Mobile lottery terminal including features facilitating use by visually impaired ticket agents
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1. A mobile lottery terminal for use by a visually impaired ticket agent, comprising:
- a processor,a keypad in communication with the processor and including a plurality of keys, at least a subset of the plurality of keys having Braille identifiers;
a customer information input device in communication with the processor and configured to input information indicative of a customer-selected lottery number, wherein the customer information input device includes a lottery play slip reader including a bar code scanner;
a wireless communication input-output device in communication with the processor and configured to provide wireless communications between the mobile lottery terminal and a central lottery server;
a lottery ticket printer in communication with the processor; and
a housing dimensioned to be held in one hand, the housing containing the processor, containing the lottery ticket printer, and retaining the keypad, wherein the customer information input device is at least one of;
retained by the housing, or attached to the housing.
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Abstract
A mobile lottery terminal is disclosed. The mobile lottery terminal includes a processor. The mobile lottery terminal may include a Braille keypad in communication with the processor. The mobile lottery terminal may also include a customer information input device in communication with the processor and operable to input information indicative of a customer-selected lottery number. A system incorporating mobile lottery terminals and method of vending lottery tickets using mobile lottery terminals is also disclosed.
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1. A mobile lottery terminal for use by a visually impaired ticket agent, comprising:
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a processor, a keypad in communication with the processor and including a plurality of keys, at least a subset of the plurality of keys having Braille identifiers; a customer information input device in communication with the processor and configured to input information indicative of a customer-selected lottery number, wherein the customer information input device includes a lottery play slip reader including a bar code scanner; a wireless communication input-output device in communication with the processor and configured to provide wireless communications between the mobile lottery terminal and a central lottery server; a lottery ticket printer in communication with the processor; and a housing dimensioned to be held in one hand, the housing containing the processor, containing the lottery ticket printer, and retaining the keypad, wherein the customer information input device is at least one of;
retained by the housing, or attached to the housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A mobile lottery terminal, comprising:
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a processor, a keypad in communication with the processor and including a plurality of keys; a customer input device in communication with the processor and configured to receive information indicative of a lottery number selected by a ticket purchaser by reading a lottery play slip, the customer input device including a bar code scanner; an agent input device in communication with the processor and configured to receive input from a ticket; a lottery ticket printer in communication with the processor; a wireless communication input-output device in communication with the processor and configured to allow wireless communication between the mobile lottery terminal and a central lottery server; and a housing dimensioned to be held in one hand, the housing containing the processor and the lottery ticket printer and retaining the agent input device, wherein the customer information input device is at least one of;
retained by the housing, or attached to the housing. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A mobile lottery terminal for use by a visually impaired ticket agent, comprising:
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a processor; a keypad in communication with the processor, the keypad including a plurality of keys which are tactilely distinct, the keypad configured to provide inputs to the processor from the ticket agent; a lottery play slip reader including a bar code scanner; an audio output device in communication with the processor; a wireless communication input-output device in communication with the processor and configured to provide wireless communications between the mobile lottery terminal and a central lottery server; a lottery ticket printer in communication with the processor and configured to print lottery tickets including user-selected lottery numbers; and a housing dimensioned to be held in one hand, the housing containing the processor and retaining the keypad, wherein the lottery play slip reader is at least one of;
retained by the housing, or attached to the housing. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A lottery system, comprising:
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a central lottery server; and a plurality of mobile lottery terminals further comprising an input device including a bar code scanner, the input device configured to receive a customer-selected lottery number by reading a lottery play slip, a keypad in communication with the processor and including a plurality of keys, a printer configured to printer lottery tickets including the customer-selected lottery number, a wireless communications input-output device configured to provide communications between the mobile lottery terminals and the central lottery server including transmission of the customer-selected lottery number from the mobile lottery terminal to the central server; and a housing dimensioned to be held in one hand, wherein each of the input device and the wireless communications input-output device is at least one of;
retained by the housing, or attached to the housing.
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39. A mobile lottery terminal comprising:
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a processor; a keypad in communication with the processor and having a plurality of keys, at least a subset of the keys including Braille identifiers; an input device configured to receive information indicative of a customer-selected lottery number by reading a lottery play slip, said input device including at least one of a smart card reader, a bar code scanner, and a magnetic stripe card reader; a wireless network input-output device in communication with the processor and configured to send a customer-selected lottery number toward a central lottery sewer via a wireless network; a display in communication with the processor; an audio output device configured to produce a set of distinct tones, each of the distinct tones respectively associated with one of the keys of the keypad and produced by the audio output device in response to the activation of the respectively associated key; a printer in communication with the processor and configured to print a lottery ticket including a customer-selected lottery number; and a housing dimensioned to be held in one hand, the housing containing the processor and retaining the keypad, wherein the input device is at least one of;
retained by the housing, or attached to the housing.
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40. A method of vending a lottery ticket, comprising:
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receiving a request to purchase a lottery ticket at a mobile lottery terminal having an input device including a bar code scanner, the input device configured to read information from a lottery play slip, a keypad in communication with the processor and including a plurality of keys, a printer configured to print a lottery ticket, a wireless input-output device configured to provide a wireless connection with a central lottery server, and a housing dimensioned to be held in one hand, wherein each of the input device, printer, and wireless input-output device is at least one of;
retained by the housing, or attached to the housing;receiving information indicative of a customer-selected lottery number by reading the information from a lottery play slip with the input device at the mobile lottery terminal; transmitting the customer-selected lottery number from the mobile lottery terminal toward a central lottery server via a wireless connection with the wireless input-output device; printing a lottery ticket at the mobile lottery terminal with the lottery ticket printer, the lottery ticket including the customer-selected lottery number. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43)
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