Systems, devices, and methods for enabling interactions between a tag having conductive, coded ink and a gaming environment

A gaming device, comprising:

• a touch-capable user interface;
• a processor coupled with the touch-capable user interface;
• and
• a computer-readable storage medium, coupled with the processor, comprising instructions that are executable by the processor, wherein the instructions comprise instructions that:
• present, via the touch-capable user interface, a prompt for an input to be provided at the touch-capable user interface while a tag is placed into contact with the touch-capable user interface at a portion of the touch-capable user interface;
• detect a user gesture at the touch-capable user interface;
• confirm the user gesture corresponds to a valid authentication gesture;
• confirm the input is received at the portion of the touch-capable user interface while the tag is contacting the portion of the touch-capable user interface;
• in response to confirming the input is received at the portion of the touch-capable user interface while the tag is contacting the portion of the touch-capable user interface, in response to detection of the user gesture, and in response to confirming the user gesture corresponds to the valid authentication gesture, extract, via the touch-capable user interface, data encoded on the tag with an encoded physical medium that is readable by the touch-capable user interface;
• determine an output to provide via the touch-capable user interface based on the extracted data;
• and
• cause the touch-capable user interface to produce the determined output.

A mobile communication device, comprising:

• a touch-capable user interface;
• a communication interface;
• a processor coupled with the touch-capable user interface and with the communication interface;
• and
• a computer-readable storage medium, coupled with the processor, comprising instructions that are executable by the processor, wherein the instructions comprise instructions that:
• present, via the touch-capable user interface, a prompt for an input to be provided at the touch-capable user interface while a tag is placed into contact with the touch-capable user interface at a portion of the touch-capable user interface;
• detect the input at the touch-capable user interface, wherein the input comprises a combination of a user gesture and contact between the touch-capable user interface and the tag comprising data encoded thereon with an encoded physical medium that is readable by the touch-capable user interface;
• confirm the user gesture corresponds to a valid authentication gesture;
• confirm the input is received at the portion of the touch-capable user interface while the tag is contacting the portion of the touch-capable user interface;
• in response to confirming the input is received at the portion of the touch-capable user interface while the tag is contacting the portion of the touch-capable user interface and in response to confirming the user gesture corresponds to the valid authentication gesture, extract the data encoded on the tag with the encoded physical medium that is readable by the touch-capable user interface;
• transmit the extracted data to a code validation server via the communication interface;
• receive a response from the code validation server, wherein the response indicates that the extracted data comprises a valid identifier code;
• and
• cause the touch-capable user interface to produce an output based on receiving the response from the code validation server.