公开(公告)号：US20130059648A1

公开(公告)日：2013-03-07

申请号：US13633368

申请日：2012-10-02

Applicant: IGT

Inventor： Richard E. Rowe ,  Richard M. Pennington ,  Michael M. Oberberger

IPC: A63F9/24

CPC classification number: G07F17/3248 ,  G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/3253 ,  G07F17/3262

Abstract: Some preferred implementations of the invention provide a kiosk that can read a cashless instrument, determine one or more corresponding items of merchandise for which the cashless instrument may be redeemed and provide the corresponding item(s) of merchandise. The cashless instrument may be, for example, an ordinary “cash out” ticket, a ticket formed according to the invention, a player loyalty instrument, etc. Some implementations of the invention provide EGMs configured to issue cashless instruments that may be exchanged for various types of merchandise. The cashless instruments may be, for example, encoded tickets. Some implementations provide EGMs configured for encoding a prize code that indicates a corresponding item of merchandise for which the cashless instrument may be redeemed. However, a cashless instrument may or may not indicate a prize code. If a cashless instrument includes a prize code, the prize code may or may not be indicated in human-readable form.

Abstract translation: 本发明的一些优选实施例提供了一种可以读取无现金仪器的信息亭，确定可兑换无现金工具的商品的一个或多个相应商品，并提供相应的商品。 无现金工具可以是例如普通现金出票，根据本发明形成的票，玩家忠诚度仪器等。本发明的一些实施方案提供了配置用于发行可兑换各种类型的无现金工具的EGM 商品。 无现金乐器可以是例如编码票。 一些实施方式提供了配置用于编码奖品代码的EGM，该奖品代码指示可兑换无现金工具的相应商品项目。 然而，无现金工具可能会或可能不会指示奖品代码。 如果无现金工具包含奖品代码，则奖品代码可能以或可能不以人类可读的形式表示。