ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,899, issued on March 31, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).

"Casino patron engagement system" was invented by Eugene Bond (Trabuco Canyon, Calif.), Gandalf Hudlow (San Marcos, Calif.), Jie Zhou (Beijing), Lu Zhao (Beijing), Wei Yan (Beijing), Wei Gong (Beijing), Sina Miri (Menlo Park, Calif.) and John E. Burden (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a casino patron engagement system that facilitates engagement among casino employees and casino patrons to engender patron loyalty."

The patent was filed on Feb. 13, 2024, under Application No. 18/440,056.

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