ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,243,382, issued on March 4, was assigned to Konami Gaming Inc. (Las Vegas).
"System, method, and program using near field communication for gaming machine" was invented by Edward Sepich (Henderson, Nev.), Thomas E. Soukup (Las Vegas) and Jeffrey George (Las Vegas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A networked computer system for use in a casino property is described herein. The networked computer system includes a near field communication (NFC) reader coupled to a gaming device and a player tracking server. The player tracking server is programmed to receive an NFC signal including a user ID, access a plurality of user account records and se...