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US 2023/0142886 A1Published application
Gaming system and method for automatically transferring funds to a mobile device
AssigneeIgt
InventorDwayne R. Nelson
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to gaming systems and methods for facilitating an automatic transfer of funds to and from an electronic gaming machine via a mobile device.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- receive data associated with an amount of funds to be automatically transferred from a credit balance of a first electronic gaming machine, wherein the receipt of the data occurs responsive to an interruption event occurring in association with the first electronic gaming machine, the interruption event occurs independent of any inputs received via any input device of the first electronic gaming machine to cause a modification of the credit balance of the first electronic gaming machine, and the received data is associated with an identifier, and
- responsive to the identifier being subsequently associated with a second electronic gaming machine, communicate data associated with the amount of funds to the second electronic gaming machine to cause a modification of a credit balance of the second electronic gaming machine.
2 more elements
A device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor responsive to an interruption event occurring at an electronic gaming machine, cause the processor to:
- communicate data to the electronic gaming machine that results in a modification of a balance of the electronic gaming machine by an amount of funds, and
- cause a communication of data to a mobile device that results in the mobile device displaying a virtual ticket voucher associated with the amount of funds, wherein the interruption event occurs independent of any input made via any input device of the electronic gaming machine to cause the modification of the balance of the electronic gaming machine.
2 more elements
A method of operating a system, the method comprising:
- receiving data associated with an amount of funds to be automatically transferred from a credit balance of a first electronic gaming machine, wherein the receipt of the data occurs responsive to an interruption event occurring in association with the first electronic gaming machine, the interruption event occurs independent of any inputs received via any input device of the first electronic gaming machine to cause a modification of the credit balance of the first electronic gaming machine, and the received data is associated with an identifier, and
- responsive to the identifier being subsequently associated with a second electronic gaming machine, communicating data associated with the amount of funds to the second electronic gaming machine to cause a modification of a credit balance of the second electronic gaming machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.