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

Claim 0:
1. A system for visually providing electronic gaming machine feedback, comprising:
a mobile interface device, comprising:
a housing configured to couple to a cabinet that includes an electronic gaming machine, the housing including a button configured to project from an external surface of the cabinet, 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 gaming machine proximate to an electronic gaming machine display;
one or more illumination elements within said housing configured to illuminate the button in multiple 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 colors or (ii) a blinking pattern of one or more colors from the multiple 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.