Systems and methods for tracking of non-wagering account associated with gaming environment
AssigneeSightline Interactive LLC
InventorsKirk E. Sanford, Thomas M. Sears, Omer Sattar
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for associating a player identifier with a financial account. The financial account can holds funds that are accessible through the player's use of a payment vehicle. Information associated with transactions using the payment vehicle can be used for player relationship purposes.
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A computer-based method of player tracking, the method performed by one or more computing devices comprising instructions stored in a memory, which when executed by one or more processors of the one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform the method comprising:
- storing in computer memory of the one or more computing devices, a player identifier of a player for a gaming environment, wherein the player identifier is associated with a financial account maintained by an issuer processor computing system on a bankcard network, wherein funds held in the financial account are usable by the player for payment transactions at any of a plurality of merchants associated with the bank card network;
- subsequent to the use of funds held in the financial account for one or more payment transactions, receiving from the issuer processor computing system transaction-related information associated with the one or more payment transactions;
- generating a player intelligence report for the player based at least partially on the transaction-related information received from the issuer processor computing system, wherein the player intelligence report identifies the one or more of the plurality of merchants, and
- providing the player intelligence report to a casino computing system associated with the gaming environment, and wherein the player intelligence report comprises at least some of the transaction-related information.
A computer-based method, the method performed by a transaction facilitator computing system comprising instructions stored in a memory, which when executed by a processor of the transaction facilitator computing system, cause the transaction facilitator computing system to perform the method comprising:
- storing in computer memory of the transaction facilitator computing system, a a unique identifier for a player that is associated with a loyalty program of a gaming environment, wherein the unique identifier is associated with a financial account maintained by financial institution on a bankcard network, and wherein funds held in the financial account are usable by the player for payment transactions at any of a plurality of merchants associated with the bank card network;
- linking a transaction incentive to the player, wherein the transaction incentive is applicable to a payment transaction at one of the plurality of merchants associated with the bank card network;
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- when the financial account is used in the processing of a payment transaction at a merchant:
- (i) receiving transaction-related information associated with the use of the financial account in the processing of the payment transaction at the merchant, wherein the transaction-related information comprises a merchant identifier;
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- (ii) determining, as a function of the identity of the merchant identifier whether the transaction incentive is applicable to the payment transaction.
A player tracking system, comprising:
- a player tracking computing system comprising one or more processors and non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause the player tracking system to:
- link a loyalty profile of a player with a financial account maintained by an issuer processor computing system on a bank card network;
- communicate with a loyalty computing system of a gaming environment to update the loyalty profile of the player based on transaction-related information received from the issuer processor computing system, wherein:
- the transaction-related information is associated with a plurality of payment transactions initiated at a plurality of merchants associated with the bank card network, wherein each of the plurality of payment transactions access funds maintained in the financial account;
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- and least one of the plurality of merchants is unaffiliated with the gaming environment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.