# US 12,002,327 B2 · System and method for transferring funds to and from a gaming establishment device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,002,327 B2 - Document ID: US12002327B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/534,019 - Filed: 2021-11-23 - Published: 2022-03-17 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2020-01-22 - Assignees: Igt - Applicants: Igt - Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd; Kevin Higgins - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12002327B2 ## CPC - G07F 17/3244: {Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes} - G07F 17/3223: {Architectural aspects of a gaming system, e.g. internal configuration, leader-follower, wireless communication} - G07F 17/3225: {Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users} - G07F 17/3241: {Security aspects of a gaming system, e.g. detecting cheating, device integrity, surveillance (computer security G06F21/00)} - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) ## Abstract Systems and methods that account for a current balance of funds of a target device, such as a gaming establishment device, when determining whether or not to transfer an amount of funds between the target device and an account associated with the amount of funds. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system comprising: a processor; and a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor responsive to a request of an amount of funds to be transferred from a gaming establishment account to a credit meter of an electronic gaming machine when an amount of funds displayed by the credit meter of the electronic gaming machine in an alphanumeric format and stored by a memory device of the electronic gaming machine is less than a designated credit meter amount of the electronic gaming machine and further responsive to a determination that a sum of the requested amount of funds to be transferred and the amount of funds displayed by the credit meter of the electronic gaming machine would be at least equal to the designated credit meter amount of the electronic gaming machine, cause the processor to decrease a probability that the electronic gaming machine becomes inoperable based on the amount of funds of the credit meter of the electronic gaming machine by causing a modification of the requested amount of funds to be transferred. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein a sum of the modified requested amount of funds to be transferred and the amount of funds displayed by the credit meter of the electronic gaming machine would be no more than the designated credit meter amount of the electronic gaming machine. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the designated credit meter amount of the electronic gaming machine is less than a maximum credit meter amount of the electronic gaming machine. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the gaming establishment account comprises a cashless wagering account. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the processor comprises a processor of a slot machine interface board in communication with a gaming establishment fund management system that maintains the gaming establishment account. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the processor comprises a processor of credit meter monitoring component in communication with a gaming establishment fund management system that maintains the gaming establishment account. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the memory device stores a plurality of further instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive data associated with the amount of funds displayed by the credit meter of the electronic gaming machine from a slot machine interface board in communication with a processor of the electronic gaming machine. ### Claim 8 A system comprising: a processor; and a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor responsive to a request of an amount of funds to be transferred from a gaming establishment account to a credit meter of an electronic gaming machine when an amount of funds displayed by the credit meter of the electronic gaming machine in an alphanumeric format and stored by a memory device of the electronic gaming machine is less than a designated credit meter amount of the electronic gaming machine and further responsive to a determination that a sum of the requested amount of funds to be transferred and the amount of funds displayed by the credit meter of the electronic gaming machine would be at least equal to the designated credit meter amount of the electronic gaming machine, cause the processor to decrease a probability that the electronic gaming machine becomes inoperable based on the amount of funds of the credit meter of the electronic gaming machine by rejecting the requested amount of funds to be transferred. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the designated credit meter amount of the electronic gaming machine is less than a maximum credit meter amount of the electronic gaming machine. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the gaming establishment account comprises a cashless wagering account. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the processor comprises a processor of a slot machine interface board in communication with a gaming establishment fund management system that maintains the gaming establishment account. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the processor comprises a processor of credit meter monitoring component in communication with a gaming establishment fund management system that maintains the gaming establishment account. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the memory device stores a plurality of further instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive data associated with the amount of funds displayed by the credit meter of the electronic gaming machine from a slot machine interface board in communication with a processor of the electronic gaming machine. ### Claim 14 A method of operating a system, the method comprising: responsive to a request of an amount of funds to be transferred from a gaming establishment account to a credit meter of an electronic gaming machine when an amount of funds displayed by the credit meter of the electronic gaming machine in an alphanumeric format and stored by a memory device of the electronic gaming machine is less than a designated credit meter amount of the electronic gaming machine and further responsive to a determination that a sum of the requested amount of funds to be transferred and the amount of funds displayed by the credit meter of the electronic gaming machine would be at least equal to the designated credit meter amount of the electronic gaming machine, decreasing a probability that the electronic gaming machine becomes inoperable based on the amount of funds of the credit meter of the electronic gaming machine by modifying, by a processor, the requested amount of funds to be transferred. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein a sum of the modified requested amount of funds to be transferred and the amount of funds displayed by the credit meter of the electronic gaming machine would be no more than the designated credit meter amount of the electronic gaming machine. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the designated credit meter amount of the electronic gaming machine is less than a maximum credit meter amount of the electronic gaming machine. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the gaming establishment account comprises a cashless wagering account. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the modification of the requested amount of funds to be transferred comprises a rejection of the requested amount of funds to be transferred. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the processor comprises one of: a processor of a slot machine interface board in communication with a gaming establishment fund management system that maintains the gaming establishment account, and a processor of credit meter monitoring component in communication with the gaming establishment fund management system that maintains the gaming establishment account. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising receiving data associated with the amount of funds displayed by the credit meter of the electronic gaming machine from a slot machine interface board in communication with a processor of the electronic gaming machine.