Patent ID: 9542804
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: G07F

Claim:
1. A method of tracking session information for each of a plurality of games conducted on a plurality of gaming machines, the method including: identifying a player, using a first player tracking module of a first gaming machine of the plurality of gaming machines, prior to play of a first game, of the plurality of games, conducted on the first gaming machine; establishing a first credit balance using at least one of a card reader and a ticket reader of the first gaming machine, wherein the first credit balance is reduced according to wagers by the player in exchange for play of the first game; monitoring, by a first processor of the first gaming machine, play by the player to generate first session information; presenting, on the first gaming machine when play of the first game ends, an option to the player to retain the first session information; receiving, at the first gaming machine when play of the first game ends, a player selection to retain the first session information; providing the player an identifier associated with the first session information; establishing a second credit balance using at least one of a card reader and a ticket reader of a second gaming machine of the plurality of gaming machines, wherein the second credit balance is reduced according to wagers by the player in exchange for play of a second game, of the plurality of games, conducted on the second gaming machine; monitoring, by a second processor of the second gaming machine, play by the player of the second game to generate second session information, wherein the player is unidentified prior to play of the second game; receiving, using a second player tracking module associated with the second gaming machine, the identifier associated with the first session information, after play of the second game begins; and combining the first session information and the second session information upon receipt of the identifier.