EP1580701A3
Method, system and software product for playing a communal wager game
Abstract
A gaming method and system for use in a communal gaming arrangement. In the event that a player wins the primary game, each winning player is given the opportunity to play a different second communal game with their winnings from the primary game.

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| Document | Relation | Office | Category | Cited during | Relevant claims |
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| US5645486A | Cites | United States of America | X | Search report | 1-17 |
| US6077162A | Cites | United States of America | X | Search report | 1-17 |
6 members in 4 offices
Priority claims4
| Document | Office | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004901618 | Australia | A | |
| 2004901618 | Australia | – | |
| 2004901618 | – | – | – |
| AU20040901618 | – | – | – |
Members6
| Document | Office | Kind | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA2502387A1 | Canada | A1 | |
| EP1580701A2 | European Patent Office (EPO) | A2 | |
| US2005218590A1 | United States of America | A1 | |
| AU2005201307A1 | Australia | A1 | |
| EP1580701A3This record | European Patent Office (EPO) | A3 | |
| AU2005201307B2 | Australia | B2 |
12 legal events, as the office reported them to INPADOC
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| Application withdrawnWithdrawn18W | 18W | |
| Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patentGrantedSTATUS: THE APPLICATION HAS BEEN WITHDRAWNSTAA | STAA | |
| Designation fees paidAKX | AKX | |
| First examination report despatched17Q | 17Q | |
| Request for examination filed17P | 17P | |
| Designated contracting statesAK | AK | |
| Request for extension of the european patentAX | AX | |
| Search report despatchedORIGINAL CODE: 0009013PUAL | PUAL | |
| Title (correction)METHOD, SYSTEM AND SOFTWARE PRODUCT FOR PLAYING A COMMUNAL WAGER GAMERTI1 | RTI1 | |
| Designated contracting statesAK | AK | |
| Request for extension of the european patentAX | AX | |
| Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phaseORIGINAL CODE: 0009012PUAI | PUAI |
Numbers
- Publication
- 1580701
- Publication, DOCDB
- 1580701
- Publication, EPODOC
- EP1580701
- Application
- 5251941
- Application, DOCDB
- 05251941
- Application, EPODOC
- EP20050251941
Titles3
- German
- Verfahren, System und Programmprodukt zum Spielen eines gemeinsamen Wettspiels
- English
- Method, system and software product for playing a communal wager game
- French
- Méthode, système et programme d'ordinateur pour participer à un pari collectif
Classification
- CPC, 2
- G07F17/3267
- G07F17/32
- IPC, 2
- G07F17 32
- G07F17 34
Designated states36
- Contracting states, 30
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Switzerland
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Germany
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Spain
- Finland
- France
- United Kingdom
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Iceland
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Monaco
- Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
- Poland
and 6 moreShow fewer
- Portugal
- Romania
- Sweden
- Slovenia
- Slovakia
- Türkiye
- Extension states, 6
- Albania
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Croatia
- Latvia
- North Macedonia
- Yugoslavia, later Serbia and Montenegro (until 2006)