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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2009
Harold E. Mattice, Gardnerville, NV (US);
Roger William Harris, Reno, NV (US);
Timothy W. Moser, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Richard J. Schneider, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Harold E. Mattice, Gardnerville, NV (US);
Roger William Harris, Reno, NV (US);
Timothy W. Moser, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Richard J. Schneider, Las Vegas, NV (US);
IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
Wireless communications among devices in a wager-based gaming environment are provided, including between a number of RFID-enabled player tracking cards (or 'smart cards') and an electronic wagering token. The electronic wagering token periodically samples and stores updated information received from the smart cards; periodically acquires updated wagering token ownership information relating to an identity of a current owner of the wagering token, based on the sampled and stored updated information; stores, in a memory of the wagering token, at least a portion of the updated token ownership information; and provides, to at least one external device, wireless access to a first selected portion of the updated token ownership information stored in the memory.