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US 12,664,853 B2Granted
Virtual attendant game machine
AssigneeBob's Space Racers, Inc.
InventorsJack Cook, Joshua Peacock
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Abstract
An attendant-free midway-style electronic game machine. The game machine may be configured to detect when a projectile has been actuated towards the target. An electronic controller in electronic communication with said detector, may be configured to automatically end a game play session once a predetermined number of said game projectiles have been detected as having been actuated by a user toward said target. And, a virtual attendant display is provided, in electronic communication with a game controller, to greet and instruct and interact with players in playing the game.
Claims10
A game system comprising:
- a game machine configured to enable a gameplay session, the gameplay session having a start and an end;
- a display screen;
- a database of audio/video media files adapted to play on the display screen;
- and
- a control unit operatively connected to the display screen, the game machine, and the database, wherein the control unit is configured to;
- retrieve information from the game machine about a status of a gameplay session, said status comprising at least one of:
- whether the gameplay session is ready to start, whether the gameplay session is in progress, and whether the gameplay session has ended;
- retrieve an appropriate one of said media files from the database based on the status of the gameplay session;
- and
- play the media file on the display screen.
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