Lottery Game Gift Card System
AssigneePaul Francis Guziel
InventorsPaul F. Guziel, David J. Schorr
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Abstract
A method of creating a gift card device used to purchase lottery games from authorized Lottery retailers and then defer play to a later date. The play can be redeemed at any lottery retailers for instant/scratch tickets or terminal generated/numbers game tickets. Play can also be redeemed for digital scratch tickets or secure drawing/numbers game tickets (terminal generated games) via an Internet enabled device including PCs, cell phones, smart phones or PDAs.
Claims15
1) A device (card/wand/FOB) to store unique user identification that can query a database that stores activity related to a lottery game purchase
5) The method by which the device of claim 3 connects to the remote server to append/delete the database records of claim 7
7) The database used to store and track the device data for:
- a. Pre-purchased debit card amounts good for lottery game play
- b. Date of purchase activity
- c. Date of card Activation/Deactivation
- d. Tickets purchase and account of winnings on those games
- e. Individual player data associated with the card to add security
- f. Cardholder security information to identify the rightful owner in event of lost or stolen device/card
8) The method by which the dollar amounts stored in the database record can be used to redeem game play over open network channels
11) The data (paperless) lottery ticket game play that can be accessed via website or wireless communications device (smart phone/pda)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.