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Gaming system and gaming machineRelated Patent Categories: Amusement Devices: Games, Including Means For Processing Electronic Data (e.g., Computer/video Game, Etc.), In A Chance Application, Lot Match Or Lot Combination (e.g., Roulette, Lottery, Etc.), Plural Lots (e.g., Keno, Etc.), Plural Matches Create Pattern (e.g., Bingo, Etc.)Gaming system and gaming machine description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060287057, Gaming system and gaming machine. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the priority of Japanese Patent Application No. 2005-156809, which is incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates to a gaming system and to a gaming machine. [0004] 2. Description of the Prior Art [0005] In recent years, along with the flow of diversification of games, it has been proposed to build a system in which a plurality of players can participate (a so-called "linked type gaming system") by providing a host computer (a management device) which is separate from a plurality of gaming machines, and by the host computer performing communication with these gaming machines. As a broad division, in the prior art there have been two types of such linked type gaming system. One of these is a linked type gaming system in which win or loss for a player is determined according to a result which has been produced by the host computer (for example, by a lottery or the like), so that it is a linked type gaming system in which the host computer takes the initiative; while the other is a so-called progressive linked type gaming system, in which the player is able to gain a benefit (for example points or a number of coins which are saved up in the host computer) according to a result which has been produced by the gaming machine. [0006] With these linked type gaming systems, generally, subjective elements on the part of the player such as his intentions, his selection, his strategies, his tactics, and so on have not been reflected in the game. Due to this, it has been necessary to satisfy the player only with the passive enjoyment of the game, in which he is simply notified of lottery results produced by the host computer or by the gaming machine. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0007] The objective of the present invention is to provide a linked type gaming system with which active participation in the game on the part of a player is made possible; and, in more detail, the objective of the present invention is to provide a new gaming system and a new gaming machine which are endowed with interactivity, in which games according to prior art linked type gaming systems (in which simply reels spin and are subsequently viewed) are abandoned, and instead the player's active intentions, strategy, tactics, and attacking methods are received, and his win or loss in the game is determined according thereto. [0008] As means for solving the above described problem, the present invention has the following characteristics. As an embodiment of the present invention, there is proposed a gaming system which comprises a gaming machine and a management device which is communicably connected to the gaming machine. [0009] With this system, the gaming machine includes: at least one selection element (for example, a bingo ball); and a processor (for example, a microcomputer) which enables a player to pick the selection element, notifies a picked result (for example, a selection result message) to the management device according to the picked selection element by the player, and provides an award based on a result of the game from the management device; wherein the management device receives the picked result (for example, a selection result message) from the gaming machine, determines a win or a loss in the game based on the picked result, and notifies the game result (for example, a bingo hit message) to the gaming machine. [0010] According to this gaming system, it becomes possible for the player to participate in an active game by selecting the selection element, so that it is possible to supply a more attractive linked type game. [0011] According to another aspect of the present invention, there is proposed a gaming system, wherein, on receipt of the picked result from the gaming machine, the management device notifies the gaming machine of the progression state of the game; and the gaming machine displays the progression state of the game which is notified thereto. [0012] According to another aspect of the present invention, there is proposed a gaming system including a gaming machine which supplies a first game (for example, a basic game or a slot game) to a player, and a management device which is communicably connected to the gaming machine, and the gaming system supplies a second game (for example, a linked type game or a bingo game) to the player. [0013] With this gaming system, the gaming machine includes: at least one selection element (for example, a bingo ball); and a processor (for example, a microcomputer) which determines whether or not the selection element appears based on the first game, enables a player to pick the selection element if the selection element appears, notifies a picked result (for example, a selection result message) to the management device according to the picked selection element by the player, and provides an award based on a result of the second game (for example, a bingo hit message) which is notified from the management device; wherein the management device receives the picked result (for example, a selection result message) from the gaming machine, determines a win or a loss in the second game based on this picked result, and notifies the gaming machine of the result (for example, a bingo hit message) of the second game. [0014] According to this gaming machine, it becomes possible for the player to participate in an active game by selecting the selection element, so that it is possible to supply a more attractive linked type game; and, moreover, since it is possible for the player to perform the second game in a state of closely connected with the execution of the first game, accordingly it becomes possible to attract the interest of the player more strongly, and to enhance his playing inclination. [0015] It would also be acceptable to arrange for the above described gaming machine to be a gaming machine which variably displays a plurality of symbols, and the selection element appears when a predetermined symbol is displayed. Since, with this gaming system, the first game and the second game are even more closely related, it becomes possible to attract the playing inclination of the player yet more strongly. [0016] Further, it would also be acceptable to arrange for the gaming system so as to be that the gaming machine further comprises a display which, along with displaying the selection element as a display image, displays a message inviting the player to input the selection. [0017] In addition, in the gaming system of the present invention, the management device receives the picked result from the gaming machine, and notifies the gaming machine of the progression state of the second game, according to the picked result, and the gaming machine displays the progression state of the second game which is notified. [0018] Further, in the gaming system of the present invention, the second game is a bingo game. [0019] According to another aspect of the present invention, there is proposed a gaming machine for a gaming system which includes a management device, and the gaming machine which is communicably connected to this management device. [0020] This gaming machine includes: at least one selection element (for example, a bingo ball); and a processor (for example, a microcomputer) which enables a player to pick the selection element, notifies a picked result (for example, a selection result message) to the management device according to the picked selection element by the player, and provides an award based on a result of the game from the management device. [0021] According to this gaming machine, it becomes possible for the player to participate in an active game by selecting the selection element, so that it is possible to supply a more attractive linked type game. Continue reading about Gaming system and gaming machine... 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