System and method for robotic ticket scratching via live remote mobile interface
AssigneePayrange Inc.
InventorsParesh K. Patel, Michael Kitchen
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Abstract
A controller is configured to obtain, from a first video camera in proximity to a ticket dispensing machine, a first video stream; transmit the first video stream to an application server for delivery to a user device; receive, from the application server, a dispense command for the ticket dispensing machine; cause the ticket dispensing machine to dispense, based on the dispense command, a ticket having a scratching area; receive a user-provided scratching command from the application server; and cause a robotic scratching device to scratch the scratching area in accordance with the scratching command.
Claims20
A system comprising one or more controllers configured to:
- obtain, from a first video camera in proximity to a ticket dispensing machine, a first video stream;
- transmit the first video stream to an application server for delivery to a user device;
- receive, from the application server, a dispense command for the ticket dispensing machine;
- cause the ticket dispensing machine to dispense, based on the dispense command, a ticket having a scratching area;
- receive a user-provided scratching command from the application server;
- and
- cause a robotic scratching device to scratch, or remove an opaque substance from, the scratching area of the ticket in accordance with the user-provided scratching command.
A method, comprising:
- at one or more controllers of a ticket processing system:
- obtaining, from a first video camera in proximity to a ticket dispensing machine, a first video stream;
- transmitting the first video stream to an application server for delivery to a user device;
- receiving, from the application server, a dispense command for the ticket dispensing machine;
- causing the ticket dispensing machine to dispense, based on the dispense command, a ticket having a scratching area;
- receiving a user-provided scratching command from the application server;
- and
- causing a robotic scratching device to scratch, or remove an opaque substance from, the scratching area of the ticket in accordance with the user-provided scratching command.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured for execution by a computer system, the one or more programs including instructions for:
- obtaining, from a first video camera in proximity to a ticket dispensing machine, a first video stream;
- transmitting the first video stream to an application server for delivery to a user device;
- receiving, from the application server, a dispense command for the ticket dispensing machine;
- causing the ticket dispensing machine to dispense, based on the dispense command, a ticket having a scratching area;
- receiving a user-provided scratching command from the application server;
- and
- causing a robotic scratching device to scratch, or remove an opaque substance from, the scratching area of the ticket in accordance with the user-provided scratching command.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.