Cashless transaction clearinghouse
First Claim
1. An apparatus for facilitating the use of cashless instruments across separate gaming properties, each of which including at least one device that generates or validates cashless instruments, the apparatus comprising:
- a network interface allowing the apparatus to communicate with a plurality of cashless systems including the at least one device at each of the separate gaming properties; and
a processor configured or designed to (i) receive a cashless instrument validation request via the network interface from a first device coupled to a first cashless system and located at a first property for a cashless instrument presented for validation at the first property where the cashless instrument was generated at a second property (ii) in response to the cashless instrument validation request, send a message including information stored on the cashless instrument, via the network, to a second device coupled to a second cashless system at the second property requesting the validation of the cashless instrument using the information wherein, after validation, the cashless instrument is redeemable for at least game play credit, iii) validate a promotion stored on one of the cashless instruments.
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Abstract
A disclosed cashless instrument transaction clearinghouse includes a network interface allowing the cashless instrument transaction clearinghouse to communicate with a number of gaming properties and a processor configured to enable the validation of cashless instruments at a gaming property different from where the cashless instrument was generated. Methods are provided at the cashless instrument transaction clearinghouse and at the gaming properties that enable cashless instrument transactions across multiple gaming properties including multi-site promotions. In addition, methods are provided at the cashless instrument transaction clearinghouse that allow 1) a transfer of resources from an account at a first gaming property to an account or device at a second gaming property, 2) account information access, 3) generation of cashless transaction threads comprising a plurality of related cashless transaction, 4) awards and services based upon properties of a cashless transaction thread and 5) local resource accounts maintained at the clearinghouse.
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48 Claims
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1. An apparatus for facilitating the use of cashless instruments across separate gaming properties, each of which including at least one device that generates or validates cashless instruments, the apparatus comprising:
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a network interface allowing the apparatus to communicate with a plurality of cashless systems including the at least one device at each of the separate gaming properties; and a processor configured or designed to (i) receive a cashless instrument validation request via the network interface from a first device coupled to a first cashless system and located at a first property for a cashless instrument presented for validation at the first property where the cashless instrument was generated at a second property (ii) in response to the cashless instrument validation request, send a message including information stored on the cashless instrument, via the network, to a second device coupled to a second cashless system at the second property requesting the validation of the cashless instrument using the information wherein, after validation, the cashless instrument is redeemable for at least game play credit, iii) validate a promotion stored on one of the cashless instruments. - 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)
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31. An apparatus for facilitating the use of cashless instruments across separate gaming properties, each of which including at least one device that generates or validates cashless instruments, the apparatus comprising:
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a network interface allowing the apparatus to communicate a plurality of cashless systems including with the at least one device at each of the separate gaming properties; and a processor configured or designed to (i) receive a cashless instrument validation request via the network interface from a first device coupled to a first cashless system located at a first property for a cashless instrument presented for validation at the first property where the cashless instrument was generated at a second property (ii) in response to the cashless instrument validation request, send a message including information stored on the cashless instrument, via the network, to a second device coupled to a second cashless system at the second property requesting the validation of the cashless instrument using the information wherein, after validation, the cashless instrument is redeemable for at least game play credit, iii) transfer an instrument resource stored on the cashless instruments to an user account accessible to a game player. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method of validating a cashless instrument storing a promotion at a first property using an apparatus where the cashless instrument was generated at a second property, the method comprising,
receiving a first transaction validation request containing transaction information from a first device coupled to a first cashless system at the first property wherein the first transaction validation request requests validation of the cashless instrument storing the promotion wherein the apparatus is operable to at least receive transaction validation requests for cashless instruments redeemable for game play on a gaming machine; -
sending a second transaction validation request to a second device coupled to a second cashless system at the second property; receiving a first transaction validation reply from the second device; and sending a second transaction validation reply to the first device wherein the second transaction validation reply contains transaction information indicating whether the validation of cashless instrument storing the promotion has been approved or has been rejected. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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