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

Claim 0:
1. A computer system for controlling a plurality of game machines, the computer system comprising:
a first game machine;
a second game machine; and
a session server communicatively coupled to the first game machine and the second game machine via a computer network, the session server including a processor configured to at least:
receive, from the 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, register a session identifier in association with a player account of the player;
store the session identifier in association with the player account to a session identifier database;
receive, from the second game machine and in response to a player request to restore the game, at least player account information associated with the player account;
in response to receiving the player account information, retrieve the session identifier from the session identifier database;
verify that the session identifier has not been previously used to enable restoration of the game; and
in response to the verification, cause 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.