Token authentication
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1. A method of providing a portable gaming token, the method comprising:
- assigning an identification number to the portable gaming token;
assigning authentication data to the identification number wherein the authentication data corresponds to security information obtained from an entitled token owner of the portable gaming token, the security information selected from first biometric information associated with the entitled token owner, information that the entitledtoken owner knows, and authentication information stored on an authentication object that the entitled token owner possesses, where the authentication data is assigned to the portable gaming token for security to restrict transactions ofvalue with the portable gaming token in game play on a gaming machine, game play at a gaming table, andredemption for cash or prizes to the entitled token owner who can present security information corresponding to the authentication data for verification in order to authorize negotiation of the portable gaming token for value, wherein presenting the security information includes the entitled token owner presenting the authentication object;
storing the assigned authentication data and the identification number;
providing the portable gaming token to the entitled owner of the portable gaming token from whom the security information is obtained, and providing value to the entitled owner in a transaction for value with the portable token wherein the entitled owner surrenders the portable gaming token to complete the transaction.
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Abstract
Methods and devices are described that authenticate portable tokens, such as plastic tokens used in casinos on card tables. The systems and methods assign authentication data to a token. The authentication data is verified when a person tries to redeem value on the token. A person'"'"'s authentication data may be acquired via an interface provided by a gaming machine, for example, and the authentication data stored so that the authentication information is later be read when someone tries to redeem value on the token. Only a person who presents the tokens and authentication data could then negotiate such tokens.
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55 Claims
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1. A method of providing a portable gaming token, the method comprising:
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assigning an identification number to the portable gaming token; assigning authentication data to the identification number wherein the authentication data corresponds to security information obtained from an entitled token owner of the portable gaming token, the security information selected from first biometric information associated with the entitled token owner, information that the entitled token owner knows, and authentication information stored on an authentication object that the entitled token owner possesses, where the authentication data is assigned to the portable gaming token for security to restrict transactions of value with the portable gaming token in game play on a gaming machine, game play at a gaming table, and redemption for cash or prizes to the entitled token owner who can present security information corresponding to the authentication data for verification in order to authorize negotiation of the portable gaming token for value, wherein presenting the security information includes the entitled token owner presenting the authentication object; storing the assigned authentication data and the identification number; providing the portable gaming token to the entitled owner of the portable gaming token from whom the security information is obtained, and providing value to the entitled owner in a transaction for value with the portable token wherein the entitled owner surrenders the portable gaming token to complete the transaction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 47, 50, 51)
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10. A method for redeeming value on a portable gaming token, the method comprising:
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assigning an identification number to the portable gaming token; assigning authentication data to the portable gaming token wherein the authentication data corresponds to security information obtained from an entitled owner of the portable gaming token, the security information selected from first biometric information associated with the entitled owner, information that the entitled owner knows, and authentication information stored on an authentication object that the entitled owner possesses; storing the assigned authentication data and the identification number; receiving a request to redeem at least a portion of the value on the portable gaming token in game play on a gaming machine, game play at a gaming table, or redemption for cash or prizes; receiving second security information selected from biometric information associated with the entitled token owner, information that the entitled token owner knows, and information stored on the authentication object that the entitled owner possesses; verifying that a person is the entitled token owner of the portable gaming token using the received second security information by comparing the received second security information to the authentication data, wherein the comparison includes comparing the information stored on the authentication object to the corresponding authentication object information assigned to the portable gaming token obtaining; and authorizing the value in a transaction for value with the portable gaming token wherein the entitled owner surrenders the portable gaming token to complete the transaction if the person is verified as an entitled token owner. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 48, 52, 53)
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24. A portable gaming token for use in a gaming property, the portable gaming token comprising:
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a body; an identification number that distinguishes the portable gaming token from other portable tokens; authentication data associated with the identification number wherein the authentication data corresponds to security information obtained from an entitled owner of the portable gaming token, the security information selected from first biometric information associated with the entitled token owner biometric information of the entitled owner, information that the entitled owner knows, and authentication information stored on an authentication object that the entitled owner possesses and assigned to the portable gaming token to restrict redemption of value with the portable gaming token, wherein the entitled owner surrenders the portable gaming token to complete the redemption, to the entitled token owner who can present the security information for verification in order to authorize negotiation of the portable gaming token for value in game play on a gaming machine, game play at a gaming table, and redemption for cash or prizes, wherein presenting the security information includes the entitled token owner presenting the authentication object; and a wireless transponder that permits wireless communication of the identification number and the authentication data with a reader using a wireless signal that passes through the body. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A server for use in a gaming system, the server comprising:
