Registers – Systems controlled by data bearing records
Reexamination Certificate
2007-01-09
2007-01-09
Fureman, Jared J. (Department: 2876)
Registers
Systems controlled by data bearing records
C235S487000, C235S382000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10963058
ABSTRACT:
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a radio frequency identification system and method for facilitating access to a gaming environment. Certain embodiments include an employee identification device transmitting an identification signal in response to an interrogation signal, a gaming system including gaming functions and administrative functions, and a reader positioned with respect to the gaming system transmitting an interrogation signal and receiving the identification signal for access to the gaming system. The employee identification device may include a radio frequency identification (RFID) device, for example. The reader may include an RFID reader, for example. The gaming system may also prompt for at least one of a pass code and biometric identification for access to the gaming machine. In an embodiment, the reader facilitates an end to access to the gaming system after an interval without receiving an identification signal.
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Anderson Philip J.
Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd.
Fureman Jared J.
Labaze Edwyn
McAndrews Held & Malloy Ltd.
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