Radio frequency identifiers in game tickets
AssigneeGTECH Rhode Island Corporation
InventorRichard Meehan
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Abstract
Game ticketing systems and methods provide for the use of radio frequency identifiers (RFIDs). Game tickets such as instant lottery tickets include a substrate having game data and a removable mask covering the game data. A transponder is coupled to the substrate where the transponder stores a ticket RFID that defines a validation code of the game ticket. Game tickets can therefore be dispensed to consumers, validated and tracked using the ticket RFIDs.
Claims37
A method of dispensing game tickets, comprising:
- receiving a ticket request;
- selecting a game ticket based on the ticket request;
- reading the ticket radio RFID from a memory of the game ticket;
- sending information contained in the ticket RFID and an activation request toward a host computer;
- activating the game ticket based on a ticket radio frequency identifier (RFID) that defines a validation code of the game ticket;
- receiving an activation reply, wherein the activation reply includes a security code which indicates whether the game ticket has been activated and whether the game ticket is a winning ticket;
- writing the security code to the memory of the lottery ticket;
- and
- dispensing the game ticket if the activation reply indicates that the game ticket is valid.
A method of validating game tickets, comprising:
- receiving a validation request;
- reading a ticket radio frequency identifier (RFID) from a memory of a game ticket based on the request, the ticket RFJD defining a validation code corresponding to the game ticket;
- and
- reading a security code from the memory of the game ticket, the security code to indicate whether the game ticket has been activated and whether the game ticket is a winning ticket;
- and
- generating a validation message based on the security code.
A machine readable medium comprising a set of stored instructions capable of being executed to:
- receive a validation request;
- read a ticket radio frequency identifier (RFID) from a memory of a game ticket based on the request, the ticket RFID defining a validation code corresponding to the game ticket;
- and
- reading a security code from the memory of the game ticket, the security code indicating whether the game ticket has been activated.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a machine readable storage medium including a set of stored instructions capable of being executed by the processor to receive a validation request and read a ticket radio frequency identifier (RFID) from a memory of a game ticket based on the request, the ticket RED defining a validation code corresponding to the game ticket, and to read a security code from the memory of the game ticket, the security code to indicate whether the game ticket has been activated.
A game ticket comprising:
- a substrate including game data and a removable mask covering the game data;
- a memory on the game ticket storing a code to indicate whether the game ticket has been activated;
- and
- a transponder coupled to the substrate, the transponder storing a ticket radio frequency identifier (REID) that defines a validation code of the game ticket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.