Patent ID: 8608569
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method in a server including a processor and a memory configured to directly communicate with a plurality of wager-based gaming devices via a local area network, the method comprising: receiving gaming information from the plurality of wager-based gaming device via the local area network including a first wager-based gaming device; receiving from the first wager-based gaming device a request to include the gaming information in a machine readable optically formatted image data; generating the machine readable optically formatted image data or instructions for creating the machine readable optically formatted image data wherein the machine readable optically formatted image data encodes gaming information and a unique identifier; sending the generated machine readable optically formatted image data or the instructions for creating the machine readable optically formatted image data to the first wager-based gaming device wherein the machine readable optically formatted image data is output to a display device on the first wager-based gaming device; and based upon the gaming information received from the first wager-based gaming device, determining that an item has been earned in a scavenger hunt game maintained on a remote server and encoding information about the item in the machine readable optically formatted image data.