System and method for coordinating transactions involving cashless wagering accounts and gaming establishment retail accounts

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11636730-B2
Application number	US-202217751257-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 23, 2022
Priority date	Sep 29, 2017
Publication date	Apr 25, 2023
Grant date	Apr 25, 2023

Abstract

A system that interconnects multiple accounts associated with a gaming establishment.

First claim

The invention is claimed as follows:

1. A system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
receive first data associated with a first gaming establishment account maintained by a first server associated with a gaming establishment,
receive second data associated with a second gaming establishment account maintained by a second server associated with the gaming establishment, wherein the second server is not in communication with the first server and when the second data is received, fund data is not shareable between the first gaming establishment account and the second gaming establishment account, and
communicate orchestration data which results in a display, by a display device, of a single view of balance information associated with each of the maintained gaming establishment accounts.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first gaming establishment account comprises a cashless wagering account and the first server associated with the gaming establishment comprises a cashless wagering server.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the second gaming establishment account comprises a gaming establishment retail account and the second server associated with the gaming establishment comprises a gaming establishment retail server.

4. The system of claim 2 , wherein the second gaming establishment account comprises another cashless wagering account and the second server associated with the gaming establishment comprises another cashless wagering server.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the memory device stores a plurality of further instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to periodically communicate, to the first server associated with the gaming establishment and the second server associated with the gaming establishment, registration data associated with each of the maintained gaming establishment accounts.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first gaming establishment account and the second gaming establishment account is accessible via a mobile device application of a mobile device.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the memory device stores a plurality of further instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to enforce a rule associated with at least one of the first gaming establishment account and the second gaming establishment account.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the rule comprises any of a jurisdictional control, a self-imposed limit, and a governmental control.

9. A system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
receive first data associated with a first gaming establishment account maintained by a first server associated with a gaming establishment,
receive second data associated with a second gaming establishment account maintained by a second server associated with the gaming establishment, wherein the second server is not in communication with the first server, and
after enabling the first server associated with the gaming establishment to communicate with the second server associated with the gaming establishment to facilitate a first transfer of fund data between the first gaming establishment account and the second gaming establishment account and responsive to an occurrence of an interruption event associated with the first server, enable a third server associated with the gaming establishment to communicate with the second server associated with the gaming establishment to facilitate a second transfer of fund data between the second gaming establishment account and a third gaming establishment account maintained by the third server, wherein prior to the occurrence of the interruption event associated with the first server, the third server was not in communication with the second server.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein at least one of the first gaming establishment account, the second gaming establishment account and the third gaming establishment account comprises any of a cashless wagering account, and a gaming establishment retail account.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the memory device stores a plurality of further instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to periodically communicate, to the first server associated with the gaming establishment, the second server associated with the gaming establishment and the third server associated with the gaming establishment, registration data associated with each of the maintained gaming establishment accounts.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the memory device stores a plurality of further instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to enforce a rule associated with at least one of the first gaming establishment account, the second gaming establishment account, and the third gaming establishment account, the rule comprises any of a jurisdictional control, a self-imposed limit, and a governmental control.

13. A method of operating a system, the method comprising:
receiving first data associated with a first gaming establishment account maintained by a first server associated with a gaming establishment,
receiving second data associated with a second gaming establishment account maintained by a second server associated with the gaming establishment, wherein the second server is not in communication with the first server and when the second data is received, fund data is not shareable between the first gaming establishment account and the second gaming establishment account, and
communicating, by a processor, orchestration data which results in displaying, by a display device, a single view of balance information associated with each of the maintained gaming establishment accounts.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first gaming establishment account comprises a cashless wagering account and the first server associated with the gaming establishment comprises a cashless wagering server.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the second gaming establishment account comprises a gaming establishment retail account and the second server associated with the gaming establishment comprises a gaming establishment retail server.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the second gaming establishment account comprises another cashless wagering account and the second server associated with the gaming establishment comprises another cashless wagering server.

17. The method of claim 13 , further comprising periodically communicating, by the processor and to the first server associated with the gaming establishment and the second server associated with the gaming establishment, registration data associated with each of the maintained gaming establishment accounts.

18. The method of claim 13 , wherein at least one of the first gaming establishment account and the second gaming establishment account is accessible via a mobile device application of a mobile device.

19. The method of claim 13 , further comprising enforcing, by the processor, a rule associated with at least one of the first gaming establishment account and the second gaming establishment account.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the rule comprises any of a jurisdictional control, a self-imposed limit, and a governmental control.

Assignees

• Igt Reno Nev

Inventors

• Higgins Kevin M
• Shepherd Jeffery
• Petersen Erik
• Yuan Lance
• Zarlenga Mike
• Davis Dwayne A
• Miri Sina

Classifications

• G07F17/34

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• G07F17/3293

  Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack · CPC title

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