Managing limitation rules for wagering accounts
AssigneeWMS Gaming Inc.
InventorsMark B. Gagner, Erhard W. Rathsack, Alfred Thomas
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Abstract
A wagering game account management system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations include assigning one or more money values to a graphical user interface control and linking the graphical user interface control to a credit account. The credit account is a third-party financial account from which a player account is authorized to borrow funds up to a credit limit. In some embodiments, the operations further include providing the graphical user interface control for presentation during a wagering game session associated with the player account.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- assigning one or more money values to a graphical user interface control;
- linking the graphical user interface control to a credit account, wherein the credit account is a third-party financial account from which a player account is authorized to borrow funds up to a credit limit;
- and
- providing, via at least one of one or more processors, the graphical user interface control for presentation during a wagering game session associated with the player account.
A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- one or more memory units configured to store instructions, which when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations to
- assign one or more money values to a graphical user interface control,
- link the graphical user interface control to a credit account, wherein the credit account is a third-party financial account from which a player account is authorized to borrow funds up to a credit limit, and
- provide the graphical user interface control for presentation during a wagering game session associated with the player account.
One or more non-transitory, machine-readable storage media having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a set of one or more processors cause the set of one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- assigning one or more money values to a graphical user interface control;
- linking the graphical user interface control to a credit account, wherein the credit account is a third-party financial account from which a player account is authorized to borrow funds up to a credit limit;
- providing the graphical user interface control for presentation during a wagering game session associated with the player account;
- detecting an activation of the graphical user interface control via user input during the wagering game session;
- and
- in response to the activation of the graphical user interface control, requesting a transfer, between the credit account and the player account, of an amount of money equal to at least one of the one or more money values.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.