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US 11,636,730 B2Granted
System and method for coordinating transactions involving cashless wagering accounts and gaming establishment retail accounts
AssigneeIgt
InventorsKevin M. Higgins, Jeffery Shepherd, Erik Petersen, Lance Yuan, Mike Zarlenga, Dwayne A. Davis, Sina Miri
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Abstract
A system that interconnects multiple accounts associated with a gaming establishment.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- receive first data associated with a first gaming establishment account maintained by a first server associated with a gaming establishment,
- receive second data associated with a second gaming establishment account maintained by a second server associated with the gaming establishment, wherein the second server is not in communication with the first server and when the second data is received, fund data is not shareable between the first gaming establishment account and the second gaming establishment account, and
- communicate orchestration data which results in a display, by a display device, of a single view of balance information associated with each of the maintained gaming establishment accounts.
3 more elements
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- receive first data associated with a first gaming establishment account maintained by a first server associated with a gaming establishment,
- receive second data associated with a second gaming establishment account maintained by a second server associated with the gaming establishment, wherein the second server is not in communication with the first server, and
- after enabling the first server associated with the gaming establishment to communicate with the second server associated with the gaming establishment to facilitate a first transfer of fund data between the first gaming establishment account and the second gaming establishment account and responsive to an occurrence of an interruption event associated with the first server, enable a third server associated with the gaming establishment to communicate with the second server associated with the gaming establishment to facilitate a second transfer of fund data between the second gaming establishment account and a third gaming establishment account maintained by the third server, wherein prior to the occurrence of the interruption event associated with the first server, the third server was not in communication with the second server.
3 more elements
A method of operating a system, the method comprising:
- receiving first data associated with a first gaming establishment account maintained by a first server associated with a gaming establishment,
- receiving second data associated with a second gaming establishment account maintained by a second server associated with the gaming establishment, wherein the second server is not in communication with the first server and when the second data is received, fund data is not shareable between the first gaming establishment account and the second gaming establishment account, and
- communicating, by a processor, orchestration data which results in displaying, by a display device, a single view of balance information associated with each of the maintained gaming establishment accounts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.