RU17678U1 - SYSTEM FOR CARRYING OUT GAMES WITH ADDITIONAL WINNINGS IN THE SINGLE INFORMATION PRIZE NETWORK - Google Patents

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SYSTEM FOR CARRYING OUT GAMES WITH ADDITIONAL WINNINGS IN THE SINGLE INFORMATION PRIZE NETWORK

FIELD OF TECHNOLOGY.

The utility model relates to the field of entertainment and gambling, to systems for organizing additional professional (constantly increasing) wins and constructive execution of the gaming device system of a single information and prize network with additional professional wins and can be used in local and global networks of casinos or gaming halls, in which game devices are heterogeneous and located at any distance from each other and from the computing center and in which the post is yanny made at the expense of gaming devices and rates paid by the gaming machine winnings and prizes.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Various stand-alone IF machines are known comprising a coin or token acceptor, a game panel, and prize or winnings. The disadvantage of these stand-alone devices is the participation of only one player in the game, as well as a limited number of game options.

A known gaming machine for the 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 characters defining high or low and indicating the results, in which, to implement the method described above, microprocessor-related by a program-computing device, a credit and rate adjuster, a control unit, a video driver, a symbol

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indicator field (in the form of a video monitor), digital credit indicators, rates

and the result of the game, button panel of game commands Patent of the Federal Republic of Germany 3738120, G07F17 / 32, 1987

All attempts to integrate gaming machines of various design, operation, and types of output informational signals (switched interfaces) into a single control network by means of terminals connected to the gaming machines by a cable and collecting information therein for subsequent processing on a computer, until now have led to that various means of connecting to the network of ifas machines of existing heterogeneous types of switched interfaces using traditional and well-known technical means for Odili, Executive for 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, drastically reduces the efficiency of the operation of such systems of IF machines. Therefore, in practice, the most widespread are local (within the same ifh hall or one building) networks of gaming machines or gaming machines that are homogeneous in design and type of output information signals (switched interfaces), although such systems are not attractive enough for players with different gaming interests. Therefore, local systems of homogeneous automata are not efficient enough and are in limited demand.

The impossibility of combining through well-known and accessible 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 (inventions) in which information signals are exchanged by infrared signals through corresponding emitters and receivers, which greatly complicates the design of network communications, drastically reduces ehozaschischennost lines of communication 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 only one space (pavilion).

A known system for managing bets and prizes in gaming machines by constantly counting the staked amounts and amounts paid as prizes in gaming machines issuing random prizes, which contains a control device installed in the gaming machine and performing all operations of reading, storing and transmitting information, connected to a communication card in the infrared range, and an adapter card connected to the information terminal, while the communication between the communication card and the adapter is via infrared signals range, which are equipped with emitters and receivers for this, and the control device installed in the iff machine contains a communications microcontroller, a supervisor element that provides verification of the correct operation of the circuit and communication elements that determine program and power failures RF Application No. 94031566/09 G07F17 / 38 publ. 1996.06.20.

A characteristic feature of this control system is that the communication circuit is designed in accordance with the RS232 standard and allows you to connect peripheral devices that work only in this standard to local networks that are limited in length, and that the control tool contains a microcontroller, which performs account operations and acts as a memory device for storing information, fueled by a battery in case of power failures, an element of the supervisor that determines separates both malfunctions during program execution and power failures, and a communication element designed to transfer information electrically to the infrared communication board, the entire control system being mounted on a printed circuit board, which, in addition to microcontroller elements, a supervisor element, communication elements and associated 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 for installation Application board inside the machine.

It is also known that in most currently known gaming devices, switched information signal interfaces are used according to the TTL and RS232 standards, therefore, in local networks (within the same gaming

a hall or one casino) and relatively short circuits of information communications, the exchange of information signals according to the TTL and RS232 standards is most effective, however, when transmitting information signals in the TTL and RS232 standard in long communication chains, many errors and difficulties arise.

In global chains of information communications, the exchange of information signals according to the RS422 and RS485 standards or according to other standards or information exchange protocols is most effective.

