IP Library Granted Patent US 8,062,117
Granted Patent B2
US 8,062,117 · App. 12/134,724 · Granted Nov 22, 2011

Bingo game apparatus with variable payout capability

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,062,117
App. No.
12/134,724
Granted
Nov 22, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A Bingo game apparatus with variable payout capability has a server apparatus and multiple player terminals. The server apparatus runs a Bingo game program with variable payout capability. The Bingo game program with variable payout capability has acts of: accepting to be selected pay rules, accepting to be bought Bingo cards, starting draw balls and resetting judgement. In the act of the accepting to be selected pay rules, the server apparatus generates a multiple pay rules table and sends the multiple pay rules table having multiple pay rules settings to the player terminals. A preferred pay rules setting is selected at the player terminal so increasing enjoyment by allowing players to select their pay-rules.

Claims (24)

1. A Bingo game apparatus with variable payout capability comprising

a server apparatus running a Bingo game program with variable payout capability and having

a game server running the Bingo game program with variable payout capability; and

a server interface being electronically connected to the game server;

a Random Number Generator (RNG) being electronically connected to the game server and being controlled by the game server to successively generate randomly one of a range integers; and

multiple player terminals being electronically connected to the game server and each having

a terminal station being electronically connected to and interchanging electrical information with the game server; and

an Input/ Output (I/O) interface being electronically connected to the terminal station, displaying electrical information from the game server and accepting inputs;

wherein, the Bingo game program comprises

means of accepting to be selected credit values;

means of accepting to be selected pay rules, the game server generating a multiple pay rules table, the multiple pay rules table comprising multiple pay rules settings, each one of the pay rules settings defining relations between counts of drawn integers being “Bingo” and pay rules and the game server sending the multiple pay rules table to the player terminals;

means of accepting to be bought Bingo cards, the game server generating a set of Bingo cards and sending the Bingo cards to each player terminals, each Bingo cards being independent and containing multiple integers selected from the integers, thereby the player terminals being inputted to buy Bingo cards;

means of starting draw balls, satisfying a drawing condition and then the game server controlling the RNG to draw integers one by one and checking “Bingo” occurrences of the Bingo cards at each integer drawn; and

means of resetting judgement, one of the player terminals being triggered to reload the act of accepting to be selected credit values, else to reload the accepting to be bought Bingo cards to restart a new round.

2. The Bingo game apparatus with variable payout capability as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the drawing condition is a count down period.

3. The Bingo game apparatus with variable payout capability as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the drawing condition is a number of Bingo cards being selected.

4. The Bingo game apparatus with variable payout capability as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the RNG is a ball drawing machine.

5. The Bingo game apparatus with variable payout capability as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the RNG is a ball drawing machine.

6. The Bingo game apparatus with variable payout capability as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the server interface is a display.

7. The Bingo game apparatus with variable payout capability as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the server interface is a display.

8. The Bingo game apparatus with variable payout capability as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the server interface is a display with a voice generator.

9. The Bingo game apparatus with variable payout capability as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the server interface is a display with a voice generator.

10. The Bingo game apparatus with variable payout capability as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the I/O interface is a touch panel device.

11. The Bingo game apparatus with variable payout capability as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the I/O interface is a touch panel device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 13, 2024
From: HSU, TIEN-SHU
To: JUMBO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
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