Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – With communication link
Reexamination Certificate
2006-11-07
2011-11-08
Vo, Peter DungBa (Department: 3716)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
With communication link
Reexamination Certificate
active
08052531
ABSTRACT:
Provided is a network game system for providing a game played by players of game machines by operating at least one of the game machines as a server, in which: the game machine to be operated as a server can be appropriately selected; a measuring unit (22) of each of the game machines (12) measures a time required to exchange predetermined data between the game machine (12) and another game machine (12) of the game machines (12); and a server determining unit (28) determines at least one of the game machines (12) as the game machine (12) to be operated as the server according to the results of the measurement by the measuring units (22) of the game machines (12).
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Goto Ken
Hasegawa Takeshi
Munemasa Toshikazu
Onuki Katsunori
Tsuchiya Shin
Gray Brandon
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
Sughrue & Mion, PLLC
Vo Peter DungBa
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