Coin operated entertainment system
AssigneeTouchTunes Music Corporation
InventorsDominique Dion, Kenneth J. Fedesna, Mark D. Loffredo, Edward J. Suchocki, Edward E. Pellegrini, Frank J. Pellegrini, Edward F. Hicks, Cary M. Mednick
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Abstract
This invention in certain example instances relates generally to coin-operated video entertainment systems. More particularly, certain exemplary aspects of the invention provide methods and/or systems for controlling access to a portable coin-operated interactive entertainment device that may be used to play video games and access other forms of entertainment as well as providing features via such portable coin-operated interactive entertainment devices.
Claims16
An interactive entertainment system provided in a venue comprising:
- a central audiovisual data reproduction device including a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and a processor configured to reproduce audiovisual data in accordance with user inputs;
- a plurality of stands distributed within the venue;
- a plurality of portable interactive entertainment devices operable independently of one another, each of the portable interactive entertainment devices comprises:
- a lock configured to removably secure the portable interactive entertainment device to one of the plurality of stands,
- a display,
- a communication interface configured to wirelessly send and receive data to and from other portable interactive entertainment devices and/or the central audiovisual data reproduction device, and
- at least one processor configured to:
- cause a user interface to be displayed on the display, and
- in response to inputs to the user interface, enable selection of instances of media for playback via the portable interactive entertainment device and/or the central audiovisual data reproduction device,
- wherein the plurality of portable interactive entertainment devices are remote interfaces of the central audiovisual data reproduction device.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein an information processing program for execution by a portable interactive entertainment device comprising a lock configured to removably secure the portable interactive entertainment device to one of a plurality of stands separately distributed within a venue, a processor operatively coupled to a display, a communication interface, the information processing program comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, causing the portable interactive entertainment device to perform operations comprising:
- unsecure the portable interactive entertainment device from the stand to which the portable interactive entertainment device is secured,
- causing a user interface to be displayed on the display,
- accepting inputs from the user via the user interface,
- in response to the inputs to the user interface, enabling the user to select instances of media for playback remotely via a central audiovisual data reproduction device provided in a venue,
- transmitting instructions corresponding to the inputs to the central audiovisual data reproduction device to cause the central audiovisual data reproduction device to playback the instances of media selected by the user, and
- causing the interactive entertainment device to wirelessly transmit and receive data to and from other portable interactive entertainment devices and/or the central audiovisual data reproduction device,
- wherein the central audiovisual data reproduction device includes a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and a processor configured to reproduce audiovisual data stored thereon, and the plurality of portable interactive entertainment devices are remote interfaces of the central audiovisual data reproduction device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.