Instant anonymous account creation
AssigneeIgt
InventorsBinh T. Nguyen, Brian Underdahl
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Abstract
A device and method is provided to create an anonymous account to play a wager-based game of chance on an mobile gaming device comprises obtaining a cashless ticket voucher having a unique identifier, the cashless ticket voucher having a monetary value, inputting the unique identifier into the mobile gaming device to expend the monetary value of the cashless ticket voucher, validating the unique identifier, and generating a game of chance on the mobile gaming device if the unique identifier is validated.
Claims71
A portable gaming device adapted to play at least one wager-based game, comprising:
- a communication interface adapted to communicate with a remote gaming server;
- a display;
- an input mechanism to receive a unique identifier of a cashless ticket voucher;
- a controller operatively coupled to the display, communication interface, and the input mechanism;
- and
- a validator operatively coupled to the controller to transmit the unique identifier to the remote gaming server for validation, the validator to receive an approval or a rejection message from the remote gaming server;
- wherein the controller is programmed to cause the display to generate a game display relating to the at least one wager-based game and display an outcome of the at least one wager-based game if an approval message is received by the validator.
A validation server, comprising:
- an interface to receive a cashless ticket voucher unique identifier;
- and
- a confirmation number database having a list of confirmation numbers of distributed cashless ticket vouchers;
- wherein the unique identifier is matched to a confirmation number, and wherein an approval message is transmitted to a remote gaming server if a match is found.
A mobile gaming network, comprising:
- a validation server, comprising:
- an interface to receive a cashless ticket voucher unique identifier;
- and
- a confirmation number database having a list of confirmation numbers of distributed cashless ticket vouchers;
- wherein the unique identifier is matched to a confirmation number;
- at least one portable gaming device to play at least one wager-based game, comprising:
- a communication interface adapted to communicate with a remote gaming server;
- a display;
- an input mechanism to receive the unique identifier;
- a controller operatively coupled to the display, communication interface, and the input mechanism;
- and
- a validator operatively coupled to the controller to transmit the unique identifier to the remote gaming server for validation, the validator to receive an approval or a rejection message from the remote gaming server;
- wherein an approval message is relayed from the validation server to the remote gaming server if a match is found;
- and
- wherein the controller is programmed to cause the display to generate a game display relating to the at least one wager-based game and display an outcome of the at least one wager-based game if an approval message is received by the validator.
A method for creating an anonymous account to play a game of chance, comprising:
- forming a cashless ticket voucher via a first device, the cashless ticket voucher having a unique identifier and a monetary value;
- inputting the unique identifier into a second device to expend the monetary value of the cashless ticket voucher;
- forwarding the unique identifier to a validation server to validate the cashless ticket voucher;
- and
- generating the game of chance on the second device if the unique identifier is validated.
A method for creating an anonymous account to play a game of chance on a mobile gaming device, comprising:
- forming a cashless ticket voucher having a unique identifier, the cashless ticket voucher having a monetary value;
- inputting the unique identifier into the mobile gaming device to expend the monetary value of the cashless ticket voucher;
- validating the unique identifier;
- and
- generating a game of chance on the mobile gaming device if the unique identifier is validated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.