SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING IMAGES FROM MOBILE DEVICES FOR USE WITH PATRON TRACKING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method of tracking a patron in a gaming environment to distinguish between existing patrons and new patrons to track their gaming activities, said method utilizing at least one database having a patron folder and a temporary folder with a plurality of known images and known text descriptions stored in the patron folder, said method comprising the steps of:
- photographing the patron to create an image, obtaining a text description of the patron, linking the image and the text description together into an electronic communication, transmitting the electronic communication to the database, comparing at least one of the image and the text description to determine if the at least one of the image and the text description is equivalent to one of the plurality of known images and known text descriptions stored in the database, and storing at least one of the image and the text description in the temporary folder if at least one of the image is different than the known images and the text description is different than the known text descriptions stored in the database to distinguish an existing patron from a new patron and to track the gaming activities of the patron.
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Abstract
A system and method of tracking a patron in a gaming environment uses a database that stores known images and known text descriptions of existing patrons. An image of a patron is captured by an image capture device, and a text description of the patron is obtained. The image and the text description are transmitted to the database. A comparator compares the image or the text description to those on the database. The image is stored in a patron folder if the image or the text description is found to match an existing patron. The image is stored in a temporary folder if the image or the text description fails to match one of the existing patrons, and once the patron has been identified, the image is transferred from the temporary folder to the patron folder.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of tracking a patron in a gaming environment to distinguish between existing patrons and new patrons to track their gaming activities, said method utilizing at least one database having a patron folder and a temporary folder with a plurality of known images and known text descriptions stored in the patron folder, said method comprising the steps of:
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photographing the patron to create an image, obtaining a text description of the patron, linking the image and the text description together into an electronic communication, transmitting the electronic communication to the database, comparing at least one of the image and the text description to determine if the at least one of the image and the text description is equivalent to one of the plurality of known images and known text descriptions stored in the database, and storing at least one of the image and the text description in the temporary folder if at least one of the image is different than the known images and the text description is different than the known text descriptions stored in the database to distinguish an existing patron from a new patron and to track the gaming activities of the patron. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A patron tracking system comprising:
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an image capture device for capturing an image of a patron, a text input device in communication with said image capture device for providing a text description associated with the image, a communication software program in communication with said image capture device and said text input device for combining the image and the text description into an electronic communication, a database in communication with said image capture device and said text input device and having a plurality of known images and known text descriptions, an image filer in communication with said database for filing the image in said database at a file location, and a comparator in communication with said database and at least one of said image capture device and said text input device for comparing at least one of said image to the known images and said text description to the known text descriptions stored on said database to distinguish an existing patron from a new patron and to track the gaming activities of the patron. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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