Transferring awards via optical machine readable data representation images
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- establishing a credit balance at a stationary, freestanding gaming machine primarily dedicated for use in conducting wagering games, the credit balance funding wagers to play a first wagering game at the gaming machine independent of a mobile device;
receiving, via an electronic input device of the gaming machine, a cashout input that initiates a cashout of funds from the credit balance to a player account on a wagering account server;
receiving, via an electronic input device of the mobile device, a user input to access the funds from the player account; and
in response to the user input, issuing, by the mobile device to the wagering account server, a request indicating at least a portion of the funds from the player account for funding wagers to play a second wagering game at the mobile device independent of the gaming machine.
8 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Club cards and tickets can be eliminated by providing an application that allows a player'"'"'s mobile phone to process an image of an optical machine-readable representation of data. At the end of a wagering session on a WGM, the WGM can display a barcode representing a player'"'"'s winnings, an achievement, game status, etc. The player takes a picture of the barcode with his or her mobile phone. The application on the phone processes the barcode image and automatically updates an account of the player in accordance with the data represented or carried by the barcode. For instance, the mobile phone sends a request to a wagering account server to electronically deposit the winnings, as represented by the barcode, in a wagering account associated with the player'"'"'s club profile.
51 Citations
20 Claims
-
1. A method comprising:
-
establishing a credit balance at a stationary, freestanding gaming machine primarily dedicated for use in conducting wagering games, the credit balance funding wagers to play a first wagering game at the gaming machine independent of a mobile device; receiving, via an electronic input device of the gaming machine, a cashout input that initiates a cashout of funds from the credit balance to a player account on a wagering account server; receiving, via an electronic input device of the mobile device, a user input to access the funds from the player account; and in response to the user input, issuing, by the mobile device to the wagering account server, a request indicating at least a portion of the funds from the player account for funding wagers to play a second wagering game at the mobile device independent of the gaming machine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
-
-
8. A method comprising:
-
establishing a credit balance at a stationary, freestanding gaming machine primarily dedicated for use in conducting wagering games, the credit balance funding wagers to play a first wagering game at the gaming machine independent of a mobile device; and receiving, via an electronic input device of the gaming machine, an input that initiates a cashout of funds from the credit balance to a player account on a wagering game server, the funds in the player account being accessible from the mobile device to fund wagers to play a second wagering game at the mobile device independent of the gaming machine. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
-
-
14. A system comprising:
-
one or more controllers; and one or more non-transitory memory devices storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more controllers, cause the system to control a gaming system, the instructions comprising; instructions to establish a credit balance at a stationary, freestanding gaming machine primarily dedicated for use in conducting wagering games, the credit balance funding wagers to play a first wagering game at the gaming machine independent of a mobile device; instructions to receive, via an electronic input device of the gaming machine, an input that initiates a cashout of funds from the credit balance to a player account on a wagering game account server; instructions to receive, via an electronic input device of the mobile device, a user input to access the funds from the player account; instructions to, in response to the user input, issue, by the mobile device to the wagering account server, a request indicating at least a portion of the funds from the player account for funding wagers to play a second wagering game at the mobile device independent of the gaming machine. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
-
Specification