Abstract: A method for presenting advertising to a person, comprising storing plural advertisements in a memory, detecting the presence of a person adjacent a display apparatus, selecting one of the plural advertisements, and displaying the selected advertisement via the display apparatus upon detection of the person adjacent the display apparatus.

Abstract: A system for controlling a customer reward system comprising: a first database for storing customer identifications, and for accumulated loyalty points awarded to the customer, an administration terminal for establishing loyalty point values associated with any of plural predetermined activities, and for storing the values and identities of associated activities, in a second database, a reading terminal for reading the identity of a customer at a location of the terminal, first apparatus located in the region of the reading terminal for detecting an activity of the customer, and second apparatus for accessing the second database, looking up the activity of the customer, and depositing corresponding loyalty points in the first database in association with an identification of the customer.

Abstract: A system for controlling operation of an automatic game, comprising: an automatic game comprising virtual game pieces which are manipulated during playing of the game, and control hardware and software for displaying and controlling the virtual game pieces, an administration terminal for inputting and storing parameters relating to game play, and a network for downloading the parameters from the administration terminal to the game, whereby operation of the game having its control hardware and software programs stored at a location different from the administration terminal is controlled by said parameters.

Abstract: A tournament system for electronic games in which scores achieved on the games are transmitted to one or a hierarchy of computers in which a winner is determined. At least one computer stores a player code associated with player credits. The players insert credit cards into the games which read the player codes, send the codes to a computer, obtain verification signals from the computer and are thereby enabled. The computer also stores handicap values associated with players and/or the games, and modifies the scores by the handicap values. The computer can also download advertising, winner or other messages to specific ones or all the games for display, and can cause the games played to be modified or changed.

Abstract: A tournament system for electronic games in which scores achieved on the games are transmitted to one or a hierarchy of computers in which a winner is determined. At least one computer stores a player code associated with player credits. The players insert credit cards into the games which read the player codes, send the codes to a computer, obtain verification signals from the computer and are thereby enabled. The computer also stores handicap values associated with players and/or the games, and modifies the scores by the handicap values. The computer can also download advertising, winner or other messages to specific ones or all the games for display, and can cause the games played to be modified or changed.