US Patent Issued to IGT on July 28 for "Emailing or texting as communication between mobile device and EGM" (Nevada Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,694,752, issued on July 28, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).

"Emailing or texting as communication between mobile device and EGM" was invented by Steven G. LeMay (Reno, Nev.) and Dwayne R. Nelson (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gaming system compatible with patron-controlled portable electronic devices, such as smart phones or tablet computers, is described. Via E-mailing or texting, a server can mediate communications between a user-controlled device, such as a mobile device, and an EGM. In one embodiment, for a transaction involving interactions with a user-controlled device and an EGM, the server can be configured to creat...