ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,121, issued on March 31, was assigned to CFPH LLC (New York).
"Game access device with privileges" was invented by Joseph M. Asher (Las Vegas), Ron Rushin (Las Vegas), Dean P. Alderucci (Westport, Conn.) and Geoffrey M. Gelman (Brooklyn, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for verifying the eligibility of players attempting to participate in gaming events are disclosed. Communication objects having RFID tags and closed electrical circuits are individually assigned to and worn by players within a gaming player verification system. These RFID tags may communicate with associated player tracking units attached to ga...