Amusement game incentive points system
AssigneeMidway Amusement Games, LLC
InventorEdward J. Suchocki
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Abstract
A system for providing incentives to promoters for recommending games to players of games is provided. The system comprises one or more game machines located at one or more game sites. Each of the game machines are adapted to receive input from a player of a game indicative of an identity of a promoter of a game. The system further comprises a database adapted to store information indicative of the identity of a promoter.
Claims37
A system for providing incentives to promoters for recommending games to players of games, the system comprising:
- a plurality of game machines for playing games, the game machines being located at a plurality of game sites wherein one or more promoters are located at each game site, each game machine being adapted to prompt a player for input indicative of an identity of a promoter of a game and to receive input from the player indicative of the identity of the promoter of the game, the plurality of game machines being adapted for electronic communication including communicating information indicative of the identity of a promoter;
- a game server communicatively coupled to the plurality of game machines, the game server being adapted to electronically communicate with the game machines, the game server is adapted to receive the information indicative of the identity of a promoter inputted to a game machine by a player;
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- a database communicatively coupled to the game server, the database being adapted to store the information indicative of the identity of a promoter inputted to a game machine by a player.
A system for providing incentives to promoters for recommending games to players of games, the system comprising:
- a plurality of game machines located at a plurality of game sites, each of the game machines being adapted to prompt a player of a game for input indicative of an identity of a promoter of a game and to receive input from a player of a game indicative of an identity of a promoter of a game, one or more promoters being located at each game site;
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- a database communicatively linked the gaming machines, the database being adapted to store information indicative of the identity of a promoter.
A method for use in providing incentives to promoters for promoting games to players of game machines located at a plurality of different game sites, the method comprising:
- registering a promoter located at a game site;
- prompting a player for input indicative of an identity of a promoter of a game;
- receiving input from the player of the game indicative of an identity of a promoter of the game;
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- recording the identity of a promoter input by the player of the game.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.