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Patent US7927212 - Player tracking communication mechanisms in a gaming machine - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Advanced Patent Search | Web History | Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA disclosed player tracking unit provides a display, a wireless interface device designed or configured to communicate with a portable wireless headset, and a logic device designed or configured to communicate with the display, the wireless interface device, a master gaming controller that controls a...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US7927212?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7927212 - Player tracking communication mechanisms in a gaming machinePublication numberUS7927212 B2Publication typeGrantApplication number10/903,024Publication date19 Apr 2011Filing date30 Jul 2004Priority date3 Aug 2001Also published asCA2456128A1, EP1412927A1, EP1887534A2, EP1887534A3, US6908387, US20030027631, US20050003890, WO2003015042A1Publication number10903024, 903024, US 7927212 B2, US 7927212B2, US-B2-7927212, US7927212 B2, US7927212B2InventorsJoseph R. Hedrick, Binh T. NguyenOriginal AssigneeIgtPatent Citations (123), Non-Patent Citations (38), Referenced by (6), Classifications (27) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetPlayer tracking communication mechanisms in a gaming machineUS 7927212 B2Abstract A disclosed player tracking unit provides a display, a wireless interface device designed or configured to communicate with a portable wireless headset, and a logic device designed or configured to communicate with the display, the wireless interface device, a master gaming controller that controls a game played on a gaming machine, and a player tracking server. The logic device can further communicate with the portable wireless headset using the wireless interface device. The portable wireless headset can include one or more earpieces configured to be worn by a player. Various messages, alerts, music, etc. can be sent from the player tracking unit to the portable wireless headset.
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