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On-line wagering system with programmable game entry cards and operator security cards
Assignee: IGT Rhode Island LLC
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Filing: 1988-08-16
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Granted: 1989-11-21
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Expires: 2008-08-16
Abstract
Abstract An on-line wagering system with programmable game entry cards including cards having on-card data storage for value tokens and data uniquely related to the player and including cards with on-card data storage for operator security data. The player cards are operable as payment means in which the tokens are spent and as play validation and play entry means in lieu of mark sense slips and printed validation receipts. Demographic player data uniquely related to the owner of the card is stored on the card and possibly in the central wagering system memory. This allows correlation of play entries with player demographics. The operator cards are operable to associate every transaction with an individual operator for the purpose of enhancing transaction security. A plurality of agent terminals in data communication with the central data processor interface between the central processor and the player cards. The agent terminals preferably also accept traditional mark sense entry slips and produce printed verification receipts, upon request.
Inventors
- 👤 Daniel R. Bergeron
- 👤 Clifton C. Dutton
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 23:29
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07F; G07F7/00; G07F7/08; G07F7/10; G07F7/1008; G06; G06Q; G06Q20/00; G06Q20/22; G06Q20/229; G06Q20/30; G06Q20/34; G06Q20/341; G06Q20/346; G07C; G07C15/00; G07C15/006; G07F17/00; G07F17/0014; G07F17/32; G07F17/3225; G07F17/3232; G07F17/3237; G07F17/3244; G07F17/3251
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
238 words
An on-line wagering system, comprising: a central data processor having a central data memory; a plurality of agent terminals in data communication with the central data processor, the agent terminals being operable to receive player entry data from players and to transmit the player entry data to the central data processor, the central data processor being operable to validate play entries upon receipt of the player entry data and to transmit a validation code to the agent terminals, the player entry data relating to an entry of an individual player in at least one game, the agent terminals having inputs for receiving the player entry data and input/output means for transmitting to the central data processor at least a portion of the player entry data and for receiving the validation data therefrom; and, a player card issued to the player, the player card being connectable in data communication with at least one of the agent terminals, said at least one of the agent terminals having alternate inputs for receiving at least a portion of the player entry data directly from the card, the alternate inputs being adapted to interface with the player card, the player card having an on-card memory formed by one of: magnetic media; integrated circuit; and, laser optical memory, and operable to store data unique to said individual player and also to store at least one of the player entry data and the validation code.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
238 words
An on-line wagering system, comprising: a central data processor having a central data memory; a plurality of agent terminals in data communication with the central data processor, the agent terminals being operable to receive player entry data from players and to transmit the player entry data to the central data processor, the central data processor being operable to validate play entries upon receipt of the player entry data and to transmit a validation code to the agent terminals, the player entry data relating to an entry of an individual player in at least one game, the agent terminals having inputs for receiving the player entry data and input/output means for transmitting to the central data processor at least a portion of the player entry data and for receiving the validation data therefrom; and, a player card issued to the player, the player card being connectable in data communication with at least one of the agent terminals, said at least one of the agent terminals having alternate inputs for receiving at least a portion of the player entry data directly from the card, the alternate inputs being adapted to interface with the player card, the player card having an on-card memory formed by one of: magnetic media; integrated circuit; and, laser optical memory, and operable to store data unique to said individual player and also to store at least one of the player entry data and the validation code.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
The on-line wagering system of claim 1, further comprising programmable means on the player card for representing incremental value tokens, the tokens being decremented upon entry of the individual player in the at least one game.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
The on-line wagering system of claim 1, further comprising security means on the player card preventing unauthorized alteration of data stored on the card, the security means detecting unauthorized attempted access to data on the player card.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
66 words
The on-line wagering system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the on-board memory of the player card and the central memory of the central data processor are operable to store a history of play entries of the particular player and a plurality of validation codes received from the central processor, and further comprising means operable to read the validation data for verification of wins.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The on-line wagering system of claim 4, wherein the player card includes a unique indicia representing a player to whom the card is issued.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
The on-line wagering system of claim 3, wherein the player card has stored means representing an account balance and the security means is operable to detect attempted unauthorized changing of the balance.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
78 words
The on-line wagering system of claim 3, wherein the central data processor includes a player data memory for storage of at least some of said data unique to said one of the players, said data unique to said one of the players being read from the player card by the agent terminal and transmitted to the central data processor by the agent terminal, whereby patterns of plays of individual players can be analyzed at the central data processor.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
37 words
The on-line wagering system of claim 7, wherein at least one of the player data memory of the central data processor and the on-board memory of the player card store demographic data relating to the individual player.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
36 words
The on-line wagering system of claim 8, wherein the demographic data and the play history data are accessible for transmission from the player card to the central data processor upon each play of said individual player.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
55 words