Thus, for global systems that combine game equipment of several gaming equipment remote from each other and from the computing center of the 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 heterogeneous TTL, RS232 standards, RS422, RS485 and other standards or protocols for information exchange, but among the technical means known in the gaming business to the present utility model under other universal equipment and similar information gaming technologies were unknown.

The closest in technical essence and the achieved technical result (prototype) is a device for an additional ifa for a reward, which is conducted simultaneously with the main casino game by the leading ifu and many players at the casino gaming table with many positions of players, each of which has a receiver for tokens, light-emitting diodes-indicators for each player, the controller, by which the token receiver is blocked by the leader’s command, random number generators connected to the controller, enny display controller to display a random combination or a winning card, line communication network and a personal computer having a controller input / output card, the additional master controller and software patent RF 2142309, A63F9 / 24, publ. 12/10/1999, Bull. 34.

The technical drawback of this device is its operability only when connecting playing equipment identical to each other to the system, compatible with the type of input / output information signals of the host’s personal computer, the fixed constant size of only one additional win and the number of players participating in the additional win.

TASKS OF A USEFUL MODEL.

The main technical problem (the inventive task has not been solved so far), which restrains the development of the ifa business, the increase in the mass, attractiveness and effectiveness of modern gaming device systems, is that increased requirements for profitability, attractiveness and gambling require combining them into a single information and prize-winning local (within the same gaming hall) and global (within the limits of several gaming halls remote from one another) networks of heterogeneous design and function gaming devices with the possibility of additional large wins, but known to date and available technical means allow you to combine only homogeneous gaming devices into local electrically connected networks and operate with the ability to receive only the main win, which is usually less than the total amount of bets made on the gaming machine , and in rare cases, only one limited in size and fixed additional bullock.

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 information-game technologies and new gaming equipment, allowing the use in global information and prize networks that are disparate at any distance from each other and from the information and computing center, heterogeneous in design and the functioning of gaming devices, the creation of gaming equipment that allows in real time to simultaneously process electrically (in the middle of by electrical or optical cables) and electronically (via the INTERNET global network) connected networks, heterogeneous types of switched input / output information signals according to heterogeneous types of switched interfaces according to different standards or information exchange protocols, united into a single global network of heterogeneous gaming devices remote from each other, while increasing economic efficiency.

reliability, controllability, attractiveness and gambling of gaming devices included in the network, while reducing the complexity of gaming equipment maintenance, continuous automatic real-time monitoring of the technical condition and functioning of IF devices and additional gaming equipment located in different gaming halls that are remote from each other, reducing the downtime of gaming equipment, providing the ability to remotely change the settings of the gaming communications of equipment, ensuring lepsosti connection to the system of new slot machines of different types and the possibility of permanent monitoring in real-time financial performance gaming devices promptly in real time to assess the cost-effectiveness of the functioning of each gaming room and each ifovogo devices separately and the entire network.

In this case, the resulting technical result achieved using the utility model is the ability to increase the number of players due to the possibility of organizing an almost unlimited number of various additional professional wins with different win conditions, the possibility of winning one or several additional progressive wins, which can be many times greater than the maximum winning on a separate ifm machine, stimulating high stakes and cash games baking the possibility of evenly winning one or several additional progressive additional winnings at once when playing on any of the gaming devices of the system with a wide variety of games supported by a single information and prize system with additional professional winnings.

ESSENCE OF A USEFUL MODEL.

