Patent ID: 7780529
Filing Date: 2010-08-24
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for remote monitoring and local reward of game play on a plurality of gaming devices by a portable handheld monitoring device, each gaming device configured to present a game of chance and adapted to receive a wager from a player located at the gaming device and, responsive to play of the game of chance, output a game play award, the method comprising: receiving game play information, including player information and gaming device information, at the portable handheld monitoring device, generating a graphical representation of the received game play information; displaying the graphical representation of the received game play information on a display of the portable handheld monitoring device; applying one or more criteria to the received game play information; determining a physical location of the gaming device at which the player is located; determining, based on the application of the one or more criteria to the received game play information, including the player information and the gaming device information, at the portable handheld monitoring device, an award amount for the player located at the gaming device when the portable handheld monitoring device is in a physical location close to the location of the gaming device; and outputting the award amount from an output of the portable handheld monitoring device for delivery to the player at the gaming device.