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US 2019/0197830 A1Published application
System and method for utilizing virtual ticket vouchers
AssigneeIgt
InventorsErik Petersen, Kevin Higgins, Adrian Marcu
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to a system that utilizes virtual ticket vouchers in association with one or more transactions involving one or more components of a gaming establishment ecosystem.
Claims19
A system comprising:
- a gaming establishment component processor;
- and
- a gaming establishment component memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the gaming establishment component processor, cause the gaming establishment component processor to:
- receive first data associated with:
- a virtual ticket voucher accessible via a mobile device application of a mobile device, said virtual ticket voucher associated with a value, and
- an identification of a player associated with the virtual ticket voucher,
- separate from the mobile device and the mobile device application, store said first data, and
- upon an occurrence of a mobile device failure event and a stored virtual ticket voucher retrieval event, communicate the first data associated with the virtual ticket voucher to a ticket redemption device.
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A system comprising:
- a gaming establishment component processor;
- and
- a gaming establishment component memory device which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the gaming establishment component processor, cause the gaming establishment component processor to:
- responsive to an occurrence of a virtual ticket voucher transfer event occurring in association of a first mobile device application of a first mobile device, communicate first data associated with a virtual ticket voucher electronically transferred from the first mobile device to a second mobile device, wherein said virtual ticket voucher is associated with a value and the second mobile device is different from the first mobile device, and
- thereafter, enable a user associated with the second mobile device to make an input, via the second mobile device, to cause a balance of a gaming establishment device to be modified based on the value associated with said virtual ticket voucher.
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A method of operating a system, said method comprising:
- receiving first data associated with:
- a virtual ticket voucher accessible via a mobile device application of a mobile device, said virtual ticket voucher associated with a value, and
- an identification of a player associated with the virtual ticket voucher,
- separate from the mobile device and the mobile device application, storing said first data, and
- upon an occurrence of a mobile device failure event and a stored virtual ticket voucher retrieval event, communicating the first data associated with the virtual ticket voucher to a ticket redemption device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.