Patent ID: 11941944
Assignee: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
an interface capable of receiving identification information on a user retrieved by an information reading apparatus installed in a gaming hall and determination information determinable of the location of the information reading apparatus,
a storage device that stores the identification information of the user in association with the determination information of the information reading apparatus; and
a controller configured to retrieve identification information based on the identification information on the user and perform image processing to create a floor map of the gaming hall in which information reading apparatus installed in the gaming hall are mapped to corresponding position in the floor map and a position the user is displayed to a corresponding position in the floor map by using the identification information,
wherein the interface is configured to receive identification information of a first information reading apparatus installed in the gaming hall, and receive identification information of other information reading apparatus, and receive information generated in response to, and indicative of the existence of, communication between one specifically identified user at the first information reading apparatus and another specifically identified user at the other apparatus, and
wherein the controller is configured to create a floor map which indicates, with emphasis, the communication between the first and other information reading apparatus is ongoing based on the identification information of the first and other information reading apparatus.