Gaming machine system operable with general purpose charge cards
First Claim
1. A method of using information concerning a first account maintained at a first institution for use in playing games of chance played on a gaming machine at a location which is remote from and is different from said first institution, comprising the steps of:
- causing information concerning said first account to be received by said gaming machine;
accessing a gaming account having one or more subaccounts at a processing facility based on information concerning said first account;
conditioning said gaming machine in accordance with said gaming account to permit plays thereon;
maintaining information about said plays on said gaming machine; and
selectively causing said gaming machine to transmit information respecting said plays to said processing facility for maintaining said gaming account.
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Abstract
A player feeds a general purpose charge card, such as a VISA, MasterCard or AMERICAN EXPRESS card, or an account identification to a reader at a gaming machine or enters on a keyboard or other input device, information relating to the general purpose charge card or account identification for transmission to a transaction processing facility. The processing facility associates the account information with a gaming account and determines whether to grant a user request. If the request is granted, the gaming machine is enabled and thereafter one or more running net credit balances are kept by accounting for win-lose-draws. After the playing session is over, net playing credit information is automatically transmitted to the transaction processing facility.
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Citations
30 Claims
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1. A method of using information concerning a first account maintained at a first institution for use in playing games of chance played on a gaming machine at a location which is remote from and is different from said first institution, comprising the steps of:
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causing information concerning said first account to be received by said gaming machine; accessing a gaming account having one or more subaccounts at a processing facility based on information concerning said first account; conditioning said gaming machine in accordance with said gaming account to permit plays thereon; maintaining information about said plays on said gaming machine; and selectively causing said gaming machine to transmit information respecting said plays to said processing facility for maintaining said gaming account. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of using information concerning a first account maintained at a first institution for use in playing games of chance played on a gaming machine at a location which is remote from and is different from said first institution, comprising the steps of:
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causing information concerning said first account to be received by said gaming machine; opening a gaming account at a processing facility based on information concerning said first account; conditioning said gaming machine in accordance with said gaming account to permit plays thereon; maintaining information about said plays on said gaming machine; and selectively causing said gaming machine to transmit information respecting said plays to said processing facility for maintaining said gaming account. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A method of using information concerning a first account maintained at a first institution for use in playing games of chance played on a gaming machine at a location which is remote from and is different from said first institution, comprising the steps of:
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causing information concerning said first account to be received by said gaming machine; accessing a gaming account at a processing facility based on information concerning said first account; conditioning said gaming machine in accordance with said gaming account to permit plays thereon; maintaining information about said plays on said gaming machine; selectively causing said gaming machine to transmit information respecting said plays to said processing facility for maintaining said gaming account; and linking one or more accounts maintained by one or more institutions with said gaming account. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus for using information concerning a first account maintained at a first institution for enabling games of chance to be played on a gaming machine at a location which is remote from and is different from said first institution, comprising:
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means for causing information concerning said first account to be received by said gaming machine; means for accessing a gaming account at a processing facility based on information concerning said first account; means for conditioning said gaming machine in accordance with said gaming account to permit plays thereon; means for maintaining information about said plays on said gaming machine; and means for selectively causing said gaming machine to transmit information respecting said plays to said processing facility for maintaining said gaming account; said gaming account having one or more subaccounts. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An apparatus for using information concerning a first account maintained at a first institution for enabling games of chance to be played on a gaming machine at a location which is remote from and is different from said first institution, comprising:
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means for causing information concerning said first account to be received by said gaming machine; means for opening a gaming account at a processing facility based on information concerning said first account; means for conditioning said gaming machine in accordance with said gaming account to permit plays thereon; means for maintaining information about said plays on said gaming machine; and means for selectively causing said gaming machine to transmit information respecting said plays to said processing facility for maintaining said gaming account. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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27. An apparatus for using information concerning a first account maintained at a first institution for enabling games of chance to be played on a gaming machine at a location which is remote from and is different from said first institution, comprising:
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means for causing information concerning said first account to be received by said gaming machine; means for accessing a gaming account at a processing facility based on information concerning said first account; means for conditioning said gaming machine in accordance with said gaming account to permit plays thereon; means for maintaining information about said plays on said gaming machine; means for selectively causing said gaming machine to transmit information respecting said plays to said processing facility for maintaining said gaming account; and means for linking one or more accounts maintained by one or more institutions with said gaming account. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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