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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
May. 25, 2018
Applicant:
Stern Pinball, Inc., Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Inventors:
Keith Elwin, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Mark Guidarelli, Sherman Oaks, CA (US);
Assignee:
Stern Pinball, Inc., Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 7/02 (2006.01); A63F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 7/027 (2013.01); A63F 11/0074 (2013.01);
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.