Systems and methods for administration of non-wagering account associated with gaming environment
AssigneeSightline Interactive LLC
InventorsKirk E. Sanford, Thomas M. Sears, Omer Sattar
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Abstract
A transaction facilitation system is disclosed that is configured to affect substantially real-time crediting and debiting of a gaming accounts maintained within a gaming environment and structured to communicate by a private restricted communication link with an issuing financial institution of a stored value account to effect real-time crediting and debiting of the stored value account. Financial transactions using the stored value account can be and used customer relationship purposes.
Claims20
A computer-based method of transferring funds between a stored value account and a gaming account, the method comprising:
- receiving, by one or more computing devices, a player identifier of a player, wherein the player identifier is associated with a gaming account having a balance maintained by a casino computing system;
- identifying, by any of the one or more computing devices, a stored value account based at least partially on the player identifier, wherein the stored value account is associated with a stored value payment vehicle issued to the player, and wherein a balance of the stored value account is maintained by an issuer processor computing system;
- instructing, by any of the one or more computing devices, the issuer processor computing system to decrease the balance of the stored value account;
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- instructing, by any of the one or more computing devices, the casino computing system to increase the balance of the gaming account.
A computer-based method of funding an account associated with a player, comprising:
- receiving, by a transaction facilitator computing system, a load request, wherein the load request comprises a request to load player funds to a stored value account associated with a stored value payment vehicle, wherein the stored value account has a balance amount that is maintained by an issuer processor computing system;
- receiving, by the transaction facilitator computing system, player funds information, wherein the player funds information comprises at least a total value of the player funds;
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- instructing, by the transaction facilitator computing system, the issuer processor computing system to increase the balance amount of the stored value account based on the total value of the player funds.
A system for a gaming environment comprising:
- a stored value payment vehicle issued to a player, wherein funds accessible by the stored value payment vehicle are maintained in a stored value account and are accessible through a payment network;
- a gaming account to hold funds for the player;
- a loyalty account assigned to the player, wherein the loyalty account is maintained by a customer management system, wherein the loyalty account assigned to the player is associated with the stored value account;
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- at least one processor and non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon which when executed by a processor cause the processor to:
- selectively cause the funds maintained in the stored value account to be decreased;
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- selectively cause the funds held by the gaming account to be increased.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.