Patent ID: 8257171
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: determining a wireless casino network in a casino for a mobile wagering game machine, wherein the wireless casino network includes a boundary, and wherein the mobile wagering game machine is configured to provide wagering game functionality only within the boundary, wherein the mobile wagering game machine is configured to enable one or more wagering game modes that cause generation of wagering game data; determining a location of the mobile wagering game machine; determining that the mobile wagering game machine leaves the boundary of the wireless casino network; activating the one or more secure modes on the mobile wagering game machine based on severity of activity that occurs to the mobile wagering game machine outside of the boundary, the one or more secure modes configured to protect the wagering game data; transferring, wirelessly, via one or more processors, an image of the wagering game data from the mobile wagering game machine to a network device; erasing, via at least one of the one or more processors, the wagering game data from the mobile wagering game machine after the mobile wagering game machine leaves the boundary; determining, via at least one of the one or more processors, that the mobile wagering game machine reenters the boundary; receiving, wirelessly, via at least one of the one or more processors, the wagering game data from the network device, in response to determining that the mobile wagering game machine reenters the boundary; and restoring, wirelessly, via at least one of the one or more processors, the image of the wagering game data on the mobile wagering game machine in response to receiving the wagering game data.