Patent ID: 11881080
Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 6:
7. A method for enabling restoration of a game, the method comprising:
receiving, by a session server and from a first game machine, a request from a player to enable restoration of a game at a defined game state;
in response to receiving the request to enable restoration of the game, registering, by the session server, a session identifier in association with a player account of the player;
storing, by the session server, the session identifier in association with the player account to a session identifier database;
receiving, by the session server and from a second game machine, at least player account information associated with the player account, the player account information received in response to a player request to restore the game;
in response to receiving the player account information, retrieving, by the session server, the session identifier from the session identifier database;
verifying, by the session server, that the session identifier has not been previously used to enable restoration of the game; and
in response to the verification, causing, by the session server, the game to be restored at the defined game state on the second game machine so that the player can continue to play the game.