Patent ID: 9443382
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: A63F,G05B,G05D,G06K,G07F,H04M,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method of enabling a user in an augmented reality gaming venue to use an augmented reality gaming venue application and a mobile device to find a particular game or gaming machine, the method comprising: controlling a camera on the mobile device using the augmented reality gaming venue application, once the augmented reality gaming venue application is activated; determining a location of the mobile device; determining an orientation of the mobile device; querying a casino management system to retrieve data for the augmented reality gaming venue; generating a list of objects currently visible to the camera, wherein the visible objects include gaming machines; rendering a camera-captured image on a display of the mobile device; overlaying one or more icons on the camera-captured image for each visible object to display visual information to the user on the display of the mobile device in response to the user aiming the mobile device at objects of interest in the augmented reality gaming venue; and selectively displaying the one or more icons associated with each visible object; wherein the augmented reality gaming venue application component enables the user to register a user icon with an affiliate player and then locate the affiliate player by panning the camera around the augmented reality gaming venue until the user icon is shown on the display, wherein the user icon is displayed even when the affiliate player is not directly visible by the user due to intervening objects.