Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Virtual ticket-in and ticket-out on a gaming machine
- Patent Title (中): 游戏机上的虚拟机票和机票
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Application No.: US14139544Application Date: 2013-12-23
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Publication No.: US09530277B2Publication Date: 2016-12-27
- Inventor: Dwayne R. Nelson , Steven G. LeMay , Jim A. Vasquez , Scott T. Gowin
- Applicant: IGT
- Applicant Address: US NV Las Vegas
- Assignee: IGT
- Current Assignee: IGT
- Current Assignee Address: US NV Las Vegas
- Agency: Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
- Main IPC: A63F9/00
- IPC: A63F9/00 ; G07F17/32 ; G06Q20/04

Abstract:
An electronic gaming machine includes a cabinet, a display mounted to the cabinet, a wireless interface for communicating with a portable electronic device, a network interface for communicating with a validation server, a bill validator coupled to a game controller configured to accept bills and printed ticket vouchers, and a removable cash box. The game controller includes a processor and a memory configured to control a wager-based game played on the EGM, redeem virtual ticket vouchers and printed ticket vouchers, receive an indication to transfer value to the EGM via a virtual ticket voucher, receive the virtual ticket voucher including a virtual ticket voucher validation number from the portable electronic device via the wireless interface, validate the virtual ticket voucher with the validation server via the network interface, deposit a credit amount associated with the virtual ticket voucher, and notify the validation server that the virtual ticket voucher is redeemed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140121005A1 VIRTUAL TICKET-IN AND TICKET-OUT ON A GAMING MACHINE Public/Granted day:2014-05-01
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