# US 11,113,926 B2 · System and method for utilizing mobile device to track gaming data > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,113,926 B2 - Document ID: US11113926B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/970,310 - Filed: 2018-05-03 - Published: 2019-11-07 - Granted: 2021-09-07 - Earliest claimed: 2018-05-03 - Assignees: Igt - Applicants: Igt - Inventors: Sina Miri; Dwayne A. Davis; Kevin Higgins; Matt Christopher Levin; Erik Petersen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11113926B2 ## CPC - G07F 17/3218: {wherein at least part of the system is portable} - G07F 17/3227: {Configuring a gaming machine, e.g. downloading personal settings, selecting working parameters} - G07F 17/323: {wherein the player is informed, e.g. advertisements, odds, instructions} - G07F 17/3239: {Tracking of individual players} - G07F 17/3251: {involving media of variable value, e.g. programmable cards, programmable tokens} - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic gaming machine of claim 1, wherein the trackable activity data is associated with a plurality of plays of a plurality of games of a gaming session. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic gaming machine of claim 1, wherein the trackable activity data is independent of the determined game outcome and independent of the determined award. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic gaming machine of claim 1, wherein location data associated with the mobile device is stored in association with the mobile device application of the mobile device prior to being wirelessly communicated, from the mobile device, to the tracking server. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic gaming machine of claim 1, wherein the trackable activity data comprises a displayed event associated with the wagered on play of the game and data associated with an input received, via the input device, responsive to the displayed event. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electronic gaming machine of claim 1, wherein the tracking server is selected from the group consisting of: a gaming establishment tracking server, an electronic gaming machine manufacturer tracking server, and a mobile device application operator tracking server. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electronic gaming machine of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication of the trackable activity data to the mobile device occurs independent of any player tracking server in communication with the electronic gaming machine. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The gaming system of claim 1, further comprising an acceptor wherein when executed by the processor, the plurality of instructions cause the processor to, responsive to a physical item being received via the acceptor, modify the credit balance based, at least in part, on a monetary value associated with the received physical item. ### Claim 9 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. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The gaming establishment management system component of claim 9, wherein the determined activity data is associated with a plurality of plays of a plurality of games of the electronic gaming machine of a gaming session. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The gaming establishment management system component of claim 9, wherein the determined activity data is independent of the electronic gaming machine determined game outcome and independent of the electronic gaming machine determined award. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The gaming establishment management system component of claim 9, wherein location data associated with the mobile device is stored in association with the mobile device application of the mobile device prior to being wirelessly communicated, from the mobile device, to the tracking server. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The gaming establishment management system component of claim 9, wherein the determined activity data comprises a displayed event associated with the wagered on play of the game of the electronic gaming machine and data associated with an input received, via an input device of the electronic gaming machine, responsive to the displayed event. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The gaming establishment management system component of claim 9, wherein the tracking server is selected from the group consisting of: a gaming establishment tracking server, an electronic gaming machine manufacturer tracking server, and a mobile device application operator tracking server. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The gaming establishment management system component of claim 9, wherein the wireless communication of the determined activity data to the mobile device occurs independent of any player tracking server in communication, via a second interface, with the processor. ### Claim 16 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. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the trackable activity data is associated with a plurality of plays of a plurality of games of a gaming session. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the trackable activity data is independent of a determined game outcome of the wagered on play of the game and independent of a determined award of the wagered on play of the game. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein location data associated with the mobile device is stored in association with the mobile device application of the mobile device prior to being wirelessly communicated, from the mobile device, to the tracking server. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the tracking server is selected from the group consisting of: a gaming establishment tracking server, an method manufacturer tracking server, and a mobile device application operator tracking server.