The required technical result is achieved by the fact that in the system for playing games with additional wins in a single prize network containing game devices, information boards, information center and means for transmitting information signals, according to the useful model, the prize and prize network and / or game devices are made with an additional opportunity for players to receive one or more additional progressive wins, information boards are made with an additional opportunity by informing in real time about the time, type and / or sum of one or more additional progressive wins, and the information and computer center and means for transmitting information signals are configured to collect, process, transmit information signals in real time and generate information and / or control signals and / or commands to gaming devices and / or information boards about the accumulation and drawing in real time of one or more additional Essential wins, with the additional possibility of collecting, storing and processing information about the process and the rate of accumulation of one or more additional progressive wins by monitoring and displaying the corresponding deductions from bets on if devices participating in the drawing of one or several additional progressive wins, with the possibility of randomly generating values of the value of one or more additional progressive wins or the possibility of randomly generating values of the value of one or more additional progressive wins within a given range of values or determine a randomly winning game or other event or events set by the game organizers, with the possibility of determining a winning situation, with the possibility of determining one or more additional progressive wins, and the possibility of generating and transmitting corresponding information signals to the information board of the winning gaming device or their gaming devices with relevant information about the time and / or the sum of one or more additional progressive gamers and their gaming device or gaming devices, while the ifa devices and / or information boards of the single informational-prize network additionally contain network controllers with unique identification numbers and with the possibility of autonomous automatic and / or remote monitoring and / or tuning of the functioning of the network controllers themselves and / or one or several blocks of network controllers and / or ifh devices and / or additional equipment for gaming devices and / or information boards and / or means of transmitting information sitals and / or their software, with the ability to collect, process and 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 and the transmission of the corresponding response or control sitals or commands from the information and computer center, and the network controllers are configured to process heterogeneous switched types of interfaces, for example TTL, RS232, RS422, RS485 or other standards or protocols for the information exchange of the information and computer center with gaming devices and / or additional equipment of gaming devices and / or information boards or other switched network devices, and the hardware blocks of network controllers are Nena to perform the functions of network controllers, network controllers, gaming devices, network controllers and network information boards dual-channel converters analyzers.

In addition, on the lines of transmitting information signals from gaming devices and information boards to the information and computing center, a network analyzer-converter can be additionally installed, configured to autonomously automatically and / or remotely monitor and / or configure the functioning of network controllers of gaming devices and / or additional equipment of IF devices and / or network controllers of information boards and / or information boards and / or information signal transmission lines and whether their software and with the possibility of processing in real time streams of information signals with different speeds and different interfaces, for example TTL, RS232, RS422, RS485 or other standards or protocols for the information exchange of a data center with gaming devices and / or additional equipment for gaming devices and / or bulletin boards and / or other network equipment.

In this case, the means of transmitting information signals are made in the form of leased lines or in the form of other dial-up connections or in the form of a local information-computer network or in the form of mobile telephone communications or in the form of radio communications or in the form of an INTERNET network, and gaming devices are made

in the form of token gaming machines or gaming machines and / or in the form of credit machines of Ifa machines and / or in the form of electronic-mechanical gaming machines or gaming machines and / or in the form of card or video drums video machines or video machines or other heterogeneous gaming devices with heterogeneous interfaces and / or heterogeneous information exchange protocols.

The system for playing games with additional wins is configured to function according to the method described below for organizing additional wins in the system of if devices of a single global electronic prize-winning gaming network.

In the system for carrying out ifs with additional wins in the system of electronic devices of the electronic gaming information-prize network, one or more additional progressive (constantly increasing) wins are accumulated by appropriate deductions from bets on gaming devices participating in the draw of one or more additional progressive wins, generate randomly the value of the value of one or more additional progressive fetuses or generate randomly then the value of the value of one or more additional progressive wins within a given range of values of one or more additional progressive wins or they randomly determine the winning game or other event or events set by the game organizers, determine the winning situation by the moment the accumulated amount of one or more additional progressive wins is reached the value of one or more additional progressive wins or the moment of the winning game or other event or events set by the organizers of the games, and one or several additional progressive lifts that have been issued, determine the player on that gaming device or players on those if devices on which or on which the last bet was made, deductions from which or from which to the coincidence of the established and accumulated values of one or more supplementary progressive winnings and / or on which or on which the winning game or other event or events established by the organizers of the games.

In this case, the accumulation of one or more additional progressive wins is provided depending on the number and / or dynamics of the use of gaming devices participating in the drawing of one or more additional progressive wins, for example, depending on the value and number of bets on ifov devices, and the professional accumulation of the value of one or several additional deliveries are made from the sums of deductions to the ifa organizers with preservation of the established minimum percentage of winnings of players from the amount of bets made by players on gaming devices of the network.

In addition, one or more additional progressive winnings are formed in an amount exceeding the size of the main winnings on gaming devices participating in the additional winnings, or set at the request of the game organizers, but not less than the largest amount of the main winnings on any of the network gaming devices, and the accumulation and the drawing of one or more additional wins is made by fupp of the same type of games and / or by a group of gaming devices installed in a specific place or in a certain gaming the hall and / or game halls and / or all gaming devices connected to the draw of one or more additional progressive wins and / or upon the occurrence of a game or other event or events set by the organizers of if.

In this case, one or more additional progressive wins is won by a player on an if device or players on gaming devices on which or on which the maximum winning combination for a given if device has been won and the game on which or on which was made at the maximum rate and / or on which or at which an established game event or other event specified by the game organizers occurred.

In addition, in the process of conducting IFs, they provide real-time continuous automated monitoring, collection, analysis and storage of information about the value and time of bets made and winnings paid from gaming devices and / or in a specific group of gaming devices and / or in a specific ifof hall and / or in the system of gaming devices in general, on the performance of gaming devices and / or performance

a particular hall and / or on the overall network performance, on the technical condition and functioning of the ifov devices and additional equipment of the electronic gaming network, and also provide for the collection, analysis and storage of information necessary for the organization and operation of a single information and prize system of gaming devices with one or several additional progressive winnings, and if you get one or more additional progressive winnings in the information-computing center of the network, register That is, the time and number of the winning gaming device and / or the numbers of winning gaming devices, information about the winning of one or more additional professional wins is recorded in the database of the information and computer center, and an information message containing the name is sent to the information boards of the gaming device and / or gaming halls the hall, the type of win, the amount of the gain and the number of the game device and / or the number of game devices.

In this case, before the games are carried out, autonomous automatic and / or remote configuration of the network controllers of gaming devices is carried out in accordance with their unique identification numbers, they determine the procedure for filling the structure of the counters of ifov devices in information messages, establish the procedure for collecting, processing heterogeneous interfaces and information exchange protocols and transmitting information messages to the information and computing center about the status and functioning of gaming devices and / or additional additional equipment of gaming devices and / or information boards and / or other switched network devices, as well as the procedure for receiving, processing and transmitting corresponding response or control signals from the information and computer center, in this case, if signs of incorrect operation are detected or if there are no signs of correct operation make autonomous automatic and / or remote zeroing and restarting of the network controllers of gaming devices and / or information boards and / or additional equipment and Groovy network.

In this case, before carrying out the IFs, autonomous automatic and / or remote configuration and adjustment of the network controllers of the information board and / or the software of the information boards are carried out in accordance with their unique identification numbers of the network controllers of the information boards, and when playing games on the advertising and information boards from the computer center transmit information sitals about types of indicators, information signals about the fact and type of winnings, or facts and type of winnings and about the current sign the accumulated size of the additional winnings or additional winnings, information signals about templates defining the form and order of information display on the indicator, information signals about wiring diagrams, the order and duration of activation of the switched equipment for certain events, and if signs of incorrect operation are detected or if there are no signs correct operation produce autonomous automatic and / or remote zeroing and restarting of network controllers of information tables o or reloading the patterns of any of the indicators.

In this case, the gaming device system uses token gaming machines or gaming machines and / or in the form of credit machines or ifa machines and / or electronic-mechanical ifa machines or game machines and / or card or video drum video machines or video machines or other heterogeneous gaming devices with various interfaces and / or various information exchange protocols.

LIST OF DRAWINGS FIGURES.

Disclosure of inventions is illustrated by drawings of FIG. 1, FIG. 2, FIG. 3, FIG. 4, FIG. 5 and FIG. 6.

In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 shows structural block diagrams of a system of gaming devices integrated into a single prize-winning network with additional wins, in which network controllers are installed on gaming devices and on advertising displays, and a network two-channel analyzer-converter is installed on the communication line with the information-calculating center as a network controller.

In FIG. 3 images structural assembly block diagram of a conservative execution of a network controller.

