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Avatar as security measure for mobile device use with electronic gaming machine

  • US 9,218,715 B2
  • Filed: 05/05/2015
  • Issued: 12/22/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • detecting, via a player tracking controller for an electronic gaming machine, a request for initiating a secure communication session between a portable electronic device of a player in a wager-based gaming environment and the player tracking controller;

    receiving, at the player tracking controller and from the portable electronic device, content selected by the player for confirming security of the secure communication session;

    initiating, by the player tracking controller, the secure communication session between the portable electronic device and the player tracking controller;

    after initiating the secure communication session and receiving the player-selected content from the portable electronic device, causing a display of the player-selected content on a display of the electronic gaming machine to confirm to the player that the secure communication session is between the portable electronic device of the player and the player tracking controller and not between any other portable electronic device and the player tracking controller; and

    accepting, via an acceptor of the electronic gaming machine, a first physical item associated with a first monetary value and identifying, via a validator of the electronic gaming machine, the received first physical item.

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