Patent ID: 7828651

Claim:
A method of authorizing use of a card in a gaming machine and collecting security data regarding activities associated with the gaming machine, the method comprising: generating first facial image information regarding a person; storing said first facial information on a card issued to said person; reading said first facial image information stored on said card with a peripheral device at said gaming machine in said casino; obtaining current facial image information of a person using said card at said gaming machine using an image collection device, wherein the image collection device is physically incorporated with the peripheral; comparing said first facial image information stored on said card with said current facial image information of said person at said gaming machine using said card to confirm that the person using said card is the party to whom the card was issued; obtaining at least one image using the image collection device; and obtaining audio information using a microphone associated with the gaming machine, wherein the at least one image and the audio information are stored in response to a triggering event detected by either the image collection device or the microphone.