发明名称 Apparatus and method for determining the award of a plurality of prizes
摘要 Apparatus is disclosed for determining the award of a set of prizes where each prize in the set has a respective prize value. The apparatus includes memory for storing prize data indicative of the prize values in the set. An input device is responsive to input signals from a respective plurality of gaming terminals for providing an increment signal. An increment device accesses the prize data to select at least two prize values from the set to define respective current prize values, and is responsive to the increment signal for incrementing in parallel a plurality of accumulated values toward the respective current prize values. A comparator is responsive to the current prize values and the accumulated values for determining if one of the current prize values is to be awarded and, if so, generating an award signal and removing from the set the prize value corresponding to the one of the current prize values.
申请公布号 US9495834(B2) 申请公布日期 2016.11.15
申请号 US200812670418 申请日期 2008.07.28
申请人 Paltronics Australasia Pty Limited 发明人 Wright Dean;Cowan Stephen;Jomaa Ali
分类号 A63F9/24;G07F17/32 主分类号 A63F9/24
代理机构 Brooks Kushman P.C. 代理人 Brooks Kushman P.C.
主权项 1. Apparatus for determining an award of a set of prizes where each prize in the set has a respective prize value, the apparatus including: memory for storing prize data indicative of prize values (CP1 . . . CPn) in the set; an input device configured to receive input signals from a respective plurality of slot machines, each of the slot machines including an acceptor configured to receive credit value to establish a credit balance, a wager input device configured to receive one or more wagers from one or more players, each wager being deducted from the credit balance, and a redemption device configured to enable the one or more players to redeem the credit balance; a component configured to: (i) process the input signals for successive time periods, thereby to determine a contribution amount based on the wagers received at the slot machines for each time period; (ii) access weighting data, wherein the weighting data includes a weighting value (W1 . . . Wn) respectively associated with each prize value (CP1 . . . CPn), wherein the weighting values define relative proportions of the contribution amount applied to the respective prize values such that the contribution amount is divided between the prize values for each time period; and (iii) for each time period, apply the weighting values to the contribution amount, thereby to determine a plurality of increment values (IV1 . . . IVn), such that each increment value (IV1 . . . IVn) corresponds to a respective weighting value (W1 . . . Wn) and a respective prize value (CP1 . . . CPn); an increment device configured to maintain, for each prize value (CP1 . . . CPn) a respective corresponding accumulated value (AV1 . . . AVn), wherein the increment device is configured to receive data indicative of the increment values (IV1 . . . IVn) for each period and, in response, increment in parallel one or more of the corresponding accumulated values (AV1 . . . AVn), towards the prize values (CP1 . . . CPn); and a comparator configured to determine, for each period, whether incrementing of the accumulated values (AV1 . . . AVn) has caused one or more of the accumulated values (AV1 . . . AVn) to meet or exceed its associated prize value (CP1 . . . CPn) and, if so, generate an award signal for those one or more prize values, set the weighting values associated with those one or more prize values to zero, and increase the weighting values not associated with those one or more prize values such that the contribution amount is divided between the prize values for which the weighting value is non-zero.
地址 New South Wales AU