Location-based real-time casino data
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1. A portable electronic device having an identifier associated with the user of the portable electronic device, comprising:
- an indoor location identifying device configured to indicate a location of the portable electronic device in a casino environment;
a processor configured to receive real-time casino data from a server, the real-time casino data is associated with the location of the portable electronic device in the casino environment, at least one user-generated interest criteria search input, and data access privileges of the portable electronic device;
an authentication device configured to verify and authorize data access privileges of the portable electronic device'"'"'s software application based on at least one digital signature associated with the software application and stored on the portable electronic device, the digital signature and the identifier transmitted to the server and compared to a stored digital signature and a stored identifier stored on the server for authentication;
a memory configured to store the real-time casino data and a casino data application; and
a display configured to present the real-time casino data;
wherein the user-generated interest criteria search input is used by the server to generate the real-time casino data, the real-time casino data indicating relative gaming performance data for gaming machines located proximate to the indoor location of the portable electronic device.
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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.
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1. A portable electronic device having an identifier associated with the user of the portable electronic device, comprising:
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an indoor location identifying device configured to indicate a location of the portable electronic device in a casino environment; a processor configured to receive real-time casino data from a server, the real-time casino data is associated with the location of the portable electronic device in the casino environment, at least one user-generated interest criteria search input, and data access privileges of the portable electronic device; an authentication device configured to verify and authorize data access privileges of the portable electronic device'"'"'s software application based on at least one digital signature associated with the software application and stored on the portable electronic device, the digital signature and the identifier transmitted to the server and compared to a stored digital signature and a stored identifier stored on the server for authentication; a memory configured to store the real-time casino data and a casino data application; and a display configured to present the real-time casino data; wherein the user-generated interest criteria search input is used by the server to generate the real-time casino data, the real-time casino data indicating relative gaming performance data for gaming machines located proximate to the indoor location of the portable electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A portable electronic device, comprising:
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an indoor location identifying device configured to indicate a location of the portable electronic device in a casino environment; a processor configured to receive real-time casino data from a server, the real-time casino data is associated with the location of the portable electronic device in the casino environment, at least one user-generated interest criteria search input, and data access privileges of the portable electronic device; an authentication device configured to receive and transmit authentication data to a casino data access server, the authentication data including at least one digital signature associated with an application software to be run on the portable electronic device; a memory configured to store the real-time casino data and a casino data application; and a display configured to present the real-time casino data; wherein the user-generated interest criteria search input is used by the server to generate the real-time casino data, the real-time casino data is prioritized according to at least one casino preference prior to being presented on the display of the portable electronic device.
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10. A method for acquiring casino data on a portable electronic device comprising:
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transmitting, by the portable electronic device, a location of the portable electronic device in a casino environment to at least one gaming device; transmitting, by the portable electronic device, a digital signature associated with at least one casino data application; transmitting an identifier associated with the portable electronic device; authenticating, by an authentication server, the digital signature and the identifier; and determining if data access privileges to the casino data application operative to run on the portable electronic device is to be granted based at least in part on the digital signature; receiving, at the portable electronic device, real-time casino data from a server if it is determined that data access privileges are to be granted, the real-time casino data is based on the location of the portable electronic device in the casino environment, at least one user-generated interest criteria search input, and the data access privileges of the portable electronic device; and presenting the real-time casino data on a display of the portable electronic device; wherein the user-generated interest criteria search input is used by the server to generate the real-time casino data, the real-time casino data indicating relative gaming performance data for gaming devices in the casino environment that are located proximate to the location of the portable electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for providing real-time casino data, comprising:
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at least one portable electronic device including; a location identifying device configured to indicate a location of the at least one portable electronic device in a casino environment; a processor configured to receive real-time casino data from a server, the real-time casino data is based on the location of the at least one portable electronic device in the casino environment and gaming devices located in the casino environment that are proximate to the location of the at least one portable electronic device; an authentication device configured to; verify a digital signature associated with a casino data application to be run on the at least one portable electronic device, the digital signature compared to a stored digital signature on a server; and grant data access privileges to the casino data application operative to run on the at least one portable electronic device if the digital signature is verified; a display configured to present the real-time casino data; and a gaming device configured to;
(i) acquire the location of at least one portable electronic device in the casino environment, (ii) receive at least one user-generated interest criteria search input, wherein the user-generated interest criteria search input is used by the gaming device to generate the real-time casino data and (iii) transmit the real-time casino data to the at least one portable electronic device, the real-time casino data generated based on;
(i) the location of the at least one portable electronic device;
(ii) the data access privileges of the casino data application;
(iii) and relative gaming performance data for gaming devices located proximate to the location of the at least one portable electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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