ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,557, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Aristocrat Technologies Inc. (Las Vegas).

"Method and system for localized mobile gaming" was invented by Binh T. Nguyen (Reno, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a system and method to facilitate playing games of chance on a MGD includes a game zone, having: a) at least one portable transceiver configured to: i) detect the MGD; ii) obtain MGD data from the MGD; and iii) periodically re-detect the MGD within the game zone, the at least one portable transceiver repositionable to form the game zone; b) a portable controller configured to receive MGD data; and c) a gaming serve...