US 7,099,035 B2 · Methods for voucher and coupon printing

Abstract

Methods are disclosed for driving a printer to print highly secure vouchers and less secure coupons. The printer can reside, for example, in a wagering terminal (e.g., slot machine), ticket machine, point-of-sale terminal or the like. A first driver receives, e.g., from a primary controller, data indicative of voucher information to be printed. A second driver receives, e.g., from a secondary controller, data indicative of coupon information to be printed. A processor responsive to the first and second drivers generates printer commands in a standard printer format so that the same printer can be used to print vouchers and coupons. Coupons do not have to be processed by the secure (and usually proprietary) hardware and/or software provided by the terminal manufacturer for printing vouchers.

Claims30

Dependent claims

A method for driving a printer, comprising:

receiving from a primary controller, at a first driver, data indicative of cash information to be printed;
receiving from a secondary controller, at a second driver, data indicative of non-cash information to be printed;
and
generating printer commands in a standard format for said printer in response to data received from said first and second drivers.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

11/102,458Filed 7 Apr 2005 · continuation in part

Priority

20 Dec 2002

Published

US 2005/0195432 A18 Sep 2005

Granted

29 Aug 2006

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

G07F 17/42
Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services: for ticket printing or like apparatus , e.g. apparatus for dispensing…
G06F 3/1204
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic…
G06F 3/1206
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in increased flexibility in input data format or job format or job type
G06F 3/1247
Job translation or job parsing, e.g. page banding: by conversion to printer ready format

Family

Application10/325,214Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 20 Dec 2002

US 2005/0195432 A1Pre-grant publication · published 8 Sep 2005

US 6,924,903 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part

US 2004/0120002 A1Published application

US 7,099,035 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

Methods for voucher and coupon printing

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Methods for voucher and coupon printing

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Abstract

Claims30