US Patent Issued to Aristocrat Technologies Australia on May 13 for "Electronic gaming system and method for managing a wagering game based upon proximity of a mobile device to an electronic gaming machine" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,062, issued on May 13, was assigned to Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd. (North Ryde, Australia).

"Electronic gaming system and method for managing a wagering game based upon proximity of a mobile device to an electronic gaming machine" was invented by Andrew Wyllie (North Ryde, Australia) and Alan Wong (West Pennant Hills, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic gaming system is configured to provide a wagering session on an electronic gaming machine based upon one or more communications received from a mobile device of a player, where the communications indicate a signal strength of a wireless beacon relativ...