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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Universal Entertainment Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Noritoshi Kukita, Tokyo, JP;
Yuya Konno, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Haishima, Tokyo, JP;
Shigehiko Kitagawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G07F 17/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/3239 (2013.01); G07F 17/3213 (2013.01); G07F 17/3218 (2013.01); G07F 17/3227 (2013.01); G07F 17/3246 (2013.01); G07F 17/3288 (2013.01); G07F 17/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a player tracking device which is operable, even when an IC card is taken into a gaming machine while a player is playing a game, to read or write information from or to another IC card or the like through a simplified touch operation. The player tracking device includes: a card unit for storing information pertinent to a play outcome on the gaming machine in an IC card through wireless communication; and a touch unit for reading information from another IC card through the wireless communication.