Patent ID: 8123613
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: A63F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of providing gaming incentives, comprising the steps of: receiving a first transmission from a secure memory device in a terminal communicatively coupled to one of a plurality of first gaming devices of a first casino; collecting first information describing member-related gaming device activity of the one of the plurality of first gaming devices; securely transmitting the first information regarding the member-related gaming device activity to the memory device for storage in the secure memory; receiving a second transmission from the secure memory device in a second terminal communicatively coupled to one of a second plurality of gaming devices of a second casino commercially distinct from the first casino; enrolling the member of the first incentive program of the first casino in a second incentive program of the second casino; collecting second information describing member-related gaming device activity of the one of the second plurality of gaming devices of the second casino; securely transmitting the second information regarding the member-related gaming device activity to the memory device for storage in the secure memory.