US 2022/0092932 A1 · GAMING REWARDS TRACKING AND FULFILLMENT

Abstract

A system and methods for tracking and fulfillment of casino gift items. For instance, the system animates a list gifts that are available to the player account via a casino promotion. one or more of the gift items can be pre-selected before being earned. The pre-selected gift items appear on a user interface that combines content for the gift promotion with content for a wagering game played during the player account session. A progress meter, for each gift item, shows an incremental increase in rewards points until enough rewards points accrue to redeem the gift item, The system automatically interfaces with a store front that provides the gift item. The system transacts fulfillment of the gift redemption and initiates (via the store front) the shipment of the gift item directly to a mailing address associated with the player account.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

accessing, by a processor, a player account response to a login event associated with a gaming device;
animating, by the processor via the gaming device, available gift item data from an inventory for a gifting promotion;
detecting, by the processor in response to animating the available gift item data, a user selection of a gift item from the inventory;
determining, by the processor, that a level of wagering progress, by the player account toward obtaining the gift item, has reached a required progress level;
determining, by the processor via access to the player account, a mailing address associated with the player account;
and
requesting, by the processor via a. network, that a store front ship a. physical instance of the gift item to the mailing address.

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A gaming system comprising:

a network interface configured to connect to a communication network;
and
a processor configured to execute instructions, which when executed perform operations that cause the gaming system to:
access a player account in response to a login event associated with a gaming device;
animate available gift item data from a gift inventory for a gifting promotion;
detect, in response to animating the available gift item data, a user selection of a gift item from the gift inventory, wherein the gift item is accessible via a third-party store front;
determine that a level of wagering progress, by the player account toward obtaining the gift item, has reached a required progress level;
determine, via the access to the player account, a mailing address associated with the player account;
and
request, via the communication network, that the third-party store front ship a physical instance of the gift item to the mailing address.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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