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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2003
Applicants:
Yusuke Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Masui, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Ikebuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Sega, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/00 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A game machine () includes a card interface () configured so that a magnetic card () is detachably attached thereto, an element () to record a card ID generated on the basis of time information specifying the date and time when the magnetic card () is attached to the card interface () in a magnetic data recording area () provided in the magnetic card (), and an element () to print an access code uniquely obtained by the calculation of a predetermined function based on the card ID in a printing area () of the magnetic card ().