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a processor; a memory configured to store information for a set of portable gaming tokens, the information for each portable gaming token including an identification number that distinguishes each portable gaming token from other portable gaming tokens in the set, authentication data associated with the identification number wherein the authentication data corresponds to security information obtained from an entitled token owner of each portable gaming token, the security information selected from biometric information of the entitled token owner, information that the entitled token owner knows, and authentication information stored on an authentication object that the entitled token owner possesses and assigned to each portable gaming token to restrict redemption of value on each portable gaming token, wherein the entitled token owner presents the authentication object and surrenders the portable gaming token to complete the redemption in game play on a gaming machine, game play at a gaming table, and redemption for cash or prizes, to an entitled token owner of said the each token that can present said the security information, wherein presenting the security information includes the entitled token owner presenting the authentication object; and one of;
a) a private status that designates that the authentication data is needed for redemption of value on the portable gaming token, and b) a public status that designates that the authentication data is not needed for redemption of value on the portable gaming token; anda communications interface configured to communicate with a first gaming device and a second gaming device. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A gaming device that restricts transactions of value on a portable gaming token in game play on a gaming machine, game play at a gaming table, and redemption for cash or prizes to use by an entitled token owner of the portable gaming token, the gaming device comprising:
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a processor; a reader configured to transmit a wireless message to the portable gaming token and configured to receive a wireless message from the portable gaming token that includes authentication data for the portable gaming token wherein the authentication data corresponds to security information obtained from an entitled token owner of the portable gaming token, the security information selected from first biometric information of the entitled owner, information that the entitled owner knows, and authentication information stored on an authentication object that the entitled token owner possesses; and a memory comprising instructions for a) comparing the authentication data with the security information corresponding to the authentication data obtained from a person at the gaming device to determine if the person is an entitled token owner of the portable gaming token, wherein the comparison includes comparing the authentication information stored on the authentication object to the corresponding authentication object information assigned to the portable gaming token, and wherein at least some of the obtained authentication data includes data obtained upon the entitled token owner presenting the authentication object, and b) authorizing the value in a transaction for value with the portable gaming token wherein the person surrenders the portable gaming token to complete the transaction if the person is verified as an entitled token owner of the portable gaming token. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 49)
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46. A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions for method for transacting value on a portable gaming token, the instructions comprising:
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instructions for assigning an identification number to the portable gaming token; instructions for assigning authentication data corresponding to security information selected from first biometric information of a entitled owner, information that the entitled owner knows, and authentication information stored on an authentication object that the entitled token owner possesses to the identification number; instructions for storing the assigned authentication data and the identification number; instructions for receiving a request to transact the value on the portable gaming token in game play on a gaming machine, game play at a gaming table, and redemption for cash or prizes; verifying that a person is the entitled token owner of the portable gaming token using the received second security information by comparing the received second security information corresponding to the authentication data, wherein the comparison includes comparing the information stored on the authentication object to the corresponding authentication object information assigned to the portable gaming token; and instructions for receiving second security information corresponding to the authentication data from a person, the second security information selected from biometric information associated with the entitled token owner, information that the entitled token owner knows, and information stored on the authentication object that the entitled owner possesses; instructions for verifying that the person is an entitled token owner of the portable token by comparing the received second security information corresponding to the authentication data obtained from the person and the assigned authentication data stored with the identification number, wherein the comparison includes comparing the information stored on the authentication object to the corresponding authentication object information assigned to the identification number; and instructions for authorizing the value in a transaction for value with the portable token wherein the person surrenders the portable gaming token to complete the transaction when the person is verified as an entitled token owner of the portable gaming token. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55)
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