises an integrated program execution control device and at least one of the processor ports contains a universal asynchronous information signal transceiver or other similar means with the possibility of processing, or real-time transformations of heterogeneous switched types of interfaces, for example TTL, RS232, RS422, RS485 or other standards, or information protocols the exchange of the information and computing center with gaming devices, and / or additional equipment of gaming devices, or information displays, or other switched devices, and the hardware units of the network controller are made with the ability to perform the functions of a network controller of a gaming device, a network controller of an information board and a network two-channel analyzer converter.  2. A network controller with the ability to perform the functions of a network controller of a gaming device of a single information and prize network according to claim 1, characterized in that it is configured to receive, process and transmit real-time information signals from the gaming device and / or additional equipment of the gaming device to the information and computing center about the state and / or functioning of the gaming device and / or counters of the gaming device and / or additional equipment of the gaming device, and / or and software, and / or statistical information on the status or functioning of information signal transmission, reception, processing and real-time transmission of response information signals or commands from the information center, with the ability to remotely configure the direct network controller of the gaming device itself, determine the type protocol for the exchange of information signals and the order of filling the structure of the counters of the gaming device, as well as additional the possibility of autonomous automatic and / or remote zeroing and restarting directly of the network controller of the gaming device itself in cases of detecting signs of incorrect operation or in the absence of signs of correct operation of the gaming device and / or counters of the gaming device, and / or additional equipment of the gaming device, and / or directly the network controller of the gaming device itself, and / or their software.  3. A network controller with the ability to perform the functions of a network controller information panel of a single information and prize network according to claim 1, characterized in that it is configured to receive, process and transmit information signals in real time on the status and / or the operation of indicators of the information board, and / or its software, with the ability to remotely configure directly the network controller of the information board, определения determining the connection schemes, the order and duration of activation of the switched equipment for certain events and the possibility of receiving, processing and transmitting corresponding response information signals or commands from the information and computer center, as well as the additional possibility of autonomous automatic and / or remote zeroing and restarting of the corresponding software and / or reloading templates defining the form and display order of information signals of all or any of the indicators torches of the information board, and / or the network controller of the information board itself in cases of detecting signs of incorrect operation or in the absence of signs of correct operation of the information board, and / or indicators of the information board, and / or the network controller of the information board itself and / or their software providing.  4. A network controller with the ability to perform the functions of a network two-channel analyzer-converter of a single information and prize network according to claim 1, characterized in that it is configured to receive, process, coordinate and transmit in real time streams of information signals with different speeds and / or different switched types of interfaces passing through the means of transmitting information signals from the information and computing center to the network controllers of gaming devices, or network controllers of information ionic boards and vice versa, with the ability to collect, process and transmit information signal packets over electrically connected or other communication networks, with the ability to determine the addresses of sources and receivers of information signal packets, control errors in transmitted information signal packets, record control results in internal statistics structures, with the possibility of forming, in the event of a loss of connection with the computer center, commands to the network controllers of gaming devices and network controllers advertising and information display boards for their automatic transition to stand-alone automatic operation, the ability to automatically determine in real time the working speed of the exchange of information signals or packets of information signals of the analyzer-converter with the information and computer center and to determine in real time the working speed of the exchange of information signals or packets of information signals of the analyzer-converter with the equipment of a gaming information system of a single information prize network in accordance with the specified configuration of the analyzer-converter, the ability to convert heterogeneous types of switched types of interfaces and information exchange protocols, the ability to receive, process and transmit relevant information signals from network controllers of gaming devices and / or network controllers of information boards, and / or information transmission media signals to the information and computer center or response information signals from the information and computer center and additional the possibility of autonomous automatic and / or remote zeroing and the network analyzer-converter itself in cases of detecting signs of incorrect operation or in the absence of signs of correct operation of the network analyzer-converter itself and / or means for collecting, processing and transmitting information signals to the computer center and vice versa .  5. The network controller according to any one of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that it is equipped with a reader for magnetic or other information cards.  