System for tracking account activity on an amusement device
View Patent ↗An amusement device system includes a first amusement device, a second amusement device and a central server. The first controller is coupled to the first memory and the first display. The first memory stores an electronic game having a plurality of game content. The first controller is configured to show a first game content of the plurality of game content to an authenticated user. The second controller is coupled to the second memory. The second memory stores the electronic game having the plurality of game content. The central server is configured to store information sufficient to identify the first game content displayed to the authenticated user. The first and second controllers are prevented by the central server from again showing the first game content until a remainder of the plurality of game content has been displayed to the authenticated user.
1. An amusement device system comprising:
a first amusement device having a first memory, a first display and a first controller, the first controller being operatively coupled to the first memory, a first input device and the first display, the first memory storing an electronic game having a plurality of game content, the first controller controlling the first display based at least in part on inputs from the first input device and being configured to show a first game content of the plurality of game content to an authenticated user on the first display;
a second amusement device having a second memory, a second display and a second controller, the second controller being operatively coupled to the second memory, a second input device and the second display, the second memory storing the electronic game having the plurality of game content; and
an internet-based central server in communication with the first and second amusement devices through the internet, the central server configured to store information sufficient to identify the first game content displayed to the authenticated user, the first and second controllers being prevented by the central server from again showing the first game content to the authenticated user on the first and second displays until a remainder of the plurality of game content has been displayed to the authenticated user.
2. The amusement device system of claim 1 , wherein the central server stores an authenticated user account, the central server being configured to accept log-in information from the authenticated user for the authenticated user to access the authenticated user account, the authenticated user account storing information related to the plurality of game content including the first game content.
3. The amusement device system of claim 1 , wherein the first and second displays are comprised of first and second touchscreen video displays, respectively.
4. The amusement device system of claim 1 , wherein the first and second input devices are comprised of first and second touchscreen video displays, respectively.
5. The amusement device system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of game content includes a first trivia question, a second trivia question, a third trivia question and a fourth trivia question, the first game content comprised of the first trivia question.
6. The amusement device system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of game content includes a first puzzle, a second puzzle, a third puzzle and a fourth puzzle, the first game content comprised of the first puzzle.
7. The amusement device system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of game content includes a plurality of photograph sets for a photograph comparison game, the plurality of game content including a first set of photographs, a second set of photographs, a third set of photographs and a fourth set of photographs, the first game content comprised of the first and second set of photographs.
8. The amusement device system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of game content includes card games, sports games, games of skill, games of chance, action games, trivia games, puzzle games and photograph comparison games.
9. The amusement device system of claim 1 , wherein the authenticated user is a first authenticated user, the first controller further configured to show a second game content of the plurality of game content to a second authenticated user on the first display, the central server configured to store information sufficient to identify the second game content displayed to the second authenticated user, the first and second controllers being prevented by the central server from again showing the second game content to the second authenticated user on the first and second displays until a remainder of the plurality of game content has been displayed to the second authenticated user.
10. The amusement device system of claim 1 , wherein the central server is configured to direct the first amusement device to show the first game content to the authenticated user based on a random number generator with a defined seed value, the central server being in communication with the first and second amusement devices and further configured to keep track of the seed value and an associated random number generated by the random number generator.
11. An amusement device system for tracking game content displayed to a first authenticated user, the amusement device system comprising:
a first amusement device including a first touchscreen video display and a first memory, the first memory storing a plurality of game content;
a second amusement device including a second touchscreen video display and a second memory, the second memory storing the plurality of game content; and
a central server in communication with the first and second amusement devices, the central server configured to receive first game content from the first amusement device defining game content of the plurality of game content displayed to the first authenticated user during game play, the central server preventing the first and second amusement devices from subsequently displaying the first game content to the first authenticated user until a remainder of the plurality of game content is displayed to the first user at one of the first and second amusement devices.
12. The amusement device system of claim 11 further comprising:
a plurality of additional amusement devices in communication with the central server, the central server preventing the first, second and plurality of additional amusement devices from subsequently displaying the first game content to the first authenticated user until a remainder of the plurality of game content is displayed to the first user at one of the first, second and additional amusement devices.
13. The amusement device system of claim 11 , wherein the first amusement device includes a first communications component, the first amusement device in communication with the central server through the first communications component.
14. The amusement device system of claim 13 , wherein the second amusement device includes a second communications component, the second amusement device in communication with the central server and the first amusement device through the second communications component.
15. The amusement device system of claim 13 , wherein the first communications component is selected from the group consisting of an Ethernet port, a wireless transceiver and an infrared port.
16. The amusement device system of claim 11 , wherein the central server manages user accounts including a first user account of the first authenticated user, the central server configured to track, catalogue and associate the first game content with the first user account.
17. The amusement device system of claim 16 , wherein the central server is further configured to store first log-in information associated with the first user account.