Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – With communication link
Reexamination Certificate
2006-12-21
2010-02-02
Hotaling, II, John M (Department: 3714)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
With communication link
C463S029000, C463S040000, C463S041000, C463S043000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07654903
ABSTRACT:
Technology is provided for preventing cheating during online gaming, including a first online gaming server computer system configured to gather information regarding cheaters detected during online gaming; a second online gaming server computer system configured to receive the information; and a central database configured for aggregating the received information regarding cheaters detected during online gaming gathered by the first online gaming server computer system along with information stored on the central database regarding cheaters detected during online gaming gathered from a plurality of online gaming server computer systems. The aggregated information from the central database regarding cheaters detected is made available to the second online gaming server computer system, and cheaters identified in the aggregated information are prevented from online gaming on the second online gaming server computer system based on the aggregated information from the central database.
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Hotaling, II John M
Perkins Coie LLP
Torimiro Adetokunbo
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