# US 10,482,711 B2 · Graphic capture in a mobile loyalty network > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,482,711 B2 - Document ID: US10482711B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/583,270 - Filed: 2017-05-01 - Published: 2017-08-17 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2011-06-09 - Assignees: Igt - Applicants: Igt - Inventors: David Carrico; Danny Miles - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10482711B2 ## CPC - G07F 17/3255: {Incentive, loyalty and/or promotion schemes, e.g. comps, gaming associated with a purchase, gaming funded by advertisements} - A63F 13/32: using local area network [LAN] connections - G07F 17/3211: {Display means} - G07F 17/3223: {Architectural aspects of a gaming system, e.g. internal configuration, leader-follower, wireless communication} - G07F 17/3225: {Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users} - G07F 17/3267: {Game outcomes which determine the course of the subsequent game, e.g. double or quits, free games, higher payouts, different new games} - G07F 17/329: {Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards} - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) - A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract Devices and methods for generating and/or communicating using optically formatted image data are provided. One method includes receiving first gaming information from a first wager-based gaming device via a local area network. The method further includes receiving from the first wager-based gaming device a request to include the first gaming information in a machine readable optically formatted image data. The method further includes generating the machine readable optically formatted image data or instructions for creating the machine readable optically formatted image data. Data encoded in the machine readable optically formatted image data comprises a unique identifier and the first gaming information. The method further includes sending the generated machine readable optically formatted image data or the instructions for creating the machine readable optically formatted image data to the first wager-based gaming device. The machine readable optically formatted image data is output to a display device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A gaming system comprising: a processor; and a memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: responsive to an occurrence of a player initiated machine readable optically formatted image display event that occurs separate from a play of a game, cause a display device to display a machine readable optically formatted image, wherein the display device is distinct from a mobile device, responsive to a capturing of the displayed machine readable optically formatted image by the mobile device, cause an entry of the game to be associated with a player, wherein the mobile device is distinct from the processor, and thereafter, for the play of the game: determine a winning entry of the game, the winning entry of the game associated with a prize having a monetary value greater than zero, and cause the display device to display information associated with the determined winning entry of the game. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The gaming system of claim 1, wherein the display device comprises a gaming machine display device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The gaming system of claim 1, wherein the display device comprises a gaming establishment sign. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The gaming system of claim 3, wherein the gaming establishment sign comprises a display device of a kiosk. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The gaming system of claim 1, wherein the machine readable optically formatted image comprises one of: a 1-D bar code and a 2-D bar code. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The gaming system of claim 1, wherein the game comprises a drawing game. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The gaming system of claim 6, wherein the drawing game comprises a lottery. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The gaming system of claim 1, wherein the game comprises a scavenger hunt game. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The gaming system of claim 1, wherein the mobile device comprises a cellular phone. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The gaming system of claim 1, which comprises an acceptor, wherein when executed by the processor, the plurality of instructions cause the processor to, responsive to a physical item being received via the acceptor, establish a credit balance based, at least in part, on a monetary value associated with the received physical item, and responsive to a cashout input being received, cause an initiation of any payout associated with the credit balance. ### Claim 11 A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising: responsive to an occurrence of a player initiated machine readable optically formatted image display event that occurs separate from a play of a game, causing a display device to display a machine readable optically formatted image, wherein the display device is distinct from a mobile device, responsive to a capturing of the displayed machine readable optically formatted image by the mobile device, causing, by a processor, an entry of the game to be associated with a player, wherein the mobile device is distinct from the processor, and thereafter, for the play of the game: determining, by the processor, a winning entry of the game, the winning entry of the game associated with a prize having a monetary value greater than zero, and causing the display device to display information associated with the determined winning entry of the game. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein causing the display device to display the machine readable optically formatted image comprises causing a gaming machine display device to display the machine readable optically formatted image. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein causing the display device to display the machine readable optically formatted image comprises causing a gaming establishment sign to display the machine readable optically formatted image. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the gaming establishment sign comprises a display device of a kiosk. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the machine readable optically formatted image comprises one of: a 1-D bar code and a 2-D bar code. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the game comprises a drawing game. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the drawing game comprises a lottery. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the game comprises a scavenger hunt game. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the mobile device comprises a cellular phone. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein a credit balance is increasable based on the prize associated with the winning entry of the game, said credit balance being increasable via an acceptor of a physical item associated with a monetary value, and said credit balance being decreasable responsive to a cashout input. ### Claim 21 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, which is provided through a data network. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21, wherein the data network is an internet.