System for Printing Advertisements on a Ticket

• US 20130112744A1
• Filed: 11/02/2012
• Published: 05/09/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lottoads Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Mr. Neal Harley Landers
• Inventors: Landers, Neal Harley
• Granted Patent: US 9,076,161 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/375
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements

Abstract

Systems and methods for printing tickets are provided. In some embodiments, the printed ticket is a lottery ticket. According to a particular system provided in the present disclosure, the system comprises a server configured to manage the printing of tickets and advertisements. The system also comprises a ticket printing device operating in a predetermined location, the ticket printing device configured to print an advertisement on a ticket. A network is configured to enable communication between the server and the ticket printing device. The ticket printing device is configured to print the advertisement based at least on time parameters, the time parameters including at least a time period when an advertiser intends for the advertisement to be printed.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a server configured to manage the printing of tickets and advertisements;

a ticket printing device operating in a predetermined location, the ticket printing device configured to print an advertisement on a ticket;

a network configured to enable communication between the server and the ticket printing device;

wherein the ticket printing device is configured to print the advertisement based at least on time parameters, the time parameters including at least a time period when an advertiser intends for the advertisement to be printed.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the ticket printing device is configured to retrieve the advertisement from a database.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the database is housed with the server.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the ticket printing device comprises a memory device from which the advertisement is retrieved.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of ticket printing devices operating in a plurality of predetermined locations, wherein each ticket printing device is configured to print one or more advertisements.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the one or more advertisements are based at least on location parameters, the location parameters including the locations of one or more of the ticket printing devices where one or more advertisers intend for the one or more advertisements to be printed.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the network is a private network.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the ticket printing device is further configured to combine ticket information with advertisement information before printing the advertisement.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is a lottery server and the ticket is a lottery ticket.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the lottery ticket includes a lottery section separated from an advertisement section.

11. A ticket printing device comprising:

means for retrieving an advertisement from memory; and

means for printing the advertisement on a single ticket with ticket information;

wherein the ticket information includes information that entitles a bearer of the ticket to one or more privileges.

12. The ticket printing device of claim 11, wherein the means for printing is configured to print the advertisement and ticket information in one printing step.

13. The ticket printing device of claim 11, wherein the ticket information is pre-printed on the single ticket with a place holder for the advertisement.

14. The ticket printing device of claim 11, further comprising a memory device configured to store one or more advertisements.

15. The ticket printing device of claim 11, wherein the means for retrieving the advertisement comprises an interface configured to retrieve the advertisement from a remote database.

16. The ticket printing device of claim 11, wherein the single ticket is a lottery ticket.

17. The ticket printing device of claim 16, further comprising means for generating random numbers representing a plurality of lottery numbers to be printed on the lottery ticket.

18. The ticket printing device of claim 11, wherein the means for printing is configured to print the single ticket with a ticket section separated from an advertisement section, wherein the ticket section includes at least the ticket information and the advertisement section includes at least the advertisement.

19. The ticket printing device of claim 18, wherein the ticket section is above the advertisement section on the ticket.

20. The ticket printing device of claim 18, wherein the advertisement section is oriented at an angle with respect to the ticket section.

21. The ticket printing device of claim 18, wherein the advertisement section is printed with at least one of a quick response (QR) code and a barcode.

22. The ticket printing device of claim 18, further comprising means for creating a perforation separating the ticket section from the advertisement section.

23. The ticket printing device of claim 11, wherein the means for printing is configured to print at least the ticket information on one side of the ticket and print the advertisement on the other side of the ticket.

24. The ticket printing device of claim 11, wherein the advertisement is replaced with a default image when an error occurs during retrieval of the advertisement.