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US 12,315,339 B2Granted
Crowd based bonus and promotional system and method
AssigneeCertus Technologies
InventorRick Rowe
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Abstract
A bonus and/or promotion system, such as for a casino or other retail location, includes one or more sensors for detecting the presence of one or more persons at a location and a bonus or promotion generator configured to generate and output bonuses or promotions based upon detected levels of persons in an area. The bonus or promotion generator may provide an output to existing audio and/or visual display devices of the location for announcing bonuses or promotions.
Claims16
A system for funding a bonus, comprising:
- at least one sensor located in a designated location, said at least one sensor configured to:
- a) detect the presence of a first person in a first location;
- and b) detect the presence of a second, different person in a second location different from the first location;
- a system server configured to generate bonus information for the bonus based on the detection of the presences of the first and second persons at the first and second locations, respectively, by said at least one sensor;
- a first communication link between said at least one sensor and said system server;
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- at least one second communication link between said system server and at least one existing system at said designated location, said system server being configured to generate the bonus information and to transmit said bonus information to the at least one existing system over said at least one second communication link.
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A method for funding a bonus, comprising:
- providing at least one sensor located in a designated location;
- detecting the presence of a first person at a first location with said at least one sensor;
- detecting the presence of a second, different person at a second location different from the first location, with said at least one sensor;
- generating bonus information with a system server for the bonus based on the detection of the presences of the first and second persons by said at least one sensor;
- providing a first communication link between said at least one sensor and said system server;
- and
- providing at least one second communication link between said system server and at least one existing system at said designated location, said system server being configured to generate the bonus information and to transmit said bonus information to the at least one existing system over said at least one second communication link.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.