Increasing Gaming Efficiency And Security: Technical

The application relates to a system that enables remote game playing of physical gaming machines through a real-time interface. The Examination Division considered automatically blocking the remote player if a local player standing in front of the machine has no technical effect. The Board disagreed and considered it technical as it both maintains and improves data security standards, as well as simplifies and accelerates the switch between remote player and local player.

Here are the practical takeaways from the decision: T 2030/22 of November 27, 2025, of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.4.03

Key takeaways

Increased gaming efficiency and security is a techical effect

The effect described above is of a technical nature, since feature both maintains and improves data security standards as well as simplifies and accelerates the switch between remote player and local player compared to a situation where a log-in / log-out process via a GUI or the operation of