6. The network controller according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that it is configured to operate autonomously when interrupting the exchange of information signals with a computer center.  7. The network controller according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the storage device of the controller is configured to remotely reprogram and / or reinstall its software.  8. The network controller according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that it comprises a smart panel operatively connected to the storage device, comprising an autonomous power source and / or power controller, and / or non-volatile real-time clock.  9. The network controller of claim 8, characterized in that it is configured to control in real time the operation of the information board by controlling the appropriate means of signaling and / or indication, and / or with the ability to control LED or other similar indicators on the information board through regulation the composition, procedure and form for the submission of information signals about the fact or facts of the win, and / or the current value of the amount of the win, and / or information of an advertising nature.  10. The network controller according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the software and hardware tool for protecting information signals and / or software directly to the network controller and / or software for transmitting information signals is made in the form of software and hardware encryption / decryption of internal and / or external information signals of the controller, and / or software of the network controller, and / or software of the means of transmitting information signals.  11. The network controller according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that it is capable of autonomous automatic and / or remote indication in real time of the results of monitoring the status and / or functioning of the network controller itself and / or one or more blocks of the network controller, and / or game device, and / or additional equipment of the game device, and / or information board, and / or means of transmitting information signals by means of light, sound, or other indicators.  12. A network controller according to any one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that it further comprises a microcircuit or other similar means generating and / or fixing a unique identification number directly of the network controller and / or gaming device and / or information board.  13. The network controller according to any one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that the network controller processor is made in the form of an erasable and repeatedly reprogrammable integrated circuit or in the form of a programmable logic integrated circuit consisting of a matrix of logic cells interconnected by logical keys, and a storage device configured to influence them to obtain the desired specialized microcircuit structure.  14. The system of gaming devices of a single prize network containing gaming devices, information boards, a computer center and means for transmitting information signals, characterized in that the gaming devices and information boards further comprise network controllers with unique identification numbers with the possibility of autonomous automatic and / or remote control, and / or settings for the operation of the network controllers themselves, and / or one or more network control units levers, and / or gaming devices, and / or additional equipment for gaming devices, and / or information boards, and / or means for transmitting information signals, and / or their software, with the ability to collect, process, transmit information signals in real time with various switched types of interfaces, recording the results of processing in the internal structures of statistics and transmitting information signals to the information and computer center and with the possibility of receiving, processing and transmitting the corresponding tones or control signals or commands from the information and computing center, while the network controllers are capable of processing heterogeneous switched types of interfaces, for example TTL, RS232, RS422, RS485 or other standards or protocols of information exchange of the information and computing center with gaming devices, and / or additional equipment of gaming devices, and / or information boards, or other switched devices, and the hardware of the controller is configured to perform network Functions of the controller network controllers gaming devices and network controllers placards.  15. The gaming device system of claim 14, wherein an additional network controller in the form of a network analyzer-converter with the ability to collect and process real-time information signals with various switched types of interfaces or protocols for information exchange, error control in information GOVERNMENTAL signals, recording of processing results into the internal structure of statistics, transmit data signals to the computing center as well as receiving, processing and transmitting corresponding response or control signals or commands from a computer center.  16. The system of gaming devices according to any one of paragraphs.14 and 15, characterized in that the gaming devices contain network controllers according to any one of claims 1, 2, 5-13.  17. The system of gaming devices according to any one of paragraphs.14 and 15, characterized in that the information boards contain network controllers according to any one of claims 1, 3, 5-13, which are functionally connected to the information boards and configured to control the alarm devices winning and / or with the ability to control LED or other indicators of the information board by adjusting the composition, order and form of the supply of information signals about the win and / or advertising information.  18. The gaming device system according to claim 15, characterized in that, as the network controller in the form of an analyzer-converter, the gaming device system comprises a network controller according to any one of claims 1, 4, 5-13. 19. The gaming machine system according to any one of paragraphs.14-16, characterized in that the gaming devices are additionally equipped with readers for magnetic or other information cards.