The on-line wagering system of-claim 8, wherein the demographic data and the play history data are read from the player card by the agent terminal and transmitted to the central data processor upon at least one of initiation of a play, addition of incremental value to the player card and retirement of the player card.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
44 words
The on-line wagering system of claim 8, wherein the demographic data is stored at the central data processor and only the data unique to the individual player is read from the player card by the agent terminal and transmitted to the central data processor.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
187 words
An on-line wagering system, comprising: a plurality of agent terminals operable to accept data relating to play entries in a game, the agent terminals having keyboard input means for accepting the data and a printer operable to produce a printed receipt confirming initiation of a play in the game, at least some of the agent terminals further comprising means for receiving player cards; at least one central data processor in data communication with the agent terminals, the data processor receiving at least a part of the data relating to a given play entry from a given agent terminal and transmitting to said agent terminal a code indicating that the data relating to the play entry has been validated; and, said player cards being uniquely issued to players of the game, the player cards each having on-card data storage formed by one of: magnetic media; integrated circuit; and, laser optical memory, and, the on-card data storage containing data unique to an individual player stored upon issue of the card to the player, said data unique to the player being transmitted from the agent terminal to the data processor.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
187 words
An on-line wagering system, comprising: a plurality of agent terminals operable to accept data relating to play entries in a game, the agent terminals having keyboard input means for accepting the data and a printer operable to produce a printed receipt confirming initiation of a play in the game, at least some of the agent terminals further comprising means for receiving player cards; at least one central data processor in data communication with the agent terminals, the data processor receiving at least a part of the data relating to a given play entry from a given agent terminal and transmitting to said agent terminal a code indicating that the data relating to the play entry has been validated; and, said player cards being uniquely issued to players of the game, the player cards each having on-card data storage formed by one of: magnetic media; integrated circuit; and, laser optical memory, and, the on-card data storage containing data unique to an individual player stored upon issue of the card to the player, said data unique to the player being transmitted from the agent terminal to the data processor.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
33 words
The on-line wagering system of claim 12, wherein the player card further comprises programmable means representing value tokens activated upon receipt of payment from a player and deactivated during initiation of play entries.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
22 words
The on-line wagering system of claim 12, wherein said player demographic data includes at least one of name, address, age and gender.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
37 words
The on-line wagering system of claim 12, wherein the standard play choices include at least one of player number choices in a random number lottery game and patterns of player entries for a plurality of lottery games.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
27 words
The on-line wagering system of claim 12, wherein the player card further comprises means for accepting manual input from the player and means for displaying selected data.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
200 words
An on-line wagering system, comprising: a central data processor having central data memory; a plurality of agent terminals in data communication with the central data processor, the agent terminals being operable to receive player entry data from players and to transmit the player entry data to the central data processor, the central data processor being operable to validate play entries upon receipt of the player entry data and to transmit a validation code to the agent terminals, the player entry data relating to an entry of an individual player in at least one game, the agent terminals having inputs for receiving the player entry data and input/output means for transmitting to the central data processor at least a portion of the player entry data and for receiving the validation data therefrom; and, an operator card issued to a retail agent, the agent card being connectable in data communications with at least one of the agent terminals for the purpose of authorizing use of said at least one of the agent terminals, the operator card having an on-card memory formed by one of: magnetic media; integrated circuit; and, laser optical memory, and operable to store data unique to said individual operator.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
200 words
An on-line wagering system, comprising: a central data processor having central data memory; a plurality of agent terminals in data communication with the central data processor, the agent terminals being operable to receive player entry data from players and to transmit the player entry data to the central data processor, the central data processor being operable to validate play entries upon receipt of the player entry data and to transmit a validation code to the agent terminals, the player entry data relating to an entry of an individual player in at least one game, the agent terminals having inputs for receiving the player entry data and input/output means for transmitting to the central data processor at least a portion of the player entry data and for receiving the validation data therefrom; and, an operator card issued to a retail agent, the agent card being connectable in data communications with at least one of the agent terminals for the purpose of authorizing use of said at least one of the agent terminals, the operator card having an on-card memory formed by one of: magnetic media; integrated circuit; and, laser optical memory, and operable to store data unique to said individual operator.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
69 words
The on-line wagering system of claim 17, wherein at least one of the on-board memory of the operator card and the central memory of the central data processor are operable to store a history of the operator access to the retail terminal and a plurality of validation codes received from the central processor, and further comprising means operable to read the validation data for verification of authorization of transactions.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
103 words
The on-line wagering system of claim 17, wherein in addition to agent cards, a player card issued to the player, the player card being connectable in data commumication with at least one of the agent terminals, said at least one of the agent terminals having alternate inputs for receiving a portion of the player entry data directly from the card, the alternate inputs being adapted to interface with the player card, the player card having an on-card memory operable to store data unique to said individual player and also to store at least one of the player entry data and the validation code.
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