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US 2015/0317875 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for providing secure and anonymous cash-out and cash-in values in a gaming system
OwnerStanley P. Dabrowskiinventor
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for providing a payout to a player is disclosed. An ATM or ATM-like device is used to cash out of and cash into gaming devices with the player's fingerprint used to securely transfer the cash-in or cash-out data between the gaming device and the ATM. An embodiment is disclosed in which the information is passed between the ATM and the gaming device via a token.
Claims29
A method of providing a payout to a player, comprising:
- accepting a cash-out command in a gaming station having a first fingerprint sensor, the cash-out command associated with a payout value;
- sensing a fingerprint of the player with the first fingerprint sensor;
- generating first fingerprint data from the fingerprint sensed by the first fingerprint sensor;
- accepting a payout command in a payout station, the payout station comprising a payout device, the payout device communicatively coupled to the gaming station;
- sensing the fingerprint of the player with a second fingerprint sensor at the payout station;
- generating second fingerprint data from the fingerprint sensed by the second fingerprint sensor;
- after accepting the payout command in the payout station, comparing the first fingerprint data with the second fingerprint data;
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- paying out at least a portion of the payout value with the payout device based at least in part upon the between the first fingerprint data and the second fingerprint data.
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A system for providing a payout to a player, comprising:
- a gaming station, having:
- a first fingerprint sensor, for sensing a fingerprint of the player;
- a processor for accepting a cash-out command associated with a payout value and for generating first fingerprint sensor data from the fingerprint sensed by the first fingerprint sensor;
- a payout station, communicatively coupled to the gaming station and to a financial institution for completing a financial transaction with a customer of the financial institution, the payout station having:
- a second fingerprint sensor for sensing the fingerprint of the player;
- a second processor, communicatively coupled to the payout device and the second fingerprint sensor, for accepting a payout command and for generating second fingerprint data from the fingerprint sensed by the second fingerprint sensor;
- a payout device, communicatively coupled to the second processor, the payout device for paying out at least a portion of the payout value based at least in part upon a comparison between the first fingerprint data and the second fingerprint data;
- wherein the first fingerprint data is compared with the second fingerprint data after the payout command is accepted in the payout station.
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An apparatus for providing a payout to a player, comprising:
- means for accepting a cash-out command in a gaming station having a first fingerprint sensor, the cash-out command associated with a payout value;
- means for generating first fingerprint data from a fingerprint sensed by a first fingerprint sensor;
- means for accepting a payout command in a payout station, the payout station comprising a payout device, the payout device communicatively coupled to the gaming station;
- means for generating second fingerprint data from the fingerprint sensed by a second fingerprint sensor;
- means for comparing the first fingerprint data with the second fingerprint data after accepting the payout command in the payout station;
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- means for paying out at least a portion of the payout value with the payout device based at least in part upon the comparison between the first fingerprint data and the second fingerprint data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.