Emailing or texting as communication between mobile device and egm
AssigneeIgt
InventorsSteven G. LeMAY, Dwayne R. NELSON
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Abstract
A gaming system compatible with patron-controlled portable electronic devices, such as smart phones or tablet computers, is described. Via E-mailing or texting, a server can mediate communications between a user-controlled device, such as a mobile device, and an EGM. In one embodiment, for a transaction involving interactions with a user-controlled device and an EGM, the server can be configured to create a temporary e-mail or text message address. In particular embodiments, a transaction can involve transferring credits to or from the EGM or transferring game play related information from the EGM to a user specified location.
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A method in a server of performing a gaming transaction involving an electronic gaming machine (EGM), the method comprising:
- receiving a request from the EGM to initiate the gaming transaction;
- sending in a processor a temporary transaction address for a text or an e-mail message to the EGM in response to the received request, wherein the temporary transaction address is output on the EGM;
- opening in the processor a gaming transaction record for the gaming transaction;
- storing to the gaming transaction record by the processor a) the temporary transaction address, b) identification information for the EGM, c) a time at which the temporary transaction address is sent;
- d) at least one time parameter wherein the time parameter is used to determine whether to close the gaming transaction before it has been completed and e) a first status indicator indicating the gaming transaction is open;
- receiving in the processor the text or the e-mail message addressed to the temporary transaction address;
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- in response to receiving the text or the e-mail message, in the processor, completing the gaming transaction including i) updating the first status indicator to indicate the gaming transaction is closed and ii) setting a third status indicator to indicate the gaming transaction was completed.
A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions executed by a processor to perform a gaming transaction involving an EGM, the computer readable medium comprising:
- computer code for receiving a request from the EGM to initiate the gaming transaction;
- computer code for sending a temporary transaction address for a text or an e-mail message to the EGM in response to the received request, wherein the temporary transaction address is output on the EGM;
- computer code for opening a gaming transaction record for the gaming transaction;
- computer code for storing to the gaming transaction record a) the temporary transaction address, b) identification information for the EGM, c) a time at which the temporary transaction address is sent;
- d) at least one time parameter wherein the time parameter is used to determine whether to close the gaming transaction before it has been completed and e) a first status indicator indicating the gaming transaction is open;
- computer code for receiving the text or the e-mail message addressed to the temporary transaction address;
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- in response to receiving the text or the e-mail message, computer code for completing the gaming transaction including i) updating the first status indicator to indicate the gaming transaction is closed and ii) setting a third status indicator to indicate the gaming transaction was completed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.