Patent ID: 11908266
Assignee: nan
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 4:
5. A system for visually providing electronic gaming machine feedback, comprising:
a mobile interface device, comprising:
a housing including a button configured to project from an external surface of an electronic gaming machine, said button separate from a bill validator and separate from an electronic gaming machine candle atop the electronic gaming machine, and the button positioned on a front portion of the electronic gaming machine proximate to an electronic gaming machine display;
one or more illumination elements within said housing configured to illuminate the button in multiple selective colors; and
a near-field communications component including an antenna positioned within the button; and

wherein a peripheral controller is configured to illuminate the button in (i) one static color from the multiple selective colors or (ii) a blinking pattern of one or more colors from the multiple selective colors based on pre-established conditions associated with the electronic gaming machine; and
a user interface for entering illumination schemes for the peripheral controller to follow relative to the illumination of the button wherein the illumination schemes involve alerting personnel to peripheral status provided to the peripheral controller via a secondary port of a peripheral.