Flexible loyalty points programs
First Claim
1. A gaming machine comprising:
- a master gaming controller designed or configured to i) control a game play sequence comprising a presentation of one or more games of chance on the gaming machine and ii) generate data for use in a loyalty program session; and
an input mechanism for reading data stored on a loyalty program instrument, said input mechanism comprising;
a non-physical contact data interface capable of reading the loyalty program instrument data without physical contact between the loyalty program instrument and the non-physical contact data interface;
wherein the gaming machine is operable to initiate the loyalty program session without contact between the loyalty program instrument and the non-physical contact data interface.
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Abstract
A disclosed a gaming machine includes an input mechanism with a non-physical contact data interface. The non-physical contact data interface may be capable of reading loyalty program data from a loyalty program instrument without contact between the loyalty program instrument and the non-physical contact data interface. The input mechanism with the non-physical contact data interface may be one of a bill validator, a bar-code reader and a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag reader. The loyalty program instrument may be a substrate including at least one of a 1-D bar-code printed on the substrate, a 2-D bar-code printed on the substrate, a symbol printed on the substrate, alpha-numeric character printed on the substrate, a RFID tag embedded in the substrate, a RFID tag printed on the substrate and combinations thereof. The loyalty program instrument may be used to store an index to a record in a database or a portable data file.
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1. A gaming machine comprising:
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a master gaming controller designed or configured to i) control a game play sequence comprising a presentation of one or more games of chance on the gaming machine and ii) generate data for use in a loyalty program session; and
an input mechanism for reading data stored on a loyalty program instrument, said input mechanism comprising;
a non-physical contact data interface capable of reading the loyalty program instrument data without physical contact between the loyalty program instrument and the non-physical contact data interface;
wherein the gaming machine is operable to initiate the loyalty program session without contact between the loyalty program instrument and the non-physical contact data interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73)
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74. A gaming system for communicating with wireless gaming devices and locating wireless gaming devices, said gaming system comprising:
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a plurality of wireless gaming devices capable of generating wireless signals;
a plurality of wireless signal receivers capable of receiving the wireless signals wherein a portion of the wireless signal receivers are located in gaming machines; and
a location server for determining a location of one or more of the wireless gaming devices and for tracking a status of the plurality of wireless gaming devices. - View Dependent Claims (75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87)
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