Gaming interruption and reconnection management

US9697673B2 · kind B2 · utility

Inventors

• Henrik Kniberg · Strängnäs, SE
• Ulf Abrink · Stockholm, SE
• Jens Nilsson · Foster City, US
• Peter Vincent · Stuvsta-Snättringe, SE
• Thomas Rizos · Austin, US
• Håkan Andersson · Linköping, SE
• Jan Otterling · Sundbyberg, SE
• Ulf Larsson · Täby, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 2, 2009
• Grant date: Jul 4, 2017
• Expiry date: Jun 16, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F17/3239
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method, system and computer program product for managing interruption and reconnection of a game session in a computer based gaming system having a computerized gaming machine devised for executing a game and being communicatively connected to a remote data storage, wherein: the execution of a game comprises at least one instance of determining a set of associated game session data; an identity code is reserved for identification of each execution instance of a game; each determined set of associated game session data is associated with said identity code and stored in the remote data storage; and if an interruption occurs in the execution of a game, then the identity code for the current game execution instance is associated with a status indicator indicating that said game execution has been interrupted.