Location based real-time casino data

• US 10,818,133 B2
• Filed: 04/05/2017
• Issued: 10/27/2020
• 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:
  US15/480,295
• Publication Number:
  US 20170206734A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,301 Days
• 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 method for acquiring casino data on a portable electronic device (PED), comprising:

communicating with at least one access point positioned within a gaming establishment;

determining a location of the PED within the gaming environment based upon the location of the at least one access point;

transmitting at least one user generated table game search input to a server, the at least one user generated table game search input serving to identify a plurality of table games available at a gaming establishment that meet user-denoted criteria, the user-denoted criteria including at least a game type and gaming device data;

identifying a subset of the plurality of table games available at the gaming establishment that meet the user-denoted criteria including at least a game type and gaming device data, and that also are located proximate to the location of the PED;

receiving real-time gaming data from a gaming server, the real-time gaming data pertaining to two or more of the table games within the subset of the plurality of table games available at the gaming establishment such that the real-time gaming data is associated with table games within the gaming establishment that meet the user-denoted criteria and that are located proximate to the location of the PED; and

presenting the real-time gaming data on a display of the PED, the presented real-time gaming data includes gaming data for the two or more of the table games within the subset of the plurality of table games within the gaming establishment and gaming performance data for each of the two or more of the table games within the subset of the plurality of table games,

wherein the gaming performance data includes at least a visual indicator indicating a performance for each of the two or more table games.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

authenticating and granting data access privileges to at least one gaming data application operative to run on the PED prior to receiving real-time gaming data.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the presenting comprises displaying a map of the gaming establishment, wherein the map being displayed is based on the location of the PED.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprises periodically updating the map as the location of the PED changes.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprises:

displaying a first indicator indicating current unoccupied gaming devices; and

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

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the map is associated with a zone of the gaming establishment and the location of the PED.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the real-time gaming data comprises real-time table wager data.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the presented real-time gaming data is prioritized according to at least one preference of the gaming establishment.

9. A method for acquiring casino data on a portable electronic device (PED), comprising:

communicating with at least one of an access point or an RF beacon positioned within a gaming establishment;

determining a location of the PED within the gaming environment based upon the location of the at least one of the access point or the RF beacon;

transmitting at least one user generated game search input to a server, the at least one user generated game search input serving to identify a plurality of wager-based games at a gaming establishment that meet user-denoted criteria, the user-denoted criteria including at least a game type and gaming device data;

identifying a subset of the plurality of wager-based games at the gaming establishment that meet the user-denoted criteria including at least a game type and gaming device data, and that also are located proximate to the location of the PED;

receiving real-time gaming data, the real-time gaming data being based on (i) gaming devices operating wager-based games at the gaming establishment; and

(ii) the gaming devices operating wager-based games at the gaming establishment that are proximate to the location of the PED, the real-time gaming data pertaining to two or more of the wager-based games within the subset of the plurality of wager-based games at the gaming establishment; and

presenting at least a portion of the real-time gaming data on a display of the PED, the presented real-time gaming data includes gaming data for the two or more of the table games within the subset of the plurality of gaming apparatus within the gaming establishment and gaming performance data for each of the two or more of the table games within the subset of the plurality of gaming apparatus,

wherein the gaming performance data includes at least a visual indicator indicating a performance for each of the two or more table games.

10. A non-transitory program storage device readable by a machine tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for acquiring casino data on a portable electronic device (PED), the method comprising:

communicating with at least one of an access point or an RF beacon positioned within a gaming establishment;

determining a location of the PED within the gaming environment based upon the location of the at least one of the access point or the RF beacon;

transmitting at least one user generated game search input to a server, the at least one user generated game search input serving to identify a plurality of wager-based games available at a gaming establishment that meet user-denoted criteria, the user-denoted criteria including at least a game type and gaming device data;

identifying a subset of the plurality of wager-based games available at the gaming establishment that meet the user-denoted criteria including at least a game type and gaming device data, and that also are located proximate to the location of the PED;

receiving real-time wager-based game data from a gaming server, the real-time wager-based game data pertaining to two or more of the wager-based games within the subset of the plurality of wager-based games available at the gaming establishment; and

presenting the real-time wager-based game data on a display of the PED, the presented real-time gaming data being prioritized according to the preference of the gaming establishment, and includes at least gaming data for the two or more of the wager-based games within the subset of the plurality of wager-based games associated with the gaming establishment,

wherein the gaming data includes at least a visual indicator indicating a performance for each of the two or more wager-based games.

11. A method for acquiring casino data on a portable electronic device (PED), comprising:

communicating with at least one access point positioned within a gaming establishment, the at least one access point associated with at least one of a plurality of zones of the gaming establishment;

determining a location of the PED within the at least one of the plurality of zones based upon the location of the at least one access point;

transmitting at least one user generated table game search input to a server, the at least one user generated table game search input serving to identify a plurality of table games available at a gaming establishment that meet user-denoted criteria, the user-denoted criteria including at least a game type and gaming device data;

identifying a subset of the plurality of table games available at the gaming establishment that meet the user-denoted criteria including at least a game type and gaming device data, and that also are located proximate to the at least one of the plurality of zones;

receiving real-time gaming data from a gaming server, the real-time gaming data pertaining to one or more of the table games within the subset of the plurality of table games available at the gaming establishment such that the real-time gaming data is associated with table games within the gaming establishment that meet the user-denoted criteria and that are located proximate to the at least one of the plurality of zones; and

presenting the real-time gaming data on a display of the PED, the presented real-time gaming data includes gaming data for the one or more of the table games within the subset of the plurality of table games within the gaming establishment and gaming performance data for each of the one or more of the table games within the subset of the plurality of table games.