System and method for providing monetary credits to a guest within a coverage area
First Claim
1. A method of providing monetary credits to a guest at a coverage area, comprising:
- receiving payment from said guest for said monetary credits;
reading an identification tag worn by said guest to obtain a tag identifier;
accessing a guest data object using said tag identifier; and
modifying information related to monetary credits in a data field of a guest data object based on an amount of said payment.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing monetary credits to guests at a coverage area. The system includes a service or kiosk system having an RFID reader, an input device, a network interface, and a processor, and a central server having a network interface, a non-volatile memory, and a processor. A guest pays for a desired amount of monetary credits and that information is entered into the service or kiosk system. A tag identifier is entered into the service or kiosk system by an RFID reader reading the identifier from a guest'"'"'s RFID tag. The service or kiosk system processor causes the transmission of the tag identifier and amount of monetary credits information to the central server. The central server processor then accesses a guest data object from the non-volatile memory, and modifies a monetary credits field of the guest data object based on the amount of monetary credits purchased.
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32 Claims
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1. A method of providing monetary credits to a guest at a coverage area, comprising:
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receiving payment from said guest for said monetary credits;
reading an identification tag worn by said guest to obtain a tag identifier;
accessing a guest data object using said tag identifier; and
modifying information related to monetary credits in a data field of a guest data object based on an amount of said payment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for purchasing monetary credits for making monetary transactions within a coverage area, comprising:
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a reader to read a tag identifier stored in an identification tag worn by a guest at said coverage area;
an input device to receive information related to a payment for said monetary credits;
a network interface to communicate with a central server; and
a processor to cause a transmission of said tag identifier and said payment information to said central server by way of said network interface. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21)
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19. A central server to facilitate transactions within a coverage area, comprising:
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a non-volatile memory to store a guest data object including a first data field containing information related to monetary credits;
a network interface to communicate with a service terminal or kiosk system; and
a processor to receive information related to a guest of said coverage area and information related to an amount of monetary credits to be purchased from said service terminal or kiosk system by way of said network interface, and to modify said monetary credits information based on said amount of monetary credits information.
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- 22. A guest data object stored in a memory comprising a first data field containing information related to monetary credits useful for making monetary transactions within a coverage area.
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25. A data structure stored in a memory defining a first data field for containing information related to an monetary credits useful for making monetary transactions within a coverage area.
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28. A method of selling monetary credits to a guest at a coverage area, comprising:
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receiving payment from said guest for said monetary credits; and
updating information related to monetary credits stored in a tag worn by said guest.
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31. A point-of-sale (POS) system, comprising:
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an input device to receive information related to an amount of monetary credits to be purchased by a guest within a coverage area;
a reader/writer to read and modify information related to monetary credits for making monetary transaction within a coverage area stored in a tag worn by a guest; and
a processor to receive said information related to said amount of monetary credits to be purchased and to cause said reader/writer to modify said information related to said monetary credits based on said information related to said amount of monetary credits to be purchased. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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