Patent · US Expired

Game machine having a communication terminal for playing games over a network service system

US5984783A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 19, 1995
Grant dateNov 16, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 19, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/131
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A network service system capable of providing economical services comprises a plurality of host computers connected to a network for providing services through the network and an information processing terminal connected to the network. The information processing terminal identifies a service identifier, provided in a storage medium for network service, for identifying a type of a network service when the storage medium is attached, connects the line to the host computer which corresponds to the identified service identifier and receives the network service from the line-connected host computer.

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