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| Summary / Description | A system for tracking the activation and hence the usage of software securely on remote devices, the information is then used for, but not limited to, royalty calculation. This prior art focuses more on the technical aspect of implementing such system or method, such as the encryption and authentication aspect of the concept, but it is nonetheless obvious to someone in the gaming industry to implement a similar method for distribution of gaming software on gaming machines. |
| Type of Prior Art | Issued Patents - US |
| Country | United States of America |
| Patent/Application # | 20100017886 |
| Kind Code | United States (US) - Patent Appl. Publ. within the ... - A1 |
| Patentee Name | Desmicht, Eric; Mutz, Stephane; Kleingeld, Menno |
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| URL | http://www.freepatentsonline.co... |
| Filing Date | December 22, 2006 |
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Excerpt The system and method for remotely tracking the activation of protected software in at least one device according to the invention is suited for use with devices containing protected software where the proprietor or the intellectual property rights holder of the protected software needs to safeguard against unauthorised copying of the protected software and to verify that devices sold on the market using the protected software have corresponding licences that have been paid for the use of the protected software.The protected software can be for example software stored in a device or software implemented in a hardware configuration to represent the software. The system and method can be employed, for example, with devices containing software necessary for managing the operation of a device or that is necessary to implement certain additional functions such as for example the disablement in DVD players of region checking for countries where regional lockout or regional coding enhancement (RCE) has been declared illegal by competition authorities. |
A system for providing a royalty calculation, the system comprising: one or more electronic gaming machines configured to receive gaming software from a communications link; a first server configured to provide said gaming software to said one or more electronic gaming machines over a first communications link; a second server configured to provide said gaming software to said first server over a second communications link; and a royalty calculator configured to calculate a royalty for use of said gaming software at said one or more electronic gaming machines.
| Relevance | The prior art suggests a system of tracking activation which implicitly implies usage of software on remote devices, and royalty calculation is listed as a possible usage of the system in the background section. |
The system of claim 1, wherein said royalty calculator calculates a royalty based on an event-based calculation.
| Relevance | User activation counts as an event-based calculation. |
A method of providing a royalty calculation, the method comprising: selecting gaming software from a remote software vendor; downloading said gaming software to a local server from said remote software vendor over a communications link; providing said gaming software to one or more electronic gaming machines for use by a player; and calculating a royalty calculation related to the use of the gaming software.
| Relevance | The prior art suggests a system of tracking activation which implicitly implies usage of software on remote devices, and royalty calculation is listed as a possible usage of the system in the background section. |
The method of claim 9, further comprising providing a payment of a royalty fee to said remote software vendor based on said royalty calculation.
| Relevance | The prior art also talks about allowing the actual software provider or holders of IP rights to be paid as a result of the royalty calculation. |
A system for providing a thin-client software application at an electronic gaming machine, the system comprising: a host server configured to provide a thin-client electronic gaming software application to a communications link:; a plurality of electronic gaming machines configured to receive said thin-client electronic gaming software application from said communications link:; and a royalty calculator configured to calculate a royalty related to said thin-client electronic gaming software application.
| Relevance | The prior art suggests a server-based system of tracking activation which implicitly implies usage of software on remote devices, and royalty calculation is listed as a possible usage of the system in the background section. |
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