Patent ID: 9129477
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, from a plurality of wagering game machines in a wagering game establishment, wagering game data; aggregating, by a patron flow system, the wagering game data from the plurality of wagering game machines in the wagering game establishment, wherein the wagering game data indicates a plurality of patrons and times; generating, by the patron flow system, patron movement data from the aggregated wagering game data, wherein the patron movement data indicate movements of the plurality of patrons among the plurality of wagering game machines in the wagering game establishment with respect to the times; determining, by the patron flow system based on the patron movement data, that movements of a subset of the plurality of patrons one or more of intersect and overlap, wherein said determining that movements of a subset of the plurality of patrons one or more intersect and overlap comprises at least one of determining that the subset of the plurality of patrons have a minimum threshold of intersecting movements and determining that the subset of the plurality of patrons were at proximate ones of the plurality of wagering game machines within overlapping windows of time; generating, by the patron flow system based on the patron movement data, a data structure including data indicating the movements of the subset of the plurality of patrons about a graphical representation of the wagering game establishment; graphically modifying, by the patron flow system, the graphical representation of the wagering game establishment to include a visual representation of the data indicating the movements of the subset of the plurality of patrons; and presenting, on a display device, the graphical representation of the wagering game establishment graphically modified to include the visual representation of the data indicating the movements of the subset of the plurality of patrons.