In FIG. 4 shows a block diagram of a network controller.

In FIG. 6 shows a general view of a bulletin board.

EXAMPLES OF IMPLEMENTATION OF A USEFUL MODEL.

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

To implement the system according to a utility model, a network controller in the form of a network controller of a gaming device (ifova, gaming machine) 1 is installed directly on each gaming device 2, and a network controller in the form of a network controller of an advertising information board 3 is installed directly on an advertising information panel 4 in inaccessible to extraneous 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 computing center 6 (Fig. 1 ) with the formation of a single information and prize network with additional winnings.

In the case of combining gaming devices and additional equipment of the ifal halls into a single information and prize network, an additional network controller in the form of a two-channel analyzer-converter 5 can be additionally installed at the exit / entrance of the ifal 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-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 the event of damage to the transmission of information glasses 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 a heterogeneous switched interface COB 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 analogue 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 magnetic 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 a photograph of a network controller installed in gaming devices and information boards.

The circuit diagram (Fig. 4) shows the location of the processor 7, the memory unit 11, random access memory 13, the programmable memory 14, port 19, the chip 25, generating or fixing a unique identification number of the network controller. The same drawing additionally shows the location of the connectors (means of connection); pin X1 for connecting to a power source, pin X2 for connecting to an information board, pin XZ for connecting to a gaming machine, pin X4 for connecting to a reader for magnetic or other information cards, pin X5 for connecting to information transfer devices signals for connecting to a network and connecting to a data center, pin X6 with a chip 25, generating or fixing a unique network identification number controller X7 connector for connection to the signaling means of a successful signaling about the features of the equipment operation and signaling overhead systems X8 connector for connection with the indicator reading magnetic cards or other information device.

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 for an IF device, a network controller for a information board and a network two-channel analyzer converter, depending on the configuration of the network controller itself, which allows combining the claimed network controller into a single global information and prize network heterogeneous and remote from inf gaming center (gaming machines, machines, etc.) and other additional equipment for gaming halls and casinos.

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

The network controller, configured to perform the functions of the network controller of the gaming device of a single prize-winning network, is configured by appropriate remote configuration with the ability to collect and transmit real-time information about the counters and status of the gaming device to the database of the information and computing center — turn on / off power, changing IFA parameters, features of the functioning of the gaming device and additional equipment of the gaming device wa, as well as the other functions of the network controller of the if 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 information of an advertising nature, as well as for controlling alarm devices about higher.

A 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, and coordinate data streams on channels with different speeds and different interfaces or different information exchange protocols.

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 ifu, about the total number of won tokens (credits), the total number of games played, etc., analysis of one’s own state and the formation of messages in a computer center, automatic determination of speed on an exchange line with information and computing Yelnia center.

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

Using the network controller of the gaming 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-TI channel switch for controlling higher signaling devices;

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

In addition, through the network controller of the gaming device, they collect statistical information about the operation of communication channels, receive, analyze and execute commands from the computer center of the system, remotely configure the network controller of the gaming device by its unique identification number, determine and form 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, the order of filling in the counters structure and messages transmitted by the network controller of the gaming device to the information and computer center are determined by the network controller of the if device, which is necessary for ordering statistics in the database of the computer center if there are game devices and additional equipment of different types and different companies in the network -Manufacturers, as well as others, 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 controllers 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 a confused configuration, control winnings via a 6-channel switch, collect statistical information about 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 the information boards receive, analyze and process information from the computer center about the type of indicator, the form of the high, templates that define the form and order of presentation of information to be displayed on each indicator, information about the connection diagram, the 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 abl, reloading templates of all or one indicators.

In addition, the network controllers of the information boards analyze their own state and form messages to the information-computing center and automatically determine the speed on the communication line with the information-computer center and other functions necessary for the operation of a single information-prize network.

A network controller configured to perform the functions of a network two-channel analyzer-converter of a single information-prize 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 the source and receiver of the information packet, error control in passing packets by checking the checksum or by other methods, recording analysis results Statistics of internal structure that allows us to analyze the physical condition and quality of links with each device.

