System and method for awarding credits based upon arcade game play
First Claim
1. A system for rewarding a player of an arcade game comprising:
- a player card having a computer readable player card medium representing arcade game credits for actuating said arcade game;
a player card interface for receiving said player card;
said player card interface adapted for reading said computer readable player card medium representing said arcade game credits;
a prime computer readable medium in communication with said player card interface;
a set of computer readable instructions embodied in said prime computer readable medium for;
reading said player card medium with said player card interface, determining said arcade game credits represented by said player card according to said player card medium, determining a non-arcade credit value corresponding to said arcade game credits, and, associating said non-arcade credit value with a merchant card so that said player can transfer arcade game credits into non-arcade credit values.
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Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for allowing an arcade game player to be rewarded for playing the arcade game in a form other than cash. The player is provided with a player card having a readable and writable medium thereon for recording credits. Credits are deducted from or added to the player card according to the play of the arcade game. After a player has played the game, the net credits on the player card are then converted to a non-arcade credit value on a merchant card, allowing the player to use the merchant card to purchase goods and services at merchant locations accepting the merchant card. The system and method permit converting existing arcade games such that the system and method can be also used on existing games.
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22 Claims
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1. A system for rewarding a player of an arcade game comprising:
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a player card having a computer readable player card medium representing arcade game credits for actuating said arcade game;
a player card interface for receiving said player card;
said player card interface adapted for reading said computer readable player card medium representing said arcade game credits;
a prime computer readable medium in communication with said player card interface;
a set of computer readable instructions embodied in said prime computer readable medium for;
reading said player card medium with said player card interface, determining said arcade game credits represented by said player card according to said player card medium, determining a non-arcade credit value corresponding to said arcade game credits, and, associating said non-arcade credit value with a merchant card so that said player can transfer arcade game credits into non-arcade credit values. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for rewarding a player of an arcade game with non-arcade credit comprising the steps of:
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reading a computer readable player card medium of a player card to determine arcade game credits for actuating said arcade game;
determining said arcade game credits from said player card;
determining a non-arcade credit value corresponding to said arcade game credits; and
,associating said non-arcade credit value with a merchant card so that said player can transfer arcade game credits into non-arcade credit value. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for rewarding a player of an arcade game, using a player card having player card information, comprising:
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a computer readable medium;
a database contained within said computer readable medium representing arcade game credits accessible via said player card information; and
,a set of computer readable instructions contained within said computer readable medium for retrieving arcade game credits from said database according to said player card information of said player card, associating said arcade game credits with a non-arcade credit value, issuing a merchant card representing said non-arcade credit value so that said player can transfer said arcade game credits to a non-arcade merchant credit value. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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