US 12,014,597 B2
Systems and devices for identification of a feature associated with a user in a gaming establishment and related methods
Timothy Bucher, Geyserville, CA (US); Terrin Eager, Campbell, CA (US); Bryan M. Kelly, Alamo, CA (US); Martin S. Lyons, Henderson, NV (US); Joseph Hedrick, Reno, NV (US); Scott Hilbert, Sparks, NV (US); Theodore Keenan, Castro Valley, CA (US); John Link, Manteca, CA (US); Mohan Kumar Areanalli Manju, Pleasanton, CA (US); and Yogendrasinh Hematji Rajput, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to SG Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by SG Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/804,931.
Application 17/804,931 is a continuation of application No. 16/794,103, filed on Feb. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,393,282.
Claims priority of application No. 201941040664 (IN), filed on Oct. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0292918 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01)
CPC G07F 17/3239 (2013.01) [G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06V 40/172 (2022.01); G07F 17/3206 (2013.01); G07F 17/3213 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
detecting, with a plurality of detection devices at respective different locations in a gaming establishment, a physical feature associated with a patron that moves to the respective different locations;
at each location of the respective different locations:
generating, with a processor, biometric information based on the detected physical feature,
analyzing, with the processor, the biometric information to anonymously identify the patron, and
associating, with the processor, data from the location with an anonymous account associated with the patron; and
updating, with the processor, the anonymous account with personal information provided by the patron to create a known account.