Patent ID: 9685038
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: A63F,G07F

Claim:
1. A game system comprising: a gaming machine including: (A) a display device configured to display a game; and (B) a reader configured to receive a physical recording medium having: (i) a predetermined image representative of a character displayed thereon; and (ii) predetermined information including: (a) character data representative of the character; and (b) limiting information comprising a first unique player identification and a second unique player identification; a remote user terminal configured to provide the game to a first player which is associated with the first unique player identification, a second player which is associated with the second unique player identification, and a third player which is associated with a third unique player identification, the remote user terminal being associated with a unique terminal identification; an information provision device configured to provide the predetermined information; and a server apparatus coupled to the gaming machine and the remote user terminal, the server apparatus including: (A) a physical processor; and (B) a memory device storing: (i) group data indicating that the unique terminal identification corresponds to the first unique player identification and the second unique player identification; and (ii) instructions, which when executed by the physical processor, cause the processor to: (a) acquire the predetermined information from the physical recording medium being received at the gaming machine; (b) recreate the character using the acquired predetermined information; (c) utilize, for progression of the game being displayed on the gaming machine, the recreated character during the game based on the acquired predetermined information; (d) for the first player, in response to a first determination that the first unique player identification of the acquired predetermined information corresponds to the unique terminal identification based on the group data, enable the first player to use the recreated character for progression of the game being displayed on the remote user terminal; (e) for the second player, in response to a second determination that the second unique player identification of the acquired predetermined information corresponds to the unique terminal identification based on the group data, enable the second player to use the recreated character for progression of the game being displayed on the remote user terminal; and (f) for the third player, in response to a third determination that the third unique player identification does not correspond to the unique terminal identification based on the group data, do not allow the third player to use the character for progression of the game being displayed on the remote user terminal.