ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,760, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to CFPH LLC (New York).

"Systems and methods for providing access to wireless gaming devices" was invented by Dean P. Alderucci (Westport, Conn.), Kevin Burman (Sydney), Joseph M. Asher (Las Vegas), James J. Coffey (Norwalk, Conn.) and Ronald Rushin (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for controlling access to wireless gaming devices and networks are provided. example, access is controlled through one or more levels of security check, such as a hard security check instead of or in addition to a soft security check. In a hard security check, the user employs an apparatus s...