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US5223698A
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Card-activated point-of-sale lottery terminal
Assignee: TELECREDIT Inc 6171 WEST CENTURY BLVD CA 90045 A DE CORP
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Filing: 1991-04-05
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Granted: 1993-06-29
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Expires: 2011-04-05
Abstract
Abstract A lottery ticket sales system serves a multiplicity of facilities, each having a plurality of point-of-sale locations. Sales are expedited by cards customized for individual customers only with desired wager data in machine-readable form to identify repeated purchases. Terminals at point-of-sale locations in a facility are coupled to a facility play center for interfacing a remote central computer through telephone communications. Cards, void of individual data, are prepared by the play centers. Terminals receive cards for cooperation with a facility play center to formulate an order data pocket communicated to the central computer. Contemplated purchase data packets are supplied from the central computer for actuating source terminals to display a purchase value for approval or rejection. Approved purchases prompt the terminal to issue one or more lottery tickets with the recorded wager data.
Inventors
- 👤 Shashi B. Kapur
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 07:15
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07F; G07F17/00; G07F17/32; G06; G06Q; G06Q50/00; G06Q50/34; G07C; G07C15/00; G07C15/005; G07F17/0014; G07F17/3286; G07F17/3288
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
193 words
A lottery system for use by a participant utilizing an order card, said system to issue lottery tickets at a facility encompassing a plurality of point-of-sale locations, said system comprising: a plurality of terminals for use at said point-of-sale locations, said terminals including an order card reader means and a lottery ticket printer means; and a control means coupled to control said plurality of terminals, said control means including: input means for receiving card data from a card reader means in an active terminal; means to formulate lottery ticket identification data for association with card data received from said active terminal; means for storing said card data and associated lottery ticket identification data; and means for actuating said active terminal to drive the terminal lottery ticket printer means to print a lottery ticket with said card data and said lottery ticket identification data, said card data consisting solely of wager data specifying wagers to be made by a participant; and a play center means for processing cards to record said card data, said play center means including means to interface said terminals with other components of said control means at a remote location.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
193 words
A lottery system for use by a participant utilizing an order card, said system to issue lottery tickets at a facility encompassing a plurality of point-of-sale locations, said system comprising: a plurality of terminals for use at said point-of-sale locations, said terminals including an order card reader means and a lottery ticket printer means; and a control means coupled to control said plurality of terminals, said control means including: input means for receiving card data from a card reader means in an active terminal; means to formulate lottery ticket identification data for association with card data received from said active terminal; means for storing said card data and associated lottery ticket identification data; and means for actuating said active terminal to drive the terminal lottery ticket printer means to print a lottery ticket with said card data and said lottery ticket identification data, said card data consisting solely of wager data specifying wagers to be made by a participant; and a play center means for processing cards to record said card data, said play center means including means to interface said terminals with other components of said control means at a remote location.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
A system according to claim 1 wherein said play center means includes means to interface other components through telephone facilities.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
169 words
A lottery system for use by a participant utilizing an order card, said system to issue lottery tickets at a facility encompassing a plurality of point-of-sale locations, said system comprising: a plurality of terminals for use at said point-of-sale locations, said terminals including an order card reader means and a lottery ticket printer means; and a control means coupled to control said plurality of terminals, said control means including: input means for receiving card data from a card reader means in an active terminal; means to formulate lottery ticket identification data for association with card data received from said active terminal; means for storing said card data and associated lottery ticket identification data; and means for actuating said active terminal to drive the terminal lottery ticket printer means to print a lottery ticket with said card data and said lottery ticket identification data, said card data consisting solely of wager data specifying wagers to be made by a participant; and means for testing the format of said card data.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
169 words
A lottery system for use by a participant utilizing an order card, said system to issue lottery tickets at a facility encompassing a plurality of point-of-sale locations, said system comprising: a plurality of terminals for use at said point-of-sale locations, said terminals including an order card reader means and a lottery ticket printer means; and a control means coupled to control said plurality of terminals, said control means including: input means for receiving card data from a card reader means in an active terminal; means to formulate lottery ticket identification data for association with card data received from said active terminal; means for storing said card data and associated lottery ticket identification data; and means for actuating said active terminal to drive the terminal lottery ticket printer means to print a lottery ticket with said card data and said lottery ticket identification data, said card data consisting solely of wager data specifying wagers to be made by a participant; and means for testing the format of said card data.
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