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US 10,373,430 B2Granted
System and method for tracking fund transfers between an electronic gaming machine and a plurality of funding sources
AssigneeIgt
InventorsKevin Higgins, Erik Petersen, Jeffery Shepherd
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to a system that utilizes a mobile device to facilitate the transfer of funds from a cashless wagering account to an EGM while tracking the source of such funds in association with the transfer and in association with one or more events occurring on the EGM.
Claims24
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- wirelessly receive, from a mobile device:
- data associated with a cashless wagering account accessed via a mobile device application of the mobile device, and
- data associated with an amount of credits determined in association with the mobile device application of the mobile device, wherein the amount of credits is associated with a plurality of different funding sources,
- request, from a cashless wagering server, the amount of credits from the cashless wagering account, and
- responsive to an approval of the requested amount of credits from the cashless wagering server:
- modify a credit balance based on the requested amount of credits,
- enable a player to place a wager on a play of a game using at least one of the credits,
- modify a first funding source meter associated with a first one of the plurality of different funding sources based on the placed wager, and
- determine any award for the play of the game.
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A method of operating a system, said method comprising:
- wirelessly receiving, from a mobile device:
- data associated with a cashless wagering account accessed via a mobile device application of the mobile device, and
- data associated with an amount of credits determined in association with the mobile device application of the mobile device, wherein the amount of credits is associated with a plurality of different funding sources,
- requesting, from a cashless wagering server, the amount of credits from the cashless wagering account, and
- responsive to an approval of the requested amount of credits from the cashless wagering server:
- modifying, by a processor, a credit balance based on the requested amount of credits,
- enabling a player to place a wager on a play of a game using at least one of the credits,
- modifying, by the processor, a first funding source meter associated with a first one of the plurality of different funding sources based on the placed wager, and
- determining, by the processor, any award for the play of the game.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.