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US 11,113,926 B2Granted
System and method for utilizing mobile device to track gaming data
AssigneeIgt
InventorsSina Miri, Dwayne A. Davis, Kevin Higgins, Matt Christopher Levin, Erik Petersen
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to a system that utilizes an application running on a mobile device to collect game-based data regarding a player's experience at a gaming establishment.
Claims20
An electronic gaming machine comprising:
- a display device;
- an input device;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- receive, via the input device, a placement of a wager on a play of a game, for the wagered on play of the game:
- determine a game outcome,
- cause the display device to display the determined game outcome,
- determine an award associated with the determined game outcome, and
- cause the display device to display the determined award associated with the determined game outcome,
- determine trackable activity data associated with the wagered on play of the game, and
- wirelessly communicate, to a mobile device, the trackable activity data, wherein the trackable activity data is stored in association with a mobile device application of the mobile device prior to being wirelessly communicated, from the mobile device, to a tracking server.
9 more elements
A gaming establishment management system component comprising:
- a first interface configured to communicate with an electronic gaming machine;
- a wireless interface configured to communicate with a mobile device;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- receive, via the first interface, activity data associated with a wagered on play of a game of the electronic gaming machine, the wagered on play of the game comprising an electronic gaming machine determined game outcome and an electronic gaming machine determined award, and
- wirelessly communicate, via the wireless interface and to the mobile device, the activity data, wherein the determined activity data is stored in association with a mobile device application of the mobile device prior to being wirelessly communicated, from the mobile device, to a tracking server.
4 more elements
A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising:
- determining, by a processor, trackable activity data associated with a wagered on play of a game, and
- wirelessly communicating, to a mobile device, the trackable activity data, wherein the trackable activity data is stored in association with a mobile device application of the mobile device prior to being wirelessly communicated, from the mobile device, to a tracking server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.