US 12,437,610 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 Randolph Hedrick, Reno, NV (US); Scott Thomas 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 LNW Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by LNW Gaming, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on May 10, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/660,519.
Application 18/660,519 is a continuation of application No. 17/804,931, filed on Jun. 1, 2022, granted, now 12,014,597.
Application 17/804,931 is a continuation of application No. 16/794,103, filed on Feb. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,393,282, issued on Jul. 19, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 201941040664 (IN), filed on Oct. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0290170 A1, Aug. 29, 2024
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,
associating, with the processor, data from the location with an anonymous account associated with the patron based, at least in part, on the biometric information; and
updating, with the processor, the anonymous account with personal information provided by the patron to create a known account.