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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2011
Binh Nguyen, Reno, NV (US);
Bryan D. Wolf, Reno, NV (US);
Brian Underdahl, VC Highlands, NV (US);
Steven G. Lemay, Reno, NV (US);
Binh Nguyen, Reno, NV (US);
Bryan D. Wolf, Reno, NV (US);
Brian Underdahl, VC Highlands, NV (US);
Steven G. LeMay, Reno, NV (US);
IGT, Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
Various gaming-related services are provided, including but not limited to security services, harm minimization services, player identification services, bonusing/progressive services, accounting services, financial/banking services, network tunneling services, cheating detection services, etc. Such services may be provided, at least in part, by software agents that can be configured for different platforms and/or operating systems. Some software-based player tracking methods of the invention can aggregate data from multiple devices used by a player for gaming.