METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING HOTEL TRANSACTIONS FROM A GAMING DEVICE

• US 20060252524A1
• Filed: 06/30/2006
• Published: 11/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Daniel E. Tedesco, Geoffrey M. Gelman, James Jorasch, Jay S. Walker, Michael D. Downs, Scott T. Friesen
• Original Assignee: Daniel E. Tedesco, Geoffrey M. Gelman, James Jorasch, Jay S. Walker, Michael D. Downs, Scott T. Friesen
• Inventors: Jorasch, James A., Tedesco, Daniel E., Gelman, Geoffrey M., Downs, Michael D., Walker, Jay S., FRIESEN, Scott T.
• Application Number:
  US11/427,876
• Publication Number:
  US 20060252524A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/29
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/18 involving self-service terminals [SST], vending machines, kiosks or multimedia terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3239 Tracking of individual players
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3255 Incentive, loyalty and/or promotion schemes, e.g. comps, gaming associated with a purchase, gaming funded by advertisements

Abstract

A customer may be permitted to use a gaming device such as a slot machine to manage various transactions related to a hotel, such as checking in and/or checking out of the customer'"'"'s room at the hotel. A customer may receive a benefit in exchange for using a gaming device for a transaction.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a player identifier at a gaming device;

assigning a hotel room to a player identified by the player identifier; and

using the gaming device to communicate to the player information regarding the assigning of the hotel room.

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