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US 11,145,161 B2Granted
Gaming system and method for providing incentives for transferring funds to and from a mobile device
AssigneeIgt
InventorsDwayne R. Nelson, Kevin M. Higgins
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems and methods for providing one or more incentives to a player in association with a mobile device facilitated transfer of funds to an electronic gaming machine and/or from the electronic gaming machine.
Claims16
A gaming system comprising:
- a display device;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- responsive to an occurrence of an incentive triggering event as a result of a wireless pairing with a mobile device associated with a mobile device application that facilitates access to a service independent of any play of any game:
- determine an incentive, and
- cause the display device to display the determined incentive, and responsive to an occurrence of a game triggering event, for a play of a game:
- determine a game outcome,
- cause the display device to display the determined game outcome,
- determine any award associated with the determined game outcome, and
- cause the display device to display any determined award associated with the determined game outcome.
8 more elements
A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising:
- responsive to an occurrence of an incentive triggering event as a result of a wireless pairing with a mobile device associated with a mobile device application that facilitates access to a service independent of any play of any game:
- determining, by a processor, an incentive, and
- displaying, by a display device, the determined incentive, and
- responsive to an occurrence of a game triggering event, for a play of a game:
- determining, by the processor, a game outcome,
- displaying, by the display device, the determined game outcome,
- determining, by the processor, any award associated with the determined game outcome, and
- displaying, by the display device, any determined award associated with the determined game outcome.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.