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US 2020/0027302 A1Published application
System and method for utilizing mobile device application to locate electronic gaming machines
AssigneeIgt
InventorsErik Petersen, Kevin Higgins, Christopher M. Levin
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to a system that utilizes an application running on a mobile device to notify a user of the state of an electronic gaming machine in wireless communication with the mobile device.
Claims19
A gaming establishment component comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- receive data associated with a determined state of an electronic gaming machine, and
- wirelessly broadcast electronic gaming machine state identifying data associated with the determined state of the electronic gaming machine, wherein when wirelessly received by a mobile device and responsive to an occurrence of an electronic gaming machine notification event, a mobile device application displays a notification associated with the determined state of the electronic gaming machine.
2 more elements
A gaming establishment component comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- receive data associated with a determined state of an electronic gaming machine,
- communicate data associated with the determined state of the electronic gaming machine to a server which associates the data associated with the determined state of the electronic gaming machine with an identifier associated with the electronic gaming machine, and
- wirelessly broadcast the identifier associated with the electronic gaming machine, wherein when wirelessly received by a mobile device and responsive to an occurrence of an electronic gaming machine notification event following the mobile device receiving, from the server, the data associated with the determined state of the electronic gaming machine associated with the broadcasted identifier, a mobile device application displays a notification associated with the determined state of the electronic gaming machine.
3 more elements
A method of operating a gaming establishment component, the method comprising:
- receiving data associated with a determined state of an electronic gaming machine, and
- wirelessly broadcasting electronic gaming machine state identifying data associated with the determined state of the electronic gaming machine, wherein when wirelessly received by a mobile device and responsive to an occurrence of an electronic gaming machine notification event, a mobile device application displays a notification associated with the determined state of the electronic gaming machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.