Game system including slot machines and game control method thereof

Abstract

A slot machine includes: a plurality of communication interfaces connectable to cellular phones of players; and a game controller for executing a game executed simultaneously by a plurality of persons under a condition where start signals of the game are received from the connected cellular phones of the plurality of players, transmitting and receiving data of the game to and from the cellular phones of the players, and at the same time, displaying, on a display of the slot machine, image data indicating game information shared in the game, and transmitting image data, indicating game information individual to the players in the game, to the cellular phones of the players.

1 . A slot machine, comprising:
 a plurality of communication interfaces connectable to cellular phones of players;   a memory for storing a program of a slot machine game and of a game different from the slot machine game and executed simultaneously by a plurality of persons;   a display for displaying image data of the game executed simultaneously by the plurality of persons by executing the program stored in the memory; and   a game controller connected to the cellular phones of the plurality of players, for executing the game executed simultaneously by the plurality of persons under a condition where start signals of the game are received from the connected cellular phones of the plurality of players, transmitting and receiving data of the game executed simultaneously by the plurality of persons to and from the cellular phones of the players, and at the same time, displaying, on the display, image data indicating game information shared by the players in the game executed simultaneously by the plurality of persons, and transmitting image data, indicating game information individual to the players in the game executed simultaneously by the plurality of persons, to the cellular phones of the players.   
   
   
       2 . A slot machine, comprising:
 a plurality of communication interfaces communicably connected to a monitoring server for monitoring operating status of an entirety of a plurality of slot machines, and connectable to cellular phones of players;   a memory for storing a program of a slot machine game and of a game different from the slot machine game and executed simultaneously by a plurality of persons;   a display for displaying image data of the game executed simultaneously by the plurality of persons by executing the program stored in the memory; and   a game controller for receiving data indicating the operating status from the monitoring server by being connected to the cellular phones of the plurality of players, executing the game executed simultaneously by the plurality of persons under conditions where a value of the received data indicating the operating status is a predetermined value or less and start signals of the game are received from the connected cellular phones of the plurality of players, transmitting and receiving data of the game executed simultaneously by the plurality of persons to and from the cellular phones of the players, and at the same time, displaying, on the display, image data indicating game information shared by the players in the game executed simultaneously by the plurality of persons, and transmitting image data, indicating game information individual to the players in the game executed simultaneously by the plurality of persons, to the cellular phones of the players.   
   
   
       3 . A game system, comprising:
 cellular phones of a plurality of players; and   a slot machine;   wherein the slot machine comprises:   a plurality of communication interfaces connectable to the cellular phones of the plurality of players;   a memory for storing a program of a slot machine game and of a game different from the slot machine game and executed simultaneously by a plurality of persons;   a display for displaying image data of the game executed simultaneously by the plurality of persons by executing the program stored in the memory; and   a game controller connected to the cellular phones of the plurality of players, and executing the game executed simultaneously by the plurality of persons under a condition where start signals of the game are received from the connected cellular phones of the plurality of players, transmitting and receiving data of the game executed simultaneously by the plurality of persons to and from the cellular phones of the players, and at the same time, displaying, on the display, image data indicating game information shared by the players in the game executed simultaneously by the plurality of persons, and transmitting image data, indicating game information individual to the players in the game executed simultaneously by the plurality of persons, to the cellular phones of the players, and   wherein each of the cellular phones of the plurality of players comprises:   a communication interface connectable to the slot machine; and   a game controller connected to the slot machine, for transmitting the start signal of the game to the slot machine, and transmitting and receiving the data of the game, executed simultaneously by the plurality of persons, to and from the slot machine, and at the same time, receiving the image data indicating the game information individual to the players in the game executed simultaneously by the plurality of persons, from the slot machine.   
   
   
       4 . A game system, comprising:
 cellular phones of a plurality of players;   a slot machine; and   a monitoring server for monitoring operating status of an entirety of a plurality of slot machines;   wherein the slot machine comprises:   a plurality of communication interfaces connectable to the cellular phones of the plurality of players;   a communication interface for executing communication with the monitoring server;   a memory for storing a program of a slot machine game and of a game different from the slot machine game and executed simultaneously by a plurality of persons;   a display for displaying image data of the game executed simultaneously by the plurality of persons by executing the program stored in the memory; and   a game controller for receiving data indicating the operating status from the monitoring server by being connected to the cellular phones of the plurality of players, executing the game executed simultaneously by the plurality of persons under conditions where a value of the received data indicating the operating status is a predetermined value or less and start signals of the game are received from the connected cellular phones of the plurality of players, transmitting and receiving data of the game executed simultaneously by the plurality of persons to and from the cellular phones of the players, and at the same time, displaying, on the display, image data indicating game information shared by the players in the game executed simultaneously by the plurality of persons, and transmitting image data, indicating game information individual to the players in the game executed simultaneously by the plurality of persons, to the cellular phones of the players, and   wherein each of the cellular phones of the plurality of players comprises:   a communication interface connectable to the slot machine; and   a game controller connected to the slot machine, for transmitting the start signal of the game to the slot machine, and transmitting and receiving the data of the game, executed simultaneously by the plurality of persons to and from the slot machine, and at the same time, receiving the image data indicating the game information individual to the players in the game executed simultaneously by the plurality of persons, from the slot machine.   
   
   
       5 . A game control method by which a game controller advances a game in a slot machine including a plurality of communication interfaces connectable to cellular phones of players, a memory for storing a program of a slot machine game and of a game different from the slot machine game and executed simultaneously by a plurality of persons, and a display for displaying image data of the game executed simultaneously by the plurality of persons by executing the program stored in the memory,
 the game control method comprising the steps of:   executing the game executed simultaneously by the plurality of persons under conditions where the game controller is connected to the cellular phones of the plurality of players, and start signals of the game are received from the connected cellular phones of the plurality of players;   transmitting and receiving data of the game executed simultaneously by the plurality of persons, to and from the cellular phones of the players, and at the same time, displaying, on the display, image data indicating game information shared by the players in the game executed simultaneously by the plurality of persons; and   transmitting image data, indicating game information individual to the players in the game executed simultaneously by the plurality of persons, to the cellular phones of the players.   
   
   
       6 . A game control method by which a game controller advances a game in a slot machine including a plurality of communication interfaces communicably connected to a monitoring server for monitoring operating status of an entirety of a plurality of slot machines and connectable to cellular phones of players, a memory for storing a program of a slot machine game and of a game different from the slot machine game and executed simultaneously by a plurality of persons, and a display for displaying image data of the game executed simultaneously by the plurality of persons by executing the program stored in the memory,
 the game control method comprising the steps of:   receiving data indicating the operating status from the monitoring server by being connected to the cellular phones of the plurality of players;   executing the game executed simultaneously by the plurality of persons under conditions where a value of the received data indicating the operating status is a predetermined value or less, and start signals of the game are received from the connected cellular phones of the plurality of players;   transmitting and receiving data of the game executed simultaneously by the plurality of persons, to and from the cellular phones of the players, and at the same time, displaying, on the display, image data indicating game information shared by the players in the game executed simultaneously by the plurality of persons; and   transmitting image data, indicating game information individual to the players in the game executed simultaneously by the plurality of persons, to the cellular phones of the players.