ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,582, issued on July 8, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).
"Directional wireless communication" was invented by Dwayne R. Nelson (Las Vegas) and Steven G. LeMay (Reno, Nev.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for establishing communication between a portable electronic device and an electronic gaming machine within a gaming environment includes receiving wireless signal data transmitted from the portable electronic device, determining a wireless signal strength relative to the electronic gaming machine based on the wireless signal data, and based on a determination that the wireless signal strength relative to the electronic gaming m...