Virtualized magnetic player card

摘要

A method of implementing a player tracking system in a gaming network includes receiving a virtual player tracking card identifier and a virtual player tracking card password, authenticating the identifier and the password; receiving a virtual player tracking card PIN, identifying a gaming machine that transmitted the virtual player tracking card PIN, and crediting an account associated with the virtual player tracking card PIN based on game play on the gaming machine.

主权项

1. A method of operating a player tracking system, the method comprising:
(a) receiving at the player tracking system, from a mobile device:
(i) a virtual player tracking card identifier, and(ii) a virtual player tracking card password; (b) causing the player tracking system to authenticate the virtual player tracking card identifier and the virtual player tracking card password received from the mobile device; (c) after a gaming machine in a gaming network receives a player input of a virtual player tracking card personal identification number, receiving at the player tracking system the virtual player tracking card personal identification number from the gaming machine; (d) causing the player tracking system to identifying the gaming machine that transmitted the virtual player tracking card personal identification number to the player tracking system; and (e) crediting an account associated with the authenticated virtual player tracking card identifier and the personal identification number based on an amount of game play on the gaming machine which is tracked by the player tracking system.