Location based real-time casino data

• US 9,666,021 B2
• Filed: 03/13/2013
• Issued: 05/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Incorporated (Aristocrat Leisure Limited)
• Original Assignee: Nguyen Gaming LLC
• Inventors: Nguyen, Binh T.
• Primary Examiner(s): McCulloch, Jr., William H
• Application Number:
  US13/801,256
• Publication Number:
  US 20130196756A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,539 Days
• Field of Search: 463 29, 463 42, 463 46, 463 47
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3206 Player sensing means, e.g. presence detection, biometrics
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3209 Input means, e.g. buttons, touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3211 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3218 wherein at least part of the system is portable
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3223 Architectural aspects of a gaming system, e.g. internal configuration, master/slave, wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3225 Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3227 Configuring a gaming machine, e.g. downloading personal settings, selecting working parameters
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/323 wherein the player is informed, e.g. advertisements, odds, instructions
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3232 wherein the operator is informed
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3241 Security aspects of a gaming system, e.g. detecting cheating, device integrity, surveillance computer security G06F21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3255 Incentive, loyalty and/or promotion schemes, e.g. comps, gaming associated with a purchase, gaming funded by advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/326 Game play aspects of gaming systems
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3272 Games involving multiple players
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/34 depending on the stopping of moving members in a mechanical slot machine, e.g. "fruit" machines

Abstract

An apparatus, method, and system to acquire and display casino data on a portable electronic device may include a portable electronic device having a processor operative with a real-time location based data application to transmit the location of the portable electronic device and acquire, prioritize, store and display real-time casino data. The real-time casino data may be periodically updated based on the location of the portable electronic device and visually presented to a user on a display of the portable electronic device.

Claims

1. A portable electronic device (PED), comprising:

a location identifying device including a RF transceiver and being configured to indicate a location of the PED within a gaming establishment having a plurality of zones, the location identifying device configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one access point within the gaming establishment to identify at least one of the plurality of zones within the gaming establishment;

a processor configured to;

receive at least one user-generated table game search input;

transmit the at least one user-generated table game search input to a server, the at least one user-generated table game search input having been received in real-time from the PED; and

receive real-time historical casino game play data from the server based on the at least one user generated table game search input and the identified at least one of the plurality of zones the PED is located in, such that the real-time historical casino game play data is associated with one or more table games located within the zone;

an authentication device configured to communicate with a gaming establishment access server to verify and authorize data access privileges of the portable electronic device'"'"'s software application;

a memory configured to store the real-time historical casino game play data and a casino data application; and

a display configured to present the real-time historical casino game play data, wherein the real-time historical casino game play data includes gaming data for a plurality of gaming apparatus associated with the casino environment, wherein the presenting of the real-time historical casino game play data on the display comprises displaying the gaming data for the plurality of gaming apparatus, and wherein the gaming data is displayed to indicate relative gaming performance data for the plurality of gaming apparatus.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the access point is a gaming machine.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the real-time historical casino game play data is associated with the location of the portable electronic device and data access privileges of the portable electronic device.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to display a map of the gaming establishment, wherein the map being displayed is based on the location of the PED.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the map is periodically updated based on the location of the PED.

6. The device of claim 4, wherein the map includes:

a first indicator indicating currently occupied gaming devices; and

a second indicator indicating the location of the PED within the gaming establishment.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the real-time historical casino game play data is prioritized based on a preference of the gaming establishment.

8. A portable electronic device (PED), comprising:

a location acquisition unit including a RF transceiver and being configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one access point located within a gaming establishment having a plurality of zones, the location acquisition unit configured to assist in identifying at least one of the plurality of zones associated with the location of the PED within the gaming establishment;

a processor configured to;

determine if at least one user-generated game search input is received;

transmit at least one user-generated game search input to a server if it is determined that at least one user-generated game search input is received; and

receive real-time game data from the server based on the at least one user generated game search input and the location of the PED, the real-time game data including at least real-time historical game play data associated with at least one of the games located within the identified at least one of the zones;

a memory configured to store the real-time historical game data; and

a display configured to present the real-time historical game play data, wherein the real-time historical game play data includes gaming data for a plurality of gaming apparatus associated with a gaming establishment, wherein the presenting of the real-time historical game play data on the display comprises displaying the gaming data for the plurality of gaming apparatus, and wherein the gaming data is displayed to indicate relative gaming performance data for the plurality of gaming apparatus or the games operating thereon.

9. The device of claim 8, further comprising:

an authentication device configured to verify and authorize data access privileges of the portable electronic device'"'"'s software application.

10. The device of claim 8, wherein the real-time game data is presented on a map of the gaming establishment, the map being displayed on the display of the PED.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the map is periodically updated based on the location of the PED, and wherein the real-time game data is periodically updated when the map is periodically updated.

12. The device of claim 8, wherein the real-time table wager data is prioritized according to the preference of a third-party sponsor or the preference of the user.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the real-time table wager data is periodically reprioritized.

14. The device of claim 10, wherein the displayed map is associated with a zone of the gaming establishment and the location of the PED.