Optical machine-readable data representation image
View Patent ↗Club cards and tickets can be eliminated by providing an application that allows a player's mobile phone to process an image of an optical machine-readable representation of data. At the end of a wagering session on a WGM, the WGM can display a barcode representing a player's winnings, an achievement, game status, etc. The player takes a picture of the barcode with his or her mobile phone. The application on the phone processes the barcode image and automatically updates an account of the player in accordance with the data represented or carried by the barcode. For instance, the mobile phone sends a request to a wagering account server to electronically deposit the winnings, as represented by the barcode, in a wagering account associated with the player's club profile.
1. A wagering game machine comprising:
a set of one or more processors;
a network interface; and
an optical machine-readable data representation recognition unit operable to,
determine that an optical machine-readable data representation encodes first data that indicates a multi-stage wagering game and second data that indicates progress in the multi-stage wagering game responsive to capturing an image of the optical machine-readable data representation displayed from a personal mobile phone, wherein the multi-stage wagering game includes a plurality of stages each of which exposes at least one game play element different than preceding ones of the plurality of stages when achieved by a player;
launch the multi-stage wagering game in a wagering game session based on the first data;
determine the progress in the multi-stage wagering game with the second data; and
resume the multi-stage wagering game at a particular one of the plurality of stages in accordance with the progress indicated by the second data.
2. The wagering game machine of claim 1 , wherein the optical machine-readable data representation recognition unit is further operable to:
determine that a second optical machine-readable data representation encodes third data that indicates a player account and a set of one or more security credentials to access the player account responsive to capturing an image of the second optical machine-readable data representation displayed from the personal mobile phone; and
link the wagering game session with the player account based on the third data.
3. The wagering game machine of claim 1 , wherein the optical machine-readable data representation comprises at least one of a barcode, matrix code, graphical image, and text image.
4. A method comprising:
determining that an optical machine-readable data representation encodes first data that indicates a multi-stage wagering game and second data that indicates progress in the multi-stage wagering game responsive to capturing an image of the optical machine-readable data representation displayed from a personal mobile device, wherein the multi-stage wagering game includes a plurality of stages each of which exposes at least one game play element different than preceding ones of the plurality of stages when achieved by a player;
launching the multi-stage wagering game in a wagering game session based on the first data;
determining the progress in the multi-stage wagering game with the second data; and
resuming the multi-stage wagering game at a particular one of the plurality of stages in accordance with the progress indicated by the second data.
5. The method of claim 4 further comprising:
determining that a second optical machine-readable data representation encodes third data that indicates a player account and a set of one or more security credentials to access the player account responsive to capturing an image of the second optical machine-readable data representation displayed from the personal mobile device; and
linking the wagering game session with the player account based on the third data.
6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the optical machine-readable data representation comprises at least one of a barcode, matrix code, graphical image, and text image.
7. One or more machine-readable storage media having instructions stored therein, which are executable by a set of one or more processors, the instructions comprising instructions configured to:
determine that an optical machine-readable data representation encodes first data that indicates a multi-stage wagering game and second data that indicates progress in the multi-stage wagering game in response to capture of an image of the optical machine-readable data representation displayed from a personal mobile device, wherein the multi-stage wagering game includes a plurality of stages each of which exposes at least one game play element different than preceding ones of the plurality of stages when achieved by a player;
launch the multi-stage wagering game in a wagering game session based on the first data;
determine the progress in the multi-stage wagering game with the second data; and
resume the multi-stage wagering game at a particular one of the plurality of stages in accordance with the progress indicated by the second data.
8. The machine-readable storage media of claim 7 further comprising instructions configured to:
determine that a second optical machine-readable data representation encodes third data that indicates a player account and a set of one or more security credentials to access the player account responsive to capture of an image of the second optical machine-readable data representation displayed from the personal mobile device; and
link the wagering game session with the player account based on the third data.
9. The machine-readable storage media of claim 7 , wherein the optical machine-readable data representation comprises at least one of a barcode, matrix code, graphical image, and text image.