Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – With communication link
Reexamination Certificate
2006-09-13
2011-11-08
Suhol, Dmitry (Department: 3716)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
With communication link
C463S004000, C463S040000, C463S043000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08052530
ABSTRACT:
To provide a network game system for switching a server-client machine without deteriorating the excitement of a game. A network game system (10) causes each of a plurality of game machines (12) to operate as a client and at least one of the plurality of game machines (12) to also operate as a server, thereby providing a game to be played by the players of the plurality of game machines (12). A game play evaluation value calculation unit (40) calculates a play evaluation value corresponding to each of the plurality of game machines (12) during a game. In the case where a predetermined switching determination time arrives during the game, a server switching unit (52) switches the game machine (12) operating as the server from the game machine (12) currently operating as the server to another game machine (12) of the plurality of game machines (12), based on the evaluation value calculated by the play evaluation value calculation unit (40).
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Extended Search Report dated Oct. 20, 2008.
Goto Ken
Munemasa Toshikazu
Onuki Katsunori
Tsuchiya Shin
Gray Brandon
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
Sughrue & Mion, PLLC
Suhol Dmitry
LandOfFree
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