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Apparatus and methods for wireless gaming communications

  • US 9,824,534 B2
  • Filed: 01/21/2014
  • Issued: 11/21/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of connecting a wireless device to an electronic gaming machine, the method comprising:

  • broadcasting, though a wireless transceiver of the electronic gaming machine, a discovery message to wireless communication devices within a broadcast range of the wireless transceiver;

    receiving, at the wireless transceiver, a response message from the wireless communication device;

    establishing, by the electronic gaming machine, a wireless connection between the wireless communication device and the electronic gaming machine;

    requesting, by the electronic gaming machine, a player identification and a player preference of a user of the wireless communication device;

    receiving, from the wireless communication device, the player identification and the player preference of the user; and

    broadcasting, through the wireless transceiver, an audio message customized for the user to the wireless communication device, wherein the wireless communication device is configured to play, via a speaker of the wireless communication device, the received audio message customized for the user.

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