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US 2026/0263908 A1Published application
Lottery ticket selling systems and methods of operation thereof that employ terminal interceptors for lottery terminals
AssigneeBrightstar Global Solutions Corporation
InventorsPaul Schneider, Apostolos D. Kallis, Christopher Lowrie
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Abstract
Lottery ticket selling systems and methods of operating the systems that enable the purchase of a draw lottery ticket using a ticket purchase identifier, wherein the system includes an electronic ticket retail server, a terminal interceptor, and a lottery terminal.
Claims20
A lottery ticket selling system comprising:
- a lottery terminal comprising a printer connector and a code reader connector that is connectable to a code reader;
- a lottery ticket printer associated with the lottery terminal and comprising a terminal connector that is connectable to the printer connector;
- a terminal interceptor comprising:
- a terminal code reader connector connected to the code reader connector of the lottery terminal;
- a terminal printer connector connected to the printer connector of the lottery terminal;
- a printer terminal connector connected to the terminal connector of the lottery ticket printer;
- and
- an interceptor processor and an interceptor memory device that stores a first plurality of instructions;
- and
- an electronic ticket retail server comprising a server processor and a server memory device that stores a second plurality of instructions, which when executed by the server processor, cause the server processor to:
- receive a lottery ticket order from a player electronic device associated with an original purchaser, the lottery ticket order comprising bet details for a purchase of a draw lottery ticket;
- generate a ticket purchase identifier for the draw lottery ticket prior to the purchase of the draw lottery ticket, wherein the original purchaser is uniquely identifiable using the ticket purchase identifier;
- generate bet slip data that comprises the bet details for the draw lottery ticket;
- and
- send the bet slip data to the terminal interceptor;
- wherein the first plurality of instructions stored on the interceptor memory device, when executed by the interceptor processor, cause the interceptor processor to:
- generate bet slip scan data based on the bet slip data;
- send the bet slip scan data to the lottery terminal via the terminal code reader connector to cause the purchase of the draw lottery ticket based on the bet slip scan data;
- receive a ticket image response from the lottery terminal via the terminal printer connector, the ticket image response comprising ticket details for the purchased draw lottery ticket;
- obtain the ticket details from the ticket image response and send the ticket details to the electronic ticket retail server;
- wherein the second plurality of instructions stored on the server memory device, when executed by the server processor, cause the server processor to:
- generate a ticket purchase trailer that comprises the ticket purchase identifier and send the ticket purchase trailer to the terminal interceptor;
- and
- wherein the first plurality of instructions stored on the interceptor memory device, when executed by the interceptor processor, cause the interceptor processor to:
- generate an augmented ticket image response based on the ticket image response and the ticket purchase trailer;
- and
- send the augmented ticket image response to the lottery ticket printer via the printer terminal connector to cause the lottery ticket printer to print the purchased draw lottery ticket, the printed draw lottery ticket comprising the ticket details and the ticket purchase trailer.
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A lottery ticket selling system comprising:
- a terminal interceptor comprising:
- a terminal code reader connector that is connectable to a code reader connector of a lottery terminal;
- a terminal printer connector that is connectable to a printer connector of the lottery terminal;
- a printer terminal connector that is connectable to a terminal connector of a lottery ticket printer;
- and
- an interceptor processor and an interceptor memory device that stores a first plurality of instructions;
- wherein the first plurality of instructions stored on the interceptor memory device, when executed by the interceptor processor, cause the interceptor processor to:
- receive, from an electronic ticket retail server, bet slip data that comprises bet details for a purchase of a draw lottery ticket for an original purchaser;
- generate bet slip scan data based on the bet slip data;
- send the bet slip scan data to the lottery terminal via the terminal code reader connector to cause the purchase of the draw lottery ticket based on the bet slip scan data;
- receive a ticket image response from the lottery terminal via the terminal printer connector, the ticket image response comprising ticket details for the purchased draw lottery ticket;
- obtain the ticket details from the ticket image response and send the ticket details to the electronic ticket retail server;
- receive a ticket purchase trailer that comprises a ticket purchase identifier, wherein the original purchaser is uniquely identifiable using the ticket purchase identifier;
- generate an augmented ticket image response based on the ticket image response and the ticket purchase trailer;
- and
- send the augmented ticket image response to the lottery ticket printer via the printer terminal connector to cause the lottery ticket printer to print the purchased draw lottery ticket, the printed draw lottery ticket comprising the ticket details and the ticket purchase trailer.
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A lottery ticket selling system comprising:
- a lottery ticket scanner;
- a terminal interceptor comprising:
- a terminal code reader connector that is connectable to a code reader connector of a lottery terminal;
- a terminal printer connector that is connectable to a printer connector of the lottery terminal;
- a printer terminal connector that is connectable to a terminal connector of a lottery ticket printer;
- and
- an interceptor processor and an interceptor memory device that stores a first plurality of instructions;
- and
- an electronic ticket retail server comprising a server processor and a server memory device that stores a second plurality of instructions, which when executed by the server processor, cause the server processor to:
- receive a lottery ticket order from a player electronic device associated with an original purchaser, the lottery ticket order comprising bet details for a purchase of a draw lottery ticket;
- generate a ticket purchase identifier for the draw lottery ticket prior to the purchase of the draw lottery ticket, wherein the original purchaser is uniquely identifiable using the ticket purchase identifier;
- generate bet slip data that comprises the bet details for the draw lottery ticket;
- and
- send the bet slip data to the terminal interceptor;
- wherein the first plurality of instructions stored on the interceptor memory device, when executed by the interceptor processor, cause the interceptor processor to:
- generate bet slip scan data based on the bet slip data;
- send the bet slip scan data to the lottery terminal via the terminal code reader connector to cause the purchase of the draw lottery ticket based on the bet slip scan data;
- receive a ticket image response from the lottery terminal via the terminal printer connector, the ticket image response comprising ticket details for the purchased draw lottery ticket;
- obtain the ticket details from the ticket image response and send the ticket details to the electronic ticket retail server;
- wherein the second plurality of instructions stored on the server memory device, when executed by the server processor, cause the server processor to:
- generate a ticket purchase trailer that comprises the ticket purchase identifier and send the ticket purchase trailer to the terminal interceptor;
- and
- wherein the first plurality of instructions stored on the interceptor memory device, when executed by the interceptor processor, cause the interceptor processor to:
- generate an augmented ticket image response based on the ticket image response and the ticket purchase trailer;
- send the augmented ticket image response to the lottery ticket printer via the printer terminal connector to cause the lottery ticket printer to print the purchased draw lottery ticket such that the lottery ticket scanner can scan the printed draw lottery ticket to obtain scanned draw lottery ticket data, the printed draw lottery ticket comprising the ticket details and the ticket purchase trailer;
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- receive the scanned draw lottery ticket data from the lottery ticket scanner and send the scanned draw lottery ticket data to the player electronic device via the electronic ticket retail server.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.