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(63) Continuation of Application No. 1929,011, Filed on ESR USOO8523.653B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8.523,653 B2 Lind et al. (45) Date of Patent: *Sep. 3, 2013 (54) METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM (52) U.S. Cl. PRODUCT FOR PRESENTING RESULTS INA USPC ............................................................ 463/19 BINGO-TYPE GAME (58) Field of Classification Search USPC ............................................................ 463/19 (75) Inventors: Clifton Lind, Austin, TX (US); Gordon See application file for complete search history. T. Graves, Austin, TX (US); Gary L. Loebig, Austin, TX (US); Jefferson C. (56) References Cited Lind, Austin, TX (US); Joseph R. Enzminger, Austin, TX (US); Rodney U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS L. Willyard, Flower Mound, TX (US); 4,140,320 A 2/1979 Cortimilia Robert Lannert, Broken Arrow, OK 4,373,726 A 2f1983 Churchill et al. (US) 4,494,197 A 1/1985 Troy et al. 4,652.998 A 3, 1987 Koza et al. (73) Assignee: Multimedia Games, Inc., Austin, TX (Continued) (US) FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this EP O 867 209 A1 9, 1998 patent is extended or adjusted under 35 GB 2147773. A 5, 1985 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days. OTHER PUBLICATIONS This patent is subject to a terminal dis- Bingo King Catalog, 1996-1997, No. 295 (6 pages). claimer. ( d) Continue (21) Appl. No.: 13/437,811 Primary Examiner — Corbett B Coburn (22) Filed: Apr. 2, 2012 (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Russell D. Culbertson, Esq.; JP Cody, Esq. (65) Prior Publication Data US 2012/O190422 A1 Jul. 26, 2012 (57) ABSTRACT A result represented by a matched bingo card representation Related U.S. Application Data is displayed to a player in a bingo-type game through a result (63) Continuation of application No. 1929,011, filed on ESR", "EE", R. E.N.E., unrelated to the bingo-type game. That is although the game Jan 30, 2002 pp Pat. N 7 766.741 hi h i results are simply bingo game results defined by predeter continuationan. 5U. Auuz, of nowapplication Pat No. No. 1, 10/028,889,too, 141 winlen filed is on a mined patterns of matches between the various card designa Dec. 20, 2001 now Pat No. 6.8O2,776 tions and the designation set produced or called for a particu • 1- ws s vs. us V was . lar bingo-type game, the game results are displayed to the (60) Provisional application No. 60/265,100, filed on Jan. players with a graphical display including a graphic that is not 30, 2001. merely a graphical representation or reproduction of a bingo card. (51) Int. Cl. A63F 9/24 (2006.01) 12 Claims, 12 Drawing Sheets 204 205 201st 200 US 8,523.653 B2 Page 2 (56) References Cited 6,186,892 B1 2/2001 Frank et al. 6,203,427 B1 3/2001 Walker et al. 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U.S. Patent Sep. 3, 2013 Sheet 1 of 12 US 8,523,653 B2 BACK BACK OFFICE OFFICE 12 12 GAMING GAMING FLOOR FLOOR 14 14 DESIGNATION GENERATING COMPOWENT 16 11 BACK 11 BACK OFFICE OFFICE 12 12 GAMING GAMING FLOOR FLOOR 14 14 FIG. 1 U.S. Patent Sep. 3, 2013 Sheet 2 of 12 US 8,523,653 B2 10 N - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - : GAMING ESTABLISHMENT -1 1 COMPOWENT DESIGNATION GENERATING OFFICE COMENENT 12 11 GAMING FLOOR 14. FIG. 2 U.S. Patent Sep. 3, 2013 Sheet 3 of 12 US 8,523,653 B2 CARD SET DATABASE BackgriCE COMyFRS) 28 ARCHIVE 32 SWITCHING MGT HUB 30 20 CENTRAL 34 17 CENTRAL 36 183 18b. 42 42 HUB HPOS 41 POS 41 HUB SAFE PLAYER | PLAYER 40 PLAYER STATION40 | |STATION40 Station : in PLAYER SAE40 STATION 40 !--------------------- 38 \37 Gainsfloor FIG 3 U.S. Patent Sep. 3, 2013 Sheet 4 of 12 US 8,523,653 B2 : 57 183 CASH DRAWER 50 42 PROCESSOR HUB | PLAYER |ENCODERCARD PryerRECEIPI || O vs. 52 DDD D OOO DOD PLAYER KEYPAD : CARD 54 READER 51 PLAYER STATION POS 41 40 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DISPLAY 45 cSA is 46 : 44 U.S. Patent Sep. 3, 2013 Sheet 5 of 12 US 8,523,653 B2 62 62 63 FIG. 5 PRIZE SCHEDULE (Prizes are in Credits per Credit Wagered) Super Jackpot Any 2 ROW 333,333 20000 Middle ROW 1,000 100 10.00% Top Or Bottom ROW 5.00% COnSOlation COlumn Or 200 10 5.00% Diagonal Churn Any 2Adjacent 5 3 60.00% Spots Allocation to "Max Bet" SuperJackpot Progressive: 4.00% TOtal Prize 90.00% AIOCaliOn: Note 1: 4% of all WagerS is allocated to grOWith of the "Max Bet" Super JaCKDOt Note 2: Average number of Cards to end game: 333,33 FIG. 6 U.S. Patent Sep. 3, 2013 Sheet 6 of 12 US 8,523,653 B2 64 RECEIVE/PRODUCE SET OF GAME DESIGNATIONS 65 MATCH GAME DESIGNATIONS TO CARD DESIGNATIONS STORE MATCHED CARD SET RECEIVE GAME PLAY REQUESTIASSIGN GAME PLAYRECORD/ COMMUNICATE GAME PLAYINFO DISPLAY RESULTS ERA, SWITCH TO NEWMATCHED PA TIFR) CARD SET FIG. 7 U.S. Patent Sep. 3, 2013 Sheet 7 of 12 US 8,523,653 B2 PLAYER ENTERS PIN 72 PLAYER RECEIPT PLAYER MAKES ACCOUNT REOUEST CREATED/ FOR CARD ISSUED PLAYER'S ACCOUNT ACCT CARD CASH IS PLAYER BALANCE PLAYER ISPAD CASHING INFO FOR OUT RECEIVED A. RECEIPT 2 --FOR CASH W0 OUT 78 CASH IN PLAYER GIVES/60 CASHTO CASHIER/ ACCT UPDATED 81 M-82 1 Y /84 No -16AM NYES MAKE { PRINT REQUESPLAY N pist RECEIPI *N* FIG.
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