Methods For The Unambiguous Association Of At Least One Autonomous Storage Unit With At Least One Player In A Score Keeping Device

Abstract

The invention relates to methods for the unambiguous personal association of at least one autonomous storage unit ( 10 ) with at least one player in a score keeping device ( 20 ) in order to store at least one status of a game, especially a computer game, network game, or trading card game. The inventive method is characterized in that an unambiguous identification feature that is effective in the game environment is allocated in a way clearly indicating the player's action to a game status, particularly an amount of properties of a game piece created and/or guided by the player and/or an amount of game situations created and/or managed by the player within the group of players detected by the score keeping device, said game status being created and/or managed by the player, being stored in the at least one autonomous storage unit, and unambiguously identifying the player. For this purpose, data is exchanged in a registering manner between the at least one autonomous storage unit and a game manager's storage unit ( 30 ) which manages the at least one autonomous storage unit. As a result of said data exchange, a first register data set ( 40 ) that characterizes the player and is linked to the game status is created, stored, and processed in the game manager's storage unit ( 30 ) while a second register data set ( 41 ) which is comparable to the first register data set and is linked to the stored game status is created, stored, and processed in the autonomous storage unit.

1 . A method for unambiguous association of at least one autonomous
 storage unit ( 10 ) with at least one player in a score keeping device ( 20 ) for storing at least one game score of a game, in particular a computer, a network game, or a trading game, wherein, an unambiguous identifier, effective in the game environment, designating the actions of the player in an unambiguous manner, is associated with the game status generated and/or handled by the player, characterizing the player in an unambiguous manner and stored in at least one autonomous storage unit, in particular a sum of features of a game figure created and/or managed by the player, and/or a plurality of game situations generated and/or created by the player within the group of players registered in the score keeping device which is also network capable.   
   
   
       2 . A method according to  claim 1 , wherein
 between the at least one autonomous storage unit ( 10 ) and a game manager unit ( 30 ) managing the at least one storage unit, a registering data exchange is performed, wherein as a result of the data exchange a first register data set ( 40 ), linked with the stored game status, identifying the player, is generated, stored and processed in the game manager storage unit ( 30 ), and a second register data set ( 41 ), identical to the first register data set, and associated with the stored game status is generated, stored and processed in the autonomous storage unit.   
   
   
       3 . A method according to  claim 2 , wherein
 the registering data exchange is performed through transmitting a first component ( 50   a ) of a storage identifier ( 50 ) from the at least one autonomous storage unit ( 10 ) to the game manager storage unit ( 30 );   furthermore a first component ( 51   a ) of a game manager identifier ( 51 ) is transmitted from the game manager storage unit to the autonomous storage unit;   the first component ( 50   a ) of the memory identifier ( 50 ) is linked in the game manager storage unit ( 30 ) with a second component ( 51   b ) of the game manager identifier ( 51 ) to form the first register data set ( 40 ); and   the first component ( 51   a ) of the game manager identifier ( 51 ) is linked in the autonomous storage unit ( 10 ) with a second component ( 50   b ) of the storage identifier ( 50 ) to form the second register data set ( 41 ).   
   
   
       4 . A method according to  claim 3 , wherein,
 the first register data set ( 40 ) is processed in the game manager storage unit ( 30 ).   
   
   
       5 . A method according to  claim 3 , wherein,
 the first register data ser ( 40 ) is transmitted from the game manager storage unit ( 30 ) to a superimposed game data base ( 60 ).   
   
   
       6 . A method according to  claim 3 , wherein,
 the first register data set ( 40 ) is processed in the game manager storage unit ( 30 ) and transmitted to the superimposed player data base ( 60 ).   
   
   
       7 . A method according to  claim 3 , wherein, the first and the second register data set ( 40 ), ( 41 ) are tested for conformity in at least one log in process of the autonomous storage unit ( 10 ) following the registering data exchange. 
   
   
       8 . A method according to  claim 3 , wherein,
 during the course of the game an ongoing update of the player relevant data, in particular an update of the current game status data, achieved game scores, positions in a player list, of the first, and also of the second register data set ( 40 ,  41 ) is performed.   
   
   
       9 . A score keeping device ( 20 ) for performing a method according to  claim 1 , characterized by
 at least one game manager storage unit ( 30 ) integrated into the score keeping device, and an entirety of stored and processed game conditions ( 21 ), linked to a first register data set ( 40 ) in the game manager storage unit ( 30 ), and a second register data set ( 41 ), identical to the first register data set, and linked with the stored game status in the autonomous storage unit with an unambiguous association with at least one player.   
   
   
       10 . A device according to  claim 9 , wherein
 the game manager storage unit ( 30 ) is provided as a game manager card ( 70 ), readable by a card reader connected with a game console, provided as a chip card with a card shaped based body ( 75 ), a memory chip ( 80 ) integrated into the base body, and a data transmission device ( 85 ) connected to the memory chip.   
   
   
       11 . A device according to  claim 10 , wherein
 the data transmission device ( 85 ) is provided as an electrical contact field.   
   
   
       12 . A device according to  claim 11 , wherein
 the data transmission device ( 85 ) is provided as a touch free transponder device.   
   
   
       13 . A method according to  claim 9 , wherein
 the game manager storage unit ( 30 ) is provided as a modular component, in particular a circuit board or a plug in module ( 90 ) of a modified game console ( 100 ).   
   
   
       14 . A method according to  claim 10 , wherein, the game console ( 100 ) has an interface ( 100 ) for a network connection, in particular an internet connection and/or a connection with a superimposed device for data storage. 
   
   
       15 . A method according to  claim 4 , wherein,
 the first and the second register data set ( 40 ), ( 41 ) are tested for conformity in at least one log in process of the autonomous storage unit ( 10 ) following the registering data exchange.   
   
   
       16 . A method according to  claim 5 , wherein,
 the first and the second register data set ( 40 ), ( 41 ) are tested for conformity in at least one log in process of the autonomous storage unit ( 10 ) following the registering data exchange.   
   
   
       17 . A method according to  claim 6 , wherein,
 the first and the second register data set ( 40 ), ( 41 ) are tested for conformity in at least one log in process of the autonomous storage unit ( 10 ) following the registering data exchange.   
   
   
       18 . A method according to  claim 4 , wherein,
 during the course of the game an ongoing update of the player relevant data, in particular an update of the current game status data, achieved game scores, positions in a player list, of the first, and also of the second register data set ( 40 ,  41 ) is performed.   
   
   
       19 . A method according to  claim 5 , wherein,
 during the course of the game an ongoing update of the player relevant data, in particular an update of the current game status data, achieved game scores, positions in a player list, of the first, and also of the second register data set ( 40 ,  41 ) is performed.   
   
   
       20 . A method according to  claim 6 , wherein,
 during the course of the game an ongoing update of the player relevant data, in particular an update of the current game status data, achieved game scores, positions in a player list, of the first, and also of the second register data set ( 40 ,  41 ) is performed.