Player tracking method and a player tracking system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8979640-B2
Application number	US-201313910791-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 5, 2013
Priority date	Apr 24, 2008
Publication date	Mar 17, 2015
Grant date	Mar 17, 2015

Abstract

A method of player tracking for gaming, the method including: receiving a player identifier at a player identifier input device associated with a gaming terminal; monitoring play of the gaming terminal in response to receipt of the player identifier, the monitoring being performed to determine whether to take any action in respect of a player record of a player tracking module corresponding to the player identifier, the monitoring being carried out such that if the player identifier was received by being read from a player tracking device by the player identifier input device and the player tracking device is removed from a position at which the player tracking device can be read, the monitoring continues after the player tracking device is removed; and stopping monitoring of play of the gaming terminal automatically in response to at least one end condition occurring.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of player tracking for gaming, the method comprising:
receiving a player identifier at a player identifier input device associated with a gaming terminal;
determining whether the same player identifier has already been received within a predefined time period;
outputting a message in response to said determining, wherein the message requests the player identifier to be presented at the player identifier input device again to confirm that t…

Assignees

• Aristocrat Technologies Au

Inventors

• Stewart Scott Monroe

Classifications

• G07F17/32 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G07F17/3239

  Physics · mapped topic

• G07F17/3241 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic