Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – Credit/debit monitoring or manipulation
Reexamination Certificate
2011-05-31
2011-05-31
D'Agostino, Paul A. (Department: 3716)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
Credit/debit monitoring or manipulation
C463S016000, C463S017000, C463S020000, C463S040000, C463S041000, C463S042000, C705S035000, C235S381000, C380S251000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07950996
ABSTRACT:
Methods and devices are provided for managing gaming accounts. Some aspects of the invention provide for the cancellation, revocation or consolidation of cashless gaming instruments. For example, if a player has lost a cashless gaming instrument, the player could request that the cashless gaming instrument be cancelled. The request could be made in response to information (such as an activity log, an account statement, etc.) presented by a central network device. The information could be presented on a screen, printed on paper, etc. In order for such a request to be acted upon, it is preferable that the player, the gaming establishment that issued the cashless gaming instrument and the cashless gaming instrument itself be positively identified. Some implementations of the present invention provide for more flexible redemption in a cashless gaming system. Some such implementations allow a player to “cash out,” preferably in a single transaction, after one or more gaming sessions. The gaming sessions may have been conducted at different gaming machines and/or at different casinos. Some implementations allow a player to cash out without a cashless gaming instrument.
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Nguyen Binh T.
Paulsen Craig A.
D'Agostino Paul A.
IGT
Weaver Austin Villeneuve and Sampson LLP
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