ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,325, issued on May 27, was assigned to LNW Gaming Inc. (Las Vegas).

"Persistent device relationships in wagering game systems" was invented by Michael R. Bytnar (Naperville, Ill.), Mark B. Gagner (West Chicago, Ill.), Timothy C. Loose (Chicago), Larry J. Pacey (Calabasas, Calif.) and Scott H. Schulhof (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example system of the present disclosure is configured to detect (e.g., by a processor of the system), in response to a wireless device being in proximity to a wagering game machine, a request to pair the wireless device with the wagering game machine. The system is further configured to, in re...