Methods and systems for tracking an event of an externally controlled interface

US9342955B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• IGT · US

Inventors

• Reid M. Weber · Reno, US
• William C. Little · Las Vegas, US
• Steven G. LeMay · Reno, US
• Adrian R. Marcu · Lafayette, US
• Warner Cockerille · Sparks, US
• Nicole M. Beaulieu · Reno, US
• David A. Gipp · Portland, US
• Daniel J. De Waal · Las Vegas, US
• Vincent S. Manfredi · Henderson, US
• Bryan Bullard · Las Vegas, US
• Cara L. Iddings · Henderson, US
• Richard J. Schneider · Las Vegas, US
• Glenn Keith Russell · North Las Vegas, US
• Jacob Graham · Sparks, US
• Gregory A. Schlottmann · Sparks, US
• Richard E. Rowe · Reno, US
• David C. Williams · Berea, US
• Kurt M. Larsen · Reno, US
• Jae Man Yi · Reno, US
• Erik Petersen · Reno, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 24, 2015
• Grant date: May 17, 2016
• Expiry date: Mar 24, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F17/3244
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for tracking an event of an externally controlled interface (ECI) is described. The method includes generating the externally controlled interface independent of an outcome of a wager-based game regulated by a regulatory authority, and logging the event of the externally controlled interface.