Anonymous player tracking

A computer-implemented method for tracking and/or identifying persons within a casino using a tracking system, comprising:

• under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions, tracking, on a continuous basis, a biometric characteristic of one of the persons using a tracking system;
• analyzing the biometric characteristic;
• identifying a potential sub-group of the persons to which the one of the persons belongs;
• tracking, on a continuous basis, an electronic device within a vicinity of the one of the persons, wherein tracking the electronic device within the vicinity of the person is performed using one or more of cell phone location, WiFi, or other wireless communications protocols;
• correlating the biometric characteristic and the electronic device in order to calculate a match probability value;
• and
• identifying, on a continuous basis, the one of the persons as a function of the biometric characteristic and the electronic device based on the match probability value.

A computer-implemented method for tracking and/or identifying persons within a casino environment using a tracking system, the tracking system for storing information related to the persons including one or more electronic devices, which may be carried by each person, comprising:

• under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions, associating the electronic device with a particular person during a process when the particular person has been identified at an associated location;
• tracking, on a continuous basis, movement of the electronic device as the particular person moves away from the associated location, wherein tracking the electronic device within a vicinity of the person is performed using one or more of cell phone location, WiFi, or other wireless communications protocols;
• associating the electronic device with the particular person;
• storing information about the electronic device in a database of the tracking system as being associated with the particular person, the database including biometric data and/or related electronic device information;
• tracking, on a continuous basis, a biometric characteristic of the particular person;
• analyzing the biometric characteristic of the particular person;
• identifying a potential sub-group of the persons to which the particular person belongs;
• sensing one or more electronic devices within the vicinity of the particular person on a continuous basis;
• correlating the biometric characteristic of the particular person and the electronic device in order to calculate a match probability value;
• and
• identifying, on a continuous basis, the particular person as a function of the biometric characteristic and the electronic device based on the match probability value.