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US 10,950,088 B2Granted
System and method for utilizing virtual ticket vouchers
AssigneeIgt
InventorsErik Petersen, Kevin Higgins, Adrian Marcu
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to a system that utilizes virtual ticket vouchers in association with one or more transactions involving one or more components of a gaming establishment ecosystem.
Claims15
A system comprising:
- a gaming establishment component processor;
- and
- a gaming establishment component memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the gaming establishment component processor, cause the gaming establishment component processor to:
- receive first data associated with:
- a virtual ticket voucher accessible via a mobile device application of a mobile device, said virtual ticket voucher associated with a value, and
- an identification of a player associated with the virtual ticket voucher prior to a redemption of the virtual ticket voucher,
- separate from the mobile device and the mobile device application, store said first data, and
- following an occurrence of a mobile device failure event and upon an occurrence of a stored virtual ticket voucher retrieval event:
- communicate the first data associated with the virtual ticket voucher to a ticket redemption device, and
- cease storing said first data associated with the virtual ticket voucher.
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A method of operating a system, said method comprising:
- receiving first data associated with:
- a virtual ticket voucher accessible via a mobile device application of a mobile device, said virtual ticket voucher associated with a value, and
- an identification of a player associated with the virtual ticket voucher prior to a redemption of the virtual ticket voucher,
- separate from the mobile device and the mobile device application, storing said first data, and
- following an occurrence of a mobile device failure event and upon an occurrence of a stored virtual ticket voucher retrieval event:
- communicating the first data associated with the virtual ticket voucher to a ticket redemption device, and
- ceasing the storage of said first data associated with the virtual ticket voucher.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.