# US 12,217,569 B2 · Systems and methods for gaming account funding > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,217,569 B2 - Document ID: US12217569B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/604,591 - Filed: 2024-03-14 - Published: 2024-07-04 - Granted: 2025-02-04 - Earliest claimed: 2012-09-28 - Assignees: Sightline Payments LLC - Applicants: Sightline Payments LLC - Inventors: Kirk E. Sanford; Thomas M. Sears; Omer Sattar - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12217569B2 ## CPC - G07F 17/3241: {Security aspects of a gaming system, e.g. detecting cheating, device integrity, surveillance (computer security G06F21/00)} - G06Q 20/227: {characterised in that multiple accounts are available, e.g. to the payer} - G07F 17/3225: {Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users} - G07F 17/3239: {Tracking of individual players} - G07F 17/3251: {involving media of variable value, e.g. programmable cards, programmable tokens} - G07F 17/3255: {Incentive, loyalty and/or promotion schemes, e.g. comps, gaming associated with a purchase, gaming funded by advertisements} - G07F 17/3288: {Betting, e.g. on live events, bookmaking} - 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}) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract Systems and methods are disclosed for associating a player identifier with a financial account. The financial account can holds funds that are accessible through the player's use of a payment vehicle. The payment vehicle can be, for example, a credit payment vehicle or a debit payment vehicle. The player can load funds from the financial account to a wagering account. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computer-based method, the method comprising: associating in computer memory of one or more computing devices, a financial account of a player with a player account identifier of an online gaming environment, wherein the financial account holds a balance of funds maintained by a computing system; receiving, by any of the one or more computing devices, a request to transfer a first amount of funds from the financial account maintained by the computing system into an account maintained by a computing system of the online gaming environment, wherein the request to transfer comprises the player account identifier of the player, wherein the player account identifier is associated with the account having a balance maintained by the computing system of the online gaming environment; identifying, by any of the one or more computing devices, the financial account based on the association of the financial account and the player account identifier in the computer memory of the one or more computing devices; subsequent to determining that the requested transfer satisfies a velocity check instructing, by any of the one or more computing devices, the computing system to decrease the balance of the financial account; and subsequent to determining that the requested transfer satisfies the velocity check instructing, by any of the one or more computing devices, the casino computing system to increase the balance of the account, wherein the balance of the gaming account is usable for wagering within the online gaming environment. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The computer-based method of claim 1, wherein the account is a first account, the method further comprising: subsequent to the increase of the balance of the first account, receiving by any of the one or more computing devices, a request to transfer an amount of funds from the first account to a second account; causing, by any of the one or more computing devices, an increase of the balance of the financial account and a decrease of the balance of the first account; and causing, by any of the one or more computing devices, a decrease of the balance of the financial account and an increase of the balance of the second account. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The computer-based method of claim 1, wherein the account is a first account, the method further comprising: causing, by any of the one or more computing devices, a decrease of the balance of the first account and an increase of the balance of a second account. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The computer-based method of claim 3, the method further comprising: subsequent to the increase of the balance of second account, receiving by any of the one or more computing devices, a request to transfer an amount of funds from the second account to a third account; causing, by any of the one or more computing devices, an increase of the balance of the first account and a decrease of the balance of the second account; and causing, by any of the one or more computing devices, an increase of a balance of the third account and a decrease of the balance of the first account. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The computer-based method of claim 1, wherein the account is any of a wagering account and a casino level player account. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The computer-based method of claim 1, wherein the balance of the gaming account is usable for wagering subsequent to a delay. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The computer-based method of claim 1, wherein the financial account is associated with an open-loop payment vehicle. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The computer-based method of claim 7, wherein the open-loop payment vehicle is any of a debit payment vehicle and a credit payment vehicle. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The computer-based method of claim 8, wherein funds held in the financial account are usable for payment transactions at any of a plurality of merchants. ### Claim 10 A computer-based method, the method comprising: associating in computer memory of one or more computing devices, a financial account of a player with a player account identifier of an online gaming environment, wherein the financial account holds a balance of funds maintained by a computing system; receiving, by any of the one or more computing devices, a request to transfer a first amount of funds from the financial account maintained by the computing system and associated with the player account identifier of the online gaming environment into an account maintained by a computing system of the online gaming environment, wherein the request to transfer comprises the player account identifier of the player, wherein the player account identifier is associated with the account having a balance maintained by the computing system of the online gaming environment; determining, by any of the one or more computing devices, whether the requested transfer satisfies a velocity check; only if the requested transfer satisfies the velocity check, instructing, by any of the one or more computing devices, the computing system to decrease the balance of the financial account and the casino computing system to increase the balance of the account, wherein the balance of the account is usable for wagering. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The computer-based method of claim 10, wherein the account is a first account, the method further comprising: subsequent to the increase of the balance of the first account, receiving by any of the one or more computing devices, a request to transfer an amount of funds from the first account to a second account; causing, by any of the one or more computing devices, an increase of the balance of the financial account and a decrease of the balance of the first account; and causing, by any of the one or more computing devices, a decrease of the balance of the financial account and an increase of the balance of the second account. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The computer-based method of claim 10, wherein the account is a first account, the method further comprising: causing, by any of the one or more computing devices, a decrease of the balance of the first account and an increase of the balance of a second account. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The computer-based method of claim 12, the method further comprising: subsequent to the increase of the balance of second account, receiving by any of the one or more computing devices, a request to transfer an amount of funds from the second account to a third account; causing, by any of the one or more computing devices, an increase of the balance of the first account and a decrease of the balance of the second account; and causing, by any of the one or more computing devices, an increase of a balance of the third account and a decrease of the balance of the first account. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The computer-based method of claim 10, wherein the account is any of a wagering account and a casino level player account. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The computer-based method of claim 10, wherein increasing of the balance of the account occurs subsequent to a delay. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The computer-based method of claim 10, wherein the financial account is associated with an open-loop payment vehicle. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The computer-based method of claim 16, wherein the open-loop payment vehicle is any of a debit payment vehicle and a credit payment vehicle. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The computer-based method of claim 17, wherein funds held in the financial account are usable for payment transactions at any of a plurality of merchants.