RFID Wearable Verification for Continuous Player Presence Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for verifying player identity at remote gaming terminals are unreliable, prone to fraud, and allow unauthorized access, particularly in environments where supervision is limited.
Innovation Solution
Implementing secured communication objects with RFID tags that form a closed electrical circuit when worn by a player, which become disabled upon breakage, and incorporating player tracking devices to verify the player's identity through sensors like temperature, pressure, and moisture detectors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If RFID tags are used for player verification, then verification speed and convenience are improved, but reliability and fraud prevention are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The RFID verification system is segmented into multiple independent verification stages: initial identity verification, continuous presence verification through circuit break detection, and periodic re-verification during gaming sessions. This segmentation allows each stage to address specific reliability concerns while maintaining overall verification speed.
Solution Approach 2:
A closed electrical circuit incorporating temperature, pressure, and moisture sensors acts as an intermediary between the RFID tag and the verification system. This intermediary layer provides additional verification dimensions (biometric sensors detecting player presence) without significantly impacting verification speed, thereby improving reliability while maintaining productivity.
2Reliability
If multiple sensors are incorporated for verification, then reliability and player presence detection are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple sensor types (temperature, pressure, moisture) are merged into a single integrated closed electrical circuit within the player verification device. This consolidation allows the system to detect player presence through multiple physiological parameters simultaneously while presenting a unified, manageable device structure, thus improving reliability without proportionally increasing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The closed electrical circuit serves multiple functions: it acts as a continuous monitoring system for player presence, provides biometric verification through sensor readings, and serves as a fraud detection mechanism. This multi-functionality allows a single device component to address multiple verification requirements, improving reliability while minimizing the increase in device complexity.
3Reliability
If continuous verification is implemented, then unauthorized access prevention is improved, but loss of time and gaming interruption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements continuous verification through a closed electrical circuit that continuously monitors player presence without requiring periodic player actions. The circuit remains active throughout the gaming session, providing uninterrupted verification while allowing the game to proceed without interruptions, thus maintaining both reliability and gameplay continuity.
Solution Approach 2:
The verification system operates autonomously by continuously monitoring the closed electrical circuit state without requiring player intervention. The sensors automatically detect changes in player presence (such as removal of the verification device) and trigger appropriate responses, eliminating the need for manual re-verification and preventing gaming interruptions while maintaining unauthorized access prevention.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Ensures reliable and repeated verification of players, preventing unauthorized access by detecting circuit breaks and ensuring the player remains present throughout the gaming session.
Implementation Method 1
Radio Frequency Identification ('RFID') tags and systems have been widely adopted in recent years for the traceability and tracking of a wide variety of products and objects
Implementation Method 2
incorporating player tracking devices to verify the player's identity through sensors like temperature, pressure, and moisture detectors
Implementation Method 3
incorporating player tracking devices to verify the player's identity through sensors like temperature, pressure, and moisture detectors
Data Source
AI summary
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 gaming machines and other devices via radio frequency waves, and each communication object may alter its communication pattern in response to any break of its closed electrical circuit. In some embodiments, a communications object may emit a signal that conveys a privilege of the player wearing the communications object. Bracelets, wristwatches, or collars can be used as communication objects, such that the removal of such an object from a player cannot be accomplished without breaking the closed electrical circuit contained therein, thereby disabling, or de-authenticating the device.