Patent ID: 9269222
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: A63F,G07F

Claim Text:
1. A remote gaming method comprising: providing a stationary registration terminal within a first regulated gaming venue, the registration terminal having a transceiver for communicating with a mobile gaming device, operated by a player within the first regulated gaming venue, the registration terminal being connected in a network with a plurality of gaming machines including a first gaming terminal; establishing, via the registration terminal, a wireless communications link between the mobile gaming device and the first gaming terminal to play a first type game; receiving player control signals by the first gaming terminal from the mobile gaming device to initiate the first type game; carrying out the first type game by the first gaming terminal, including determining a final outcome of the first type game and any award for the outcome; transmitting signals by the first gaming terminal to the mobile gaming device to cause the first type game to be displayed on the mobile gaming device; transmitting signals by the first gaming terminal to the mobile gaming device identifying the final outcome of the first type game and the award; awarding credits to the player based on the final outcome; limiting the wireless communications link to within a predetermined area within the first regulated venue based on a signal strength of a transmitted wireless signal, wherein the predetermined area is applicable to a plurality of players concurrently remotely playing a plurality of gaming terminals, wherein the step of limiting the wireless communications link to within the predetermined area comprises: