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Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 17, 2014
Applicant:

Wms Gaming, Inc., Waukegan, IL (US);

Inventors:

Mahendra A. Saraf, Pune, IN;

Srinivyasa M. Adiraju, Vernon Hills, IL (US);

Vishvesh S. Paranjape, Pune, IN;

Assignee:

BALLY GAMING, INC., Las Vegas, NV (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 17/3234 (2013.01); G07F 17/323 (2013.01); G07F 17/3227 (2013.01); G07F 17/3237 (2013.01); G07F 17/3255 (2013.01); G07F 17/3269 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for monitoring wagering machines and transmitting indications of idle wagering game machines is described herein. The method can include monitoring, at a wagering game server, credit meters of a plurality of wagering game machines. The method can further include determining, at the wagering game server based on the monitored credit meters, that a wagering game machine of the plurality of wagering game machines is idle. The method can further include transmitting, to a mobile device via a communications network, an indication that the wagering game machine is idle, the indication including an incentive available in exchange for gameplay on the wagering game machine.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Saraf, Mahendra. (2017). Identifying idle gaming machines (U.S. Patent No. 9846989). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9846989

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