In addition, a network two-channel analyzer converter converts the types of interfaces “RS232 / RS485 or other interfaces or information exchange protocols, performs analysis of its own state and the formation of messages in the information and computer center, as well as other 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 ptimizirovat ratio "quality / data rate, and also zeroing and restarting of the directly network analyzer bi-converter in case of violations of its functioning.

Some individual watch 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 ifa equipment, in particular, are known gaming machine controllers SMIB (Slot Machine Interface Board) company

Mikohn, USA. However, these controllers are only suitable for connecting Ifo machines only to local networks.

A characteristic feature of the network controller used 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, combining heterogeneous gaming devices and / or additional equipment for gaming devices and / or information boards or other switched devices and a data center and the network controllers to perform identical functions and hardware implementation of the gaming device of the network controller and the network controller and network information board bi analizatorakonvertera.

The versatility of the hardware design of the network controller allows you to connect almost all known gaming equipment of various manufacturers to a single information and 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 unified networks 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 through the use of a universal asynchronous transceiver in at least one of the processor ports, as well as through the use of a reprogrammable read-only memory device 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.

Characteristic features of the hardware execution of individual units of the system for carrying out IFs with additional payloads in a single information-prize network make it possible to practically implement the method for organizing additional boosts claimed by the utility model.

In particular, the real-time working system according to the utility model allows controlling the operation of gaming devices, integrating any number of a wide variety of gaming devices into a single information and prize network, and receiving complete and reliable information about the financial results of gaming devices and their technical condition, record all events occurring with gaming devices.

The system is a hardware-software complex, which includes the equipment necessary for the system to work, software, as well as a package of services for game organizers, which includes organizing and supporting the functioning of the progressive winnings system, software support for the functioning of the progressive winnings system, software support of various kinds If equipment, as well as processing information from gaming devices. The possession of complete and reliable information in real time allows game organizers to control the operation of the system, quickly analyze the data received and provide recommendations for optimizing the operation of each gaming device, each gaming hall and develop an optimal strategy for the development of the gaming business as a whole.

The main advantages of the method of generating additional progressive wins is that the accumulation of progressive wins is not at the expense of the players, but at the expense of the organizers of the system, while the rate of accumulation of the amount of winnings is higher, the more machines participate in the drawing of additional wins, and it is impossible to predict the time and place of additional winnings.

Thus, the combination of general and private essential features of inventions provides the opportunity to solve the set inventive problems and achieve the goal of inventions and confidently achieve the desired technical result when using inventions.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY.

To confirm the feasibility of realizing the utility model in an industrial way and experimentally confirm the feasibility of achieving the required technical result, pilot industrial models of network controllers were made and tested, a gaming device system was created and implemented using network controllers according to a utility model within the framework of a single information and prize network in St. Petersburg and Moscow, Riga and other cities where it has shown high efficiency of its application.

Practical field tests have shown that the use of network controllers in the gaming device system of a single informational-prize network allows you to implement a useful model in an industrial way with the following main practical advantages:

when using universal network controllers using a utility model, the convenience of operation and the visualization of displaying software and hardware malfunctions of gaming equipment are increased, 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 practically confirmed the principal performance 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. As experience has shown, the practical implementation of the system using the utility model provides great advantages to both players and the organizers of the system, allows you to increase the influx of players into the playing halls, increase their interest in the game, and provide material incentives for their ifas.

In addition, the use of a system according to a utility model makes it possible to simplify and make more efficient the maintenance of gaming devices, facilitate the work of the repair service and reduce downtime of gaming equipment.

The system according to the utility model has significantly greater capabilities in comparison with the known systems available in Europe and the USA.

Unlike foreign counterparts, the method and system according to the utility model allows you to use the network of IF devices of various designs from different manufacturers, allows you to integrate any number of gaming machines located in remote gaming halls, casinos, pavilions, etc. P.

The active use of INTERNET technologies allows you to connect gaming rooms to the system located at any distance from the information center of the system.

