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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2000
Arthur R. Halbritter, Rome, NY (US);
Frank J. Riolo, Rome, NY (US);
James R. Lavoie, Voluntown, CT (US);
John A. Santini, Jr., Wakefield, RI (US);
Robert C. Angell, West Greenwich, RI (US);
Arthur R. Halbritter, Rome, NY (US);
Frank J. Riolo, Rome, NY (US);
James R. Lavoie, Voluntown, CT (US);
John A. Santini, Jr., Wakefield, RI (US);
Robert C. Angell, West Greenwich, RI (US);
WMS Gaming, Inc., Waukegan, IL (US);
Abstract
A system, method, and article of manufacture for locating or communicating with a patron at a hospitality facility includes a server and a plurality of client terminals. The server may receive, from one of the plurality of client terminals, a patron identifier identifying a patron and a location identifier identifying a location in the hospitality facility and storing the location identifier in an account corresponding to the patron identified by the patron identifier. A patron, using a client terminal may send a request for the location of a particular patron to the server. The server retrieves, from an account corresponding to the particular patron, a location identifier for the particular patron and sends a message based on the location identifier for the particular patron.