Method and System for Localized Mobile Gaming
AssigneeAristocrat Technologies, Inc. (ATI)
InventorBINH T. NGUYEN
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a system and method for facilitating intra-casino mobile gaming, the method includes forming an intra-casino mobile gaming zone internal to a casino establishment; pairing a player ID tag with a PGD; determining whether one of the player ID tag or the PGD is within the intra-casino mobile gaming zone using a zone specific local positioning system; and permitting the PGD to provide a wager gaming capability associated with the intra-casino mobile gaming zone while wirelessly interacting with a gaming server if the determining determines that at least one of the player ID tag or the PGD is within the intra-casino mobile gaming zone.
Claims22
A method for facilitating intra-casino mobile gaming, the method comprising:
- forming an intra-casino mobile gaming zone internal to a casino establishment;
- pairing a player ID tag with a portable gaming device (PGD);
- determining whether one of the player ID tag or the PGD is within the intra-casino mobile gaming zone using a zone specific local positioning system;
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- permitting the PGD to provide a wager gaming capability associated with the intra-casino mobile gaming zone while wirelessly interacting with a gaming server if the determining determines that at least one of the player ID tag or the PGD is within the intra-casino mobile gaming zone.
A method for facilitating intra-casino mobile gaming, the method comprising:
- forming an intra-casino mobile gaming zone internal to a casino establishment;
- pairing a player ID tag with a portable gaming device (PGD);
- determining whether one of the player ID tag or the PGD is within the intra-casino mobile gaming zone using a zone specific local positioning system;
- associating the presence of the player ID tag with the intra-casino mobile gaming zone if it is determined that the player ID tag is within the intra-casino mobile gaming zone;
- associating the presence of the PGD with the intra-casino mobile gaming zone if it is determined that the PGD is within the intra-casino mobile gaming zone;
- permitting the PGD to provide a wager gaming capability associated with the intra-casino mobile gaming zone if the determining determines that at least one of the player ID tag or the PGD is within the intra-casino mobile gaming zone;
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- denying the PGD from providing the wager gaming capability associated with the intra-casino mobile gaming zone if the determining determines that the PGD is not within the intra-casino mobile gaming zone.
A program storage device readable by a machine tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for facilitating intra-casino mobile gaming, the method comprising:
- forming an intra-casino mobile gaming zone internal to a casino establishment;
- determining whether a portable gaming device (PGD) is within the intra-casino mobile gaming zone using a zone specific local positioning system;
- permitting the PGD to provide a wager gaming capability associated with the intra-casino mobile gaming zone if the determining determines that the PGD is within the intra-casino mobile gaming zone;
- and
- denying the PGD from providing the wager gaming capability associated with the intra-casino mobile gaming zone if the determining determines that the PGD is not within the intra-casino mobile gaming zone.
A program storage device readable by a machine tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for facilitating intra-casino mobile gaming, the method comprising:
- forming an intra-casino mobile gaming zone internal to a casino establishment;
- pairing a player identifier with a portable gaming device (PGD);
- determining whether one of the player identifier or the PGD is within the intra-casino mobile gaming zone using a zone specific local positioning system;
- associating the presence of the player identifier with the intra-casino mobile gaming zone if it is determined that the player identifier is within the intra-casino mobile gaming zone;
- associating the presence of the PGD with the intra-casino mobile gaming zone if it is determined that the PGD is within the intra-casino mobile gaming zone;
- detecting the presence of the other paired device within the intra-casino mobile gaming zone if the determining determines that one of the paired device is already within the intra-casino mobile gaming zone;
- permitting the PGD to provide a wager gaming capability associated with the intra-casino mobile gaming zone;
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- denying the PGD from providing the wager gaming capability associated with the intra-casino mobile gaming zone if the determining determines that the PGD or the player identifier is not within the intra-casino mobile gaming zone.
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