Patent SG-11201908260W-A (SG)
Title: Device, system, and method for facilitating communications between electronic gaming machines and mobile devices
Inventor: KUBAJAK DAVID
IPC: G07F17/32
Filed: 2017-09-08
Abstract: 100 FIG. 1 118 120 122 ° 124 126 128 104 108 110 112 116 106 L ..1 ........ ......... ....... .. 114 oN (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 11 October 2018 (11.10.2018) WIPO I PCT Iiiimmolionsonolomonoilimonmwommill (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/186904 Al (51) International Patent Classification: G07F 17/32 (2006.01) G06Q 20/32 (2012.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2017/050763 (22) International Filing Date: 08 September 2017 (08.09.2017) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 15/482,668 07 April 2017 (07.04.2017) US (71) Applicant: JCM AMERICAN CORPORATION [US/US]; 925 Pilot Road, Las Vegas, Nevada 89119 (US). (72) Inventors: KUBAJAK, David; 925 Pilot Road, Las Ve- gas, NV 89119 (US). MOHRHARDT, Dominic; 925 Pilot Road, Las Vegas, NV 89119 (US). (74) Agent: WAGNER, Stuart K. et al.; 410 Seventeenth Street, Suite 2200, Denver, Colorado 80202 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, = (54) Title: DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN ELECTRONIC GAMING MACHINES AND MOBILE DEVICES (57) : Various system, method, and device embodiments are disclosed for establishing and utilizing a wireless connection be- tween an electronic gaming machine and a mobile device associated with a player. Such embodiments include use of a first component configured to communicate information with the mobile device using near-field communications and use of a second component con- figured to automatically pair the mobile device with the mobile interface device, using a Bluetooth connection, wherein the pairing of the mobile device with the mobile interface device utilizes the information communicated to the mobile device using the first component. [Continued on next page] WO 2018/186904 Al MIDEDIMOIMEMIEHNOMMOMIDEMEMOIS MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))