PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15989584
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["273", "12100A"]

Abstract:
A method of determining duration of a play session is described herein using a ball saver. An elapsed game time is tracked and a current round of play identified. Using the current round of play and the elapsed game time, a save time is determined. Finally, an autosave for a duration equal to the save time is activated using mechanical stop, flippers, or programmatic solutions.

Claim (Index 10):
A method of managing a play session on a pinball machine comprising:\n determining an ideal game time of the play session occurring on a playfield of the pinball machine prior to an initiation of play, wherein the play session is divided into a plurality of rounds; initiating a game timer to track an elapsed game time for the play session; launching a first ball to begin an initial round; activating an autosave for an initial amount of time, wherein for the duration equal to the initial amount of time the autosave prevents an ending of the initial turn; monitoring the user's play for a concluding signal; completing the initial round in response to the concluding signal; launching a subsequent ball to begin a subsequent round; activating the autosave for a second amount of time determined by the elapsed game time, wherein for the duration equal to the second amount of time the autosave prevents an ending of the subsequent round; completing the subsequent round in response to the concluding signal; launching a final ball to begin a final round in response to the concluding signal; activating the autosave for a final amount of time determined by the elapsed game time, wherein for the duration equal to the final amount of time the autosave prevents an ending of the final round; and completing the final round in response to the concluding signal; wherein determining the initial, second, or final amount of time for an intermediate round or a final round is proportional to the ratio of the difference between an ideal game time and the elapsed game time.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.7381
- Patent Class: 273.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13756014', '15925315', '13933590', '13866488', '15259742']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5482594000417613
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4887596385308512
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5423094238906703
- Mean Citation Score: 182.674848
- Max Citation Score: 189.71208
- Similarity Product: 126.2948518490982

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 0
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 0

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