Patent ID: 11861979
Assignee: ARISTOCRAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A gaming system for use in a gaming establishment, the gaming system comprising:
a gaming manager operable to store and manage a player account;
a mobile device operable to initiate a game; and
a controller coupled to the gaming manager and having a processor and memory storing a plurality of instructions, when executed, cause the processor to at least:
detect when the mobile device is coupled to the controller,
receive mobile device capabilities information when the mobile device is coupled to the controller, wherein the mobile device capabilities information comprises at least one of power capacity, display resolution, memory capacity, processor capacity, disk space, or software version,
receive the player account associated with the mobile device from the gaming manager when the mobile device is coupled to the controller,
determine whether the mobile device is able to participate in the game based on the mobile device capabilities information,
determine whether the mobile device is a trusted gaming device, based on the player account received from the gaming manager, and
authorize one or more transfer funds into or out of the player account and the mobile device to participate in the game based, at least in part, on the player account and the mobile device capabilities information, when the mobile device remains the trusted gaming device within the gaming establishment.