Patent ID: 11881082
Assignee: IGT
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 16:
17. A method comprising:
following a display device temporarily displaying, for a predetermined duration of time, a machine-readable code associated with an identifier of a player tracking unit comprising a slot machine interface board comprising a first communication interface, and a second communication interface, and following a mobile device scanning the temporarily displayed machine-readable code during the predetermined duration of time to establish a communication session involving the mobile device and responsive to determining a first wireless connection status involving the mobile device:
outputting, by an output device associated with the player tracking unit, a first indication associated with the first wireless connection status involving the mobile device, wherein during different predetermined durations of time, different temporarily displayed machine-readable codes are each associated with the same identifier of the player tracking unit, and
responsive to a first event that occurs based on the first wireless connection status:
serially receiving, via the second communication interface and in association with a slot accounting system protocol, first data from a processor of an electronic gaming machine, and
communicating, via the first communication interface, at least part of the first data to a controller of a player tracking system, and

following the display device temporarily displaying the machine-readable code for the predetermined duration of time and the mobile device scanning the temporarily displayed machine-readable code during the predetermined duration of time to establish the communication session involving the mobile device and responsive to determining a second, different wireless connection status involving the mobile device:
outputting, by the output device associated with the player tracking unit, a second, different indication associated with the second, different wireless connection status involving the mobile device, and
responsive to a second event that occurs based on the second, different wireless connection status:
serially receiving, via the second communication interface and in association with the slot accounting system protocol, second data from the processor of the electronic gaming machine, and
communicating, via the first communication interface, at least part of the second data to the controller of the player tracking system.