Electronic device for personalized control by biometric fingerprint identification

Abstract

A device able to execute the customer identification, the administration of his operative credit and to provide methods for the control of compulsive gambling and fostering customer loyalty to be applied in gambling, entertainment and skill electronic machines. It comprises a unit constituted by an embedded PC, a fingerprint detector, a numeric keyboard and a LCD display. It is connected through a LAN interface to a central server for the biometric identification of the player, (from a password entered into the numeric keyboard and his digital fingerprint), and for the information of his statement of account. It is connected to the electromechanical gambling machine through a RS-232 interface and using the machine communication protocol, enabling the use of the machine according to the credits informed in the statement of account. By using the same protocol the information related to the gambling amounts is obtained, said data used by the software to carry out the control of the compulsive gambling and fostering customer loyalty. The embedded PC is connected to the detector and the keyboard through a RS-232 interface, and to the display through a LCD interface. The LCD display is used to show the player his statement of account. By identifying the player, the credit is blocked in the remaining machines, allowing the player to play only in the machine he is operating at that moment.

1 . An electronic device for personalized control by biometric fingerprint identification suitable for being incorporated to an electronic gambling, entertainment or skill machine, as well as for administering the operative credit the player uses and also generate additional information useful for other purposes such as to attack the compulsive gambling and introduce bonus to foster customer loyalty, comprising a unit constituted by an embedded PC, a numeric keyboard, a fingerprint detector and a LCD display. 
   
   
       2 . An electronic device for personalized control in accordance with  claim 1 , characterized in that the unit is connected both to a gambling machine, in order to carry out the accounts administration, and also to a central server, said server performs the biometric identification and provides the unit with the information of the statement of the player's account. 
   
   
       3 . An electronic device for personalized control in accordance with  claim 1 , characterized in that the unit is incorporated to an electromechanical gambling machine. 
   
   
       4 . An electronic device for personalized control in accordance with  claim 1 , characterized in that the biometric fingerprint identification, processed and executed by the central server, receives information from a fingerprint reader, having a finger receipt translucent plate, flexibly assembled to a support plate installed in the front panel of the machine. 
   
   
       5 . An electronic device for personalized control in accordance with  claim 1 , characterized in that the central server carrying out the biometric identification from the information provided from the fingerprint reader, uses this data to process and command actions for the control of compulsive gambling. 
   
   
       6 . An electronic device for personalized control in accordance with  claim 1 , characterized in that the central server carrying out the biometric identification from the information provided from the fingerprint reader, uses this data to process and command actions to foster customer loyalty.