Wms Gaming, Inc.

Bally Gaming, Inc.

Sg Gaming, Inc.

Lnw Gaming, Inc.

Damon E Gura

Mark B Gagner

Alfred Thomas

Craig Joe Sylla

Richard Barry Robbins

Budyanto Himawan

Larry J Pacey

Joel Roger Jaffe

Andrew C Guinn

Victor T Shi

Timothy C Loose

James M Rasmussen

Matthew John Ward

Peter R Anderson

Jeffrey Lee Allen

Mahesh Lakshmanaperumal

Jeremy Hornik

Jacek A Grabiec

Erica A Frohm

Ryan D Antkowiak

Jamie W Vann

Timothy T Gronkowski

Erhard Walter Rathsack

Robert L Kyte

Daniel J Gazdic

Krishnakumar Meluveettil

Jeffrey M Leverenz

Audrey F Y Ho

Richard T Schwartz

Dale Robert Buchholz

Jesse L Garvey

Michael W Mastropietro

Michael P Casey

Jason C Gilmore

Scott H Schulhof

Peter A Anderson

Darryl W Hughes

Ian M Simmons

Thomas S Abouchar

Martin J Biernat

Daniel P Louie

Scott Alan Massing

Jorge Luis Shimabukuro

Mark C Pace

Srinivyasa Murthy Adiraju

Jason A Smith

Edward Q Earley

Robertus A I Kloes

John Joseph Giobbi

Jesse M Smith

Pamela S Smith

Michael J Irby, Ii

Marc A Raneses

Danijel Stankovic

Tracey L Wright

Harry C Lang

James S Halprin

Saravanan Saravanan

Jeffrey E Michel

John M Koszarek

Kyle G Nyenhuis

Allon G Englman

Sean P Kelly

Vernon W Hamlin

Jeremie D Moll

James V Palermo

Jun Wang

John Francis LaSalvia

Samuel D Ralston

David E Detlefsen

Steven J Lee

Travis Whidden

Timothy D Wilson

Brian Gamache

James E Motyl

Anussorn Veradej

Laurie E Lasseter

Mark K Trego

Travis L Bowers

Darren Ng

Michael C Ward

Thomas Robert Wood

Mark E Gagner

Ismaelito B Raneses

Tom J C Bjornebark

Linus Dalin

Robert A McPeak

In some embodiments, in a system comprising a wagering game machine, the wagering gaming machine including a digital camera and a barcode recognition unit, a method includes: detecting, by the digital camera, a barcode within a field of view of the digital camera and capturing a picture of the barcode; via the barcode recognition unit, decoding the barcode to produce decoded barcode data; in response to the decoded barcode data representing a desired casino wagering game, determining whether the desired casino wagering game is installed on the wagering game machine; and, if the desired casino wagering game is installed on the wagering game machine, loading, initiating and presenting the desired casino wagering game on an electronic display device of the wagering game machine.

Transferring awards via optical machine readable data representation images

In some embodiments, a method includes: requesting, from a player at the gaming machine, player account credentials associated with the player; receiving, at the gaming machine, the player account credentials, wherein the player account credentials are associated with a player's account on the account server and enable linking game play on the gaming machine to the player's account, and wherein the player account credentials are provided to the player's mobile phone in response to joining a players club prior to detection of the initiation event; transmitting, via the gaming machine, the player account credentials to the account server; receiving, from the account server, validation of the player account credentials based on comparing the received player account credentials with credentials stored on the account server; upon receipt of the validation, linking a wagering game session on the gaming machine with the player account.

In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method includes: detecting a plurality of wagering game machines in proximity to the mobile phone, and selecting a first of the plurality of wagering game machines with which to establish a connection. The method can also include requesting the connection with the first of the plurality of wagering game machines, and transmitting, from the mobile phone to the first of the plurality of wagering game machines, player account information for configuring a wagering game. The method can also include receiving, from the first of the plurality of wagering game machines, content indicating a result of the wagering game, and presenting, on the mobile phone, the result of the wagering game.

Location tracking in mobile devices

In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method for operating a client application program on a mobile device includes: determining, by the client application program on the mobile device, that a player has participated in activities in a wagering game establishment; determining, by the client application program on the mobile device, information about the activities in the wagering game establishment; and transmitting, by the client application to a social network, an electronic message to post on the social network information indicating the player activities in the wagering game establishment.

Uses of mobile devices in transmitting activities of a player in a wagering establishment to a social network

Embodiments of the inventive subject matter include a method comprising: operating a primary controller to present a first wagering game on a gaming terminal, the first wagering game including first content from a first content source; operating a secondary controller to present a second wagering game on the same or another game terminal, the second wagering game including second content from a second content source; accessing, by the second controller, funds from a first credit meter associated with the first wagering game; and electronically routing accessed funds from the first credit meter to a second credit meter associated with the second wagering game to fund one or more wagers for the second wagering game.

Distributing information in a wagering game system

A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. The operations can include accessing a player account and reserving a portion of funds from the player account in a reserve account, such as an escrow account and/or a credit account. The operations can further include permitting play of a wagering game after the reserving the portion of the funds from the player account in the reserve account. The operations can further include, in response to a wager drawn from the portion of the funds in the reserve account, initiating a round of play of the wagering game.

Reserve-funded wagering game system

A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include detecting initiation of a wagering game and determining, in response to the detecting the initiation of the wagering game, first content and second content to present for the wagering game. The operations can further include providing the first content for presentation on a display device, the first content being viewable through the gaming eyewear, and providing the second content for presentation as a virtual image via the gaming eyewear.

Augmented reality gaming eyewear

Wagering game systems, methods and associated operations are described herein. The operations can include presenting one or more browsers on display device. A browser area can be presented in at least a portion of at least one browser. An ownership of the browser area can be determined. The browser area can be customized in accordance with the ownership of the browser area.

Controlling wagering game system browser areas

A wagering game machine includes a processor and a wagering game module, executable on the processor, configured to present a wagering game on which monetary value can be wagered to a wagering game player. The machine includes a receiver configured to communicate with a transmitter of a mobile device to receive a mobile payment from the mobile device. The machine includes a bill validator that is communicatively coupled to the receiver. The bill validator configured to receive the mobile payment from the receiver, wherein the bill validator is configured to output a first communication to issue a first wagering game credit for the wagering game machine in response to receipt of a monetary bill, wherein in response to receipt of the mobile payment from the receiver the bill validator is configured to output a second communication to issue a second wagering game credit on the wagering game machine.

Mobile payment and credit integration into a wagering game machine

Club cards and tickets can be eliminated by providing an application that allows a player's mobile phone to process an image of an optical machine-readable representation of data. At the end of a wagering session on a WGM, the WGM can display a barcode representing a player's winnings, an achievement, game status, etc. The player takes a picture of the barcode with his or her mobile phone. The application on the phone processes the barcode image and automatically updates an account of the player in accordance with the data represented or carried by the barcode. For instance, the mobile phone sends a request to a wagering account server to electronically deposit the winnings, as represented by the barcode, in a wagering account associated with the player's club profile.

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