Patent ID: 8392506

Claim:
A networked gaming system for one or more casino venues comprising: a location tracking server; a plurality of gaming machines; a network; a plurality radio frequency transceivers located in said plurality of gaming machines, each radio frequency transceiver device having a known location within said one or more casino venues and each radio transceiver in communication over said network with said location tracking server; a set of personal data key devices (PDKs) associated and transported with a player or employee, said radio frequency transceivers configured to wirelessly detect the presence of a PDK in proximity of one or more of said radio frequency transceivers, and a location monitor including a video display and a processor, said processor connected to said network and configured to (i) control said display to display a graphical user interface (GUI) including a geographical representation of the layout of at least a portion of said one or more casino venues, (ii) to determine the geographical position of one more PDKs detected by said radio frequency transceivers, (iii) to control said GUI to indicate in said geographical representation the positions of said PDKs in said venues, and (iv) to display a layout of a casino floor which include real-time tracking of PDK devices, radio receiver/decoder (RDC) devices and location of several zones of the RDC devices.