ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,558, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Aristocrat Technologies Inc. (Las Vegas).
"Configurable virtual gaming zone" was invented by Binh T. Nguyen (Reno, Nev.) and Darrell Rilett (Boulder, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, zone-based gaming activity within a gaming establishment can be configured. The method can, for example, include: setting a location within the gaming establishment for the zone-based gaming activity, the location being at least one defined region within the gaming establishment; configuring a virtual gaming zone for the location within the gaming establishment for the zone-based gaming activ...