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US 2014/0370960 A1Published application
Game activating token
OwnerBobby MOSLEY, Timothy CALDWELLinventors
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Abstract
System and methods for utilizing a game activating token are provided. The game activating token is received in a slot of a token reader and through a passageway to a reading region. An identifier transmitted by the game activating token is read while the token is in the reading region, and the identifier can be communicated to a gaming machine for activating a game.
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A system for receiving a game activating token, comprising:
- a token reader, comprising:
- a slot for receiving a game activating token having an associated identifier;
- an identifier reading component disposed within a reading region of a token reader and configured to receive the associated identifier from the game activating token located in the reading region;
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- an account information retrieving component for obtaining user account information associated with the associated identifier of the game activating token;
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- a gaming machine for obtaining the associated identifier of the game activating token or the user account information from the token reader.
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A method for providing an identifier of a game activating token, comprising:
- receiving the game activating token in a slot and through a passageway to a reading region;
- reading an identifier transmitted by the game activating token in the reading region;
- obtaining user account information associated with the identifier of the game activating token;
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- communicating the identifier or the user account information to a gaming machine for activating a game.
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A system for activating a game, comprising:
- a token reader for reading a radio frequency identifier (RFID) tag of a game activating token inserted into a slot of the token reader;
- an account information server for obtaining or providing user account information associated with the game activating token based at least in part on the RFID tag, wherein the user account information includes a value of the user account associated with the game activating token;
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- a gaming machine for receiving the value associated with the game activating token and initializing a game with a credit value based at least in part on the value associated with the game activating token.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.