Communicating in-casino emergency notifications
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for monitoring casino safety, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- determining, based on input from one or more casino emergency monitoring devices, emergency information that indicates a safety threat within a casino;
determining, based on the emergency information, emergency content for use in notifying one or more individuals about the safety threat, wherein the emergency content includes an emergency meeting location that is determined based, at least in part, on characteristics of a group including the one or more individuals; and
presenting the emergency content on one or more wagering game machines within the casino.
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Abstract
A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In embodiments, the operations can include determining emergency information that indicates a potential threat to the well being of one or more individuals (e.g., patrons, staff, etc.) within a casino. The operations can also include determining and presenting emergency content, on wagering game machines within the casino, which notifies the one or more individuals of the threat. The operations can also include determining individual specific emergency information that relates specifically to the one or more individuals, and providing the individual specific emergency information to the one or more individuals.
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24 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for monitoring casino safety, the computer-implemented method comprising:
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determining, based on input from one or more casino emergency monitoring devices, emergency information that indicates a safety threat within a casino; determining, based on the emergency information, emergency content for use in notifying one or more individuals about the safety threat, wherein the emergency content includes an emergency meeting location that is determined based, at least in part, on characteristics of a group including the one or more individuals; and presenting the emergency content on one or more wagering game machines within the casino. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. One or more non-transitory machine-readable media having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a set of one or more processors causes the set of one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
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determining one or more indications of distress of one or more distressed individuals in a casino; determining identifying information for one or more distressed individuals that exhibit the one or more indications of distress; determining emergency care instructions for the one or more distressed individuals; determining a location of one or more nearby persons in the casino capable of assisting the one or more distressed individuals; and presenting notifications on casino devices that are close to the one or more nearby persons to notify the one or more nearby persons of the one or more distressed individuals. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system, comprising:
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an emergency coordination server including, an emergency monitoring unit configured to determine emergency information that indicates an emergency situation in a casino, wherein the emergency situation affects one or more individuals within the casino, an identification unit configured to retrieve personal information about the one or more individuals within the casino, and a monitoring processor configured to determine emergency instructions to present to the one or more individuals to notify the one or more individuals of the emergency situation, wherein the emergency instructions relate to the emergency information and the personal information, wherein the emergency instructions include an emergency meeting location determined in accordance with characteristics of a group including the one or more individuals; and a wagering game machine comprising; an emergency content controller configured to present the emergency instructions on one or more devices associated with the one or more individuals. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus, comprising:
a monitoring unit configured to determine an emergency notification for a casino, determine an identity of a casino patron using a mobile wagering game machine, present a map on a display of the mobile wagering game machine, wherein the map displays representations of one or more casino boundaries, present a location of the casino patron on a map in relation to the one or more representations of the one or more casino boundaries on the map, present the location of one or more additional patrons on the map in relation to one or more of the location of the one or more representations of the one or more casino boundaries and the location of the casino patron, and present an emergency meeting location for the casino patron and the one or more additional patrons, wherein the emergency meeting location is determined in accordance with characteristics of a group including the one or more additional patrons. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. An apparatus, comprising:
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means for determining emergency information that indicates one or more of a potential harm and a safety hazard to one or more individuals on a casino floor; means for determining a degree of severity for the emergency information; means for determining, based on the degree of severity, emergency content to present to the one or more individuals during a wagering game session; means for determining a degree of presentation intrusiveness that correlates to the degree of severity for the emergency information; and means for determining an emergency meeting location, wherein the emergency meeting location is determined in accordance characteristics of a group including the one or more individuals; means for presenting the emergency content and the emergency meeting location, according to the degree of presentation intrusiveness, on a wagering game machine that hosts the wagering game session. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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