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Alternative player tracking techniques

  • US 7,617,151 B2
  • Filed: 08/06/2001
  • Issued: 11/10/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for registering a player with a player tracking system comprising a plurality of gaming machines associated with a plurality of player tracking units and a player tracking server for managing the player tracking system by interacting with the player tracking units, said system provided to track the activities of the player on a gaming network connected with the server, comprising:

  • receiving on a gaming machine an account card associated with a player, the account card corresponding to a remote account unrelated to the player tracking system of the gaming network;

    deriving from the account card player information regarding the player;

    creating on the player tracking server or the gaming machine, based on the player information derived from the account card, a player tracking account for tracking the activities of the player on the gaming network; and

    thereby allowing the player to be registered with the player tracking system without requiring the player to specify the player information used to create the player tracking account.

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