Smart card and communcation network for betting or gaming system
OwnerChristopher Erhardt Latterinventor
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Abstract
There is disclosed a betting or gaming system comprising: a token having stored thereon an identity of a portal and an identity of an account; and a user device configured to retrieve the identity of the portal from the token, access the portal, retrieve the identity of the account from the token log onto the account using the identity, and present the account on a display for use with a value associated with the account, thereby to enable a user of the user device to engage in betting or gaming activity using the portal.
Claims20
A betting or gaming system comprising:
- a token having stored thereon a unique identity of an account;
- and
- a betting or gaming terminal configured to read the token and retrieve the account information, and to access the account information to retrieve a value associated with the account, and to permit betting activity at the betting or gaming terminal in dependence on the value of the account.
A betting or gaming system comprising:
- a token having stored thereon an identity of a portal and an identity of an account;
- and
- a user device configured to retrieve the identity of the portal from the token, access the portal, retrieve the identity of the account from the token log onto the account using the identity, and present the account on a display for use with a value associated with the account, thereby to enable a user of the user device to engage in betting or gaming activity using the portal.
A method of operating a betting or gaming system comprising:
- on a token:
- storing an identity of an account;
- and
- at a betting or gaming terminal:
- reading the token;
- retrieving the account information;
- accessing the account information to retrieve a value associated with the account;
- and
- permitting betting activity at the betting or gaming terminal in dependence on the value of the account.
A method of operating a betting or gaming system comprising:
- on a token:
- storing thereon an identity of a portal and an identity of an account;
- and
- at a user device:
- retrieving the identity of the portal from the token;
- accessing the portal;
- retrieving the identity of the account from the token;
- logging onto the account using the account identity;
- and
- presenting the account on a display for use with a value associated with the account, thereby to enable a user of the user device to engage in betting or gaming activity using the portal.
A token for use with a betting or gaming account, the token being configured to store an identifier identifying the betting or gaming account, and to be read by a point-of-sale terminal associated with a betting or gaming system, wherein the point-of sale system adds value to the betting or gaming account in dependence on a monetary transaction at the point-of-sale, the token being used for a betting or gaming transaction in dependence on the value associated with the account, such that the account value is decreased according to a bet value or gaming value, and is increased according to a winning bet value or gaming value, and wherein the point-of-sale terminal removes value from the betting or gaming account in dependence on a value associated with the account in dependence on a monetary transaction at the point of sale to remove value from the card.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.