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

Claim 7:
8. An information reading apparatus installed in a gaming hall and comprising:
an input device capable of receiving a start request indicating that one specifically identified user at the information reading apparatus is to start communication with another specifically identified user at another information reading apparatus installed in the gaming hall in accordance with a user operation; and
an interface configured to send, based on the start request indicating that the one specifically identified user at the information reading apparatus is to start communication with said another specifically identified user at said another information reading apparatus installed in the gaming hall, locational information for locating the information reading apparatus installed in the gaming hall to an information processing apparatus configured to perform image processing on a floor map of the gaming hall in which information reading apparatuses installed in the gaming hall are mapped to corresponding positions of the information reading apparatuses,
wherein the interface is configured to receive the floor map created by indicating that the communication is being held from the information processing apparatus.