Patent ID: 8956223
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method of providing location-based services to a wireless device associated with a user in a casino environment, comprising: receiving, at a gaming machine or a network server associated with the gaming machine, a digital image from the wireless device operated by the user in the casino environment, wherein the digital image includes the gaming machine; determining a location of the wireless device within the casino environment based on the digital image by identifying the gaming machine via pattern recognition software; determining a category of user for the user associated with the wireless device between casino employee and customer; and providing a location-based service to the wireless device, wherein the location-based service is provided based on the location of the wireless device and the category of user, and wherein the location-based service includes, responsive to determining the category of the user as being casino employee and the location of the wireless device as being within a certain proximity to the gaming machine: