US 12,254,745 B2
Secondary market award predictions
Jeffery Shepherd, Reno, NV (US); and Kevin Higgins, Reno, NV (US)
Assigned to IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/393,983.
Prior Publication US 2023/0037607 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3258 (2013.01) [G07F 17/3211 (2013.01); G07F 17/3239 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a processor; and
a first communication interface operable to communicate with a communication interface of an electronic gaming machine that operates with a gaming establishment floor management server within a gaming establishment ecosystem;
a second communication interface operable to communicate with a communication interface of a mobile gaming device that operates with a gaming establishment online server within the gaming establishment ecosystem;
a third communication interface operable to communicate with a personal gaming device that operates outside of the gaming establishment ecosystem by being independent of the gaming establishment floor management server and the gaming establishment online server;
a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
responsive to a receipt, via the first communication interface and from the electronic gaming machine, of data associated with a first input on a first predicted identity of an anonymous player winning a first award, following a first occurrence of a first award triggering event, and responsive to a determination that a second identity of a second player that won the first award and the first predicted identity comprise the same identity, communicate data that results in a display, by a display device of the electronic gaming machine, of a second award,
responsive to a receipt, via the second communication interface and from the mobile gaming device, of data associated with a second input on a second predicted identity of the anonymous player winning the first award, following a second occurrence of the first award triggering event, and responsive to a determination that the second identity of the second player that won the first award and the second predicted identity comprise the same identity, communicate data that results in a display, by a display device of the mobile device, of the second award, and
responsive to a receipt, via the third communication interface and from the personal gaming device of data associated with a third input on a third predicted identity of the anonymous player winning the first award, following a third occurrence of the first award triggering event, and responsive to a determination that the second identity of the second player that won the first award and the third predicted identity comprise the same identity, communicate data that results in a display, by a display device of the personal gaming device, of the second award.