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US 2012/0262735 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for gaming promotional printer
AssigneeFuturelogic, Inc.
InventorMark Meyerhofer
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AssigneeFuturelogic, Inc.
InventorMark Meyerhofer
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A method and apparatus for a promotional module for use within a cashless enabled gaming machine or vending machine are disclosed. A promotional module includes a coupon database describing a stack of coupons that are specified using a template based couponing printer language. A coupon is selected for creation and issued to a user or player or user based on a matrix of event-based triggers involving factors or parameters known to the promotional module directly or supplied by a master promotional controller. Triggers may include the time of day, the date or amount of a cash out voucher to be issued to the user or player, the duration of play on a gaming machine, a player classification, the amount of money or credits added to a game, or a random frequency of coupon issuance having satisfied any or all of the aforementioned factors.
A method of printing a promotional coupon by a gaming machine, comprising:
The method of claim 38, wherein the coupon data includes a trigger control parameter, and wherein generating by the promotional module the promotional coupon printing information further comprises using the trigger control parameter.
A promotional module comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.