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

Claim 0:
1. An electronic gaming machine comprising:
a communication interface;
a processor; and
a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor following a display device temporarily displaying, for a predetermined duration of time, a machine-readable code associated with an identifier of the electronic gaming machine and 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, cause the processor to:
responsive to determining a first mobile device connection status associated with the communication session:
cause an output device of the electronic gaming machine to output a first indication associated with the first mobile device connection status, and
responsive to a first event that occurs based on the first mobile device connection status, serially communicate, via the communication interface and in association with a slot accounting system protocol, data to a slot machine interface board supported by a housing of the electronic gaming machine, wherein the slot machine interface board is operable to communicate at least part of the data to a controller of a gaming establishment management system, and

responsive to determining a second, different mobile device connection status associated with the communication session:
cause the output device of the electronic gaming machine to output a second, different indication associated with the second, different mobile device connection status, wherein during different predetermined durations of time, different temporarily displayed machine-readable codes are each associated with the same identifier of the electronic gaming machine, and
responsive to a second event that occurs based on the second, different mobile device connection status, serially communicate, via the communication interface and in association with the slot accounting system protocol, data to the slot machine interface board.