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US 2013/0190073 A1Published application
Networkless ticketing solution
AssigneeFuturelogic, Inc.
InventorsJohn Edmunds, Robert Denham, Fivos Polymniou
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for networkless vouchering or ticketing. A Networkless Ticketing Solution (NTS) includes an NTS system control card connected to a gaming machine controller of a gaming machine. The NTS system control card receives cashout information from the gaming machine controller and instructs an NTS printer to print encrypted cashout vouchers or tickets. A redemption device scans the encrypted vouchers or tickets and provides a display to a cashier for cashing out the vouchers or tickets.
Claims20
A method of providing networkless ticketing, comprising:
- generating, by a control card, an encryption key;
- transmitting, by the control card to a printer, the encryption key;
- printing, by the printer, as first computer-readable indicia, the encryption key onto a ticket;
- scanning, by a redemption device, the first computer-readable indicia to determine the encryption key;
- receiving, by the control card from a gaming machine controller, a cashout amount for a player playing a gaming machine controlled by the gaming machine controller;
- encrypting the cashout amount by the control card using the previously generated encryption key;
- transmitting, by the control card, the encrypted cashout amount to the printer;
- printing, by the printer, the encrypted cashout amount in second computer-readable indicia onto a cashout ticket;
- scanning, by the redemption device, the second computer-readable indicia from the cashout ticket;
- using, by the redemption device, the previously determined encryption key to decrypt the encrypted cashout amount read from the second computer readable indicia on the cashout ticket;
- and
- displaying, by the redemption device, the cashout amount.
9 more elements
A networkless ticketing system, comprising:
- a network control card constructed to:
- generate an encryption key;
- transmit, to a printer, the encryption key;
- receive, from a gaming machine controller, a cashout amount for a player playing a gaming machine controlled by the gaming machine controller;
- encrypt the cashout amount using the previously generated encryption key;
- and
- transmit, to the printer, the encrypted cashout amount;
- the printer constructed to:
- print, as first computer-readable indicia, the encryption key onto a ticket;
- and
- print, as second computer-readable indicia, the encrypted cashout amount onto a cashout ticket;
- and
- a redemption device constructed to:
- scan the first computer-readable indicia from the ticket to determine the encryption key;
- scan the second computer-readable indicia from the cashout ticket;
- use the previously determined encryption key to decrypt the encrypted cashout amount read from the second computer readable indicia of the cashout ticket;
- and
- display the cashout amount.
15 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.