Patent ID: 9569920
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: A63F,G07F

Claim:
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 at least a first game; receiving player control signals by the first gaming terminal from the mobile gaming device to initiate the first game; carrying out the first game by the first gaming terminal, including determining a final outcome of the first game and any award for the outcome; transmitting signals from the first gaming terminal to the mobile gaming device identifying the final outcome of the first game and the award; and limiting the wireless communications link to within a predetermined area within the first regulated gaming 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 within the predetermined area comprises: periodically controlling the mobile gaming device to communicate between a plurality of transceivers in the first regulated gaming venue; detecting, by the mobile gaming device, Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) level signals transmitted by the plurality of transceivers to the mobile gaming device, the Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) level signals conveying a distance between the mobile gaming device to each of the transceivers; processing, by the mobile gaming device, the Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) level signals transmitted by the plurality of transceivers to generate processed Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) level signals; using the processed Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) level signals generated by the mobile gaming device to determine whether the mobile gaming device is within the predetermined area within the first regulated gaming venue; and if it is determined that the mobile gaming device is outside of the predetermined area, blocking the mobile gaming device from carrying out the first game.