Thus, the use of the utility model opens up great opportunities for the development of the gaming business and makes it possible to make it the most successful and profitable for players and profitable for the organizers due to the clear organization, constant accounting and control of the functioning of all the components of a single information and prize network with additional winnings.

Claims (5)

1. A system for playing games with additional wins, comprising gaming devices, information boards, an information and computing center and means for transmitting information signals, characterized in that the information and prize network and / or gaming devices are configured to receive one or more additional progressive players winnings, information boards are made with the additional ability to inform in real time about the time, form and / or the amount of one or more progressive wins, and the information and computer center and means of transmitting information signals are configured to collect, store, process and transmit information signals in real time and generate information and / or control signals or commands to gaming devices and / or information displays and draw in real time one or more additional progressive wins, with the additional ability to collect, store and process information about the process e and the rate of accumulation of one or more additional progressive wins by monitoring and indicating the corresponding deductions from bets on gaming devices participating in the drawing of one or more additional progressive wins, with the possibility of randomly generating the value of one or more additional progressive wins and / or the possibility of generating randomly the value of one or more additional progressive wins within the target a range of values or the possibility of determining a randomly winning game or other event or events set by the organizers of the games, with the possibility of determining the winning situation, with the possibility of determining the winners of one or more additional progressive wins at the moment the accumulated amount of one or more additional progressive wins reaches the set value of one or several additional progressive wins and / or the moment of making a win a gaming or other event or events set by the organizers of the games, with the possibility of the winner determining one or more additional progressive wins of that player on that gaming device or players on those gaming devices on which or on which the last bet was made or the last bets were made, deductions from which or which lead to the coincidence of the established and accumulated values of one or more additional progressive wins and / or on which and / or on which o a winning game or other event or events established by the organizers of the games, and the possibility of generating and transmitting relevant information signals to the information board and the winning gaming device or winning gaming devices and / or information board in the gaming room with relevant information about the time, place and amount of one or a few additional progressive wins and their winning gaming or gaming devices.  2. The system for playing games according to claim 1, characterized in that the gaming devices and information boards of a single prize network contain network controllers with unique identification numbers configured to autonomously automatically and / or remotely control and / or configure operation directly the network controllers themselves, and / or one or more blocks of network controllers, and / or gaming devices, and / or additional equipment for gaming devices, and / or information boards, and / and and means of transmitting information signals, and / or their software, with the possibility of collecting, processing and transmitting information signals in real time with various switched types of interfaces or protocols of information exchange, recording processing results in internal statistics and transmitting information signals to information computer center and with the ability to receive, process and transmit the corresponding response or control signals or commands from information and computing about the center, moreover, 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 an information and computer center with gaming devices and / or additional equipment of gaming devices, and / or information boards , or other switched network devices, and the hardware blocks of network controllers are configured to perform the functions of network controllers of gaming devices by network controllers and network controllers information boards.  3. A system for playing games according to any one of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that on the lines of transmitting information signals from gaming devices and information boards to the information and computing center, an additional network analyzer-converter is installed, configured to autonomously automatically and / or remote control, and / or settings for the functioning of network controllers, and / or gaming devices, and / or additional equipment for gaming devices, and / or information displays, and / or information transmission lines cash or their software and with the ability to process in real time the flow of information signals with different speeds and different interfaces, for example TTL, RS232, RS422, RS485 or other standards or protocols for the information exchange of an information and computer center with gaming devices, and / or additional equipment of gaming devices, and / or information boards or other switched devices.  4. A system for playing games according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the means for transmitting information signals are made in the form of dedicated or switched means of communication, for example, in the form of fiber optic lines or in the form of telephone channels, or in the form of a local area network , or in the form of mobile telephony, or in the form of radio communications, or in the form of a global Internet network. 5. A system for playing games according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the gaming devices are made in the form of token gaming machines or gaming machines, and / or in the form of credit machines of gaming machines, and / or in the form of electronic-mechanical gaming machines slot machines or gaming machines, and / or in the form of card or video drums of video machines, or video machines, or other heterogeneous interfaces or protocols of information exchange of gaming devices.