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Gaming machine system operable with general purpose charge cards
Assignee: Scotch Twist Inc
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Filing: 1996-09-20
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Granted: 1998-09-22
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Expires: 2016-09-20
Abstract
Abstract A player feeds a general purpose charge card, such as a VISA, MasterCard or AMERICAN EXPRESS card, or an account identification to a reader at a gaming machine or enters on a keyboard or other input device, information relating to the general purpose charge card or account identification for transmission to a transaction processing facility. The processing facility associates the account information with a gaming account and determines whether to grant a user request. If the request is granted, the gaming machine is enabled and thereafter one or more running net credit balances are kept by accounting for win-lose-draws. After the playing session is over, net playing credit information is automatically transmitted to the transaction processing facility.
Inventors
- 👤 James L. Lucero
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 09:35
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07F; G07F7/00; G07F7/08; G07F7/10; G07F7/1008; G06; G06Q; G06Q20/00; G06Q20/04; G06Q20/08; G06Q20/10; G06Q20/30; G06Q20/34; G06Q20/342; G06Q20/346; G06Q20/36; G06Q20/363; G07F17/00; G07F17/0014; G07F17/32; G07F17/3244; G07F17/3251; G07F17/326; G07F17/3272; G07F17/3281; G07F7/02; G07F7/025; G07F7/0866
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
116 words
A method of using information concerning a first account maintained at a first institution for use in playing games of chance played on a gaming machine at a location which is remote from and is different from said first institution, comprising the steps of: causing information concerning said first account to be received by said gaming machine; accessing a gaming account at a processing facility based on information concerning said first account; conditioning said gaming machine in accordance with said gaming account to permit plays thereon; maintaining information about said plays on said gaming machine; and selectively causing said gaming machine to transmit information respecting said plays to said processing facility for maintaining said gaming account.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
116 words
A method of using information concerning a first account maintained at a first institution for use in playing games of chance played on a gaming machine at a location which is remote from and is different from said first institution, comprising the steps of: causing information concerning said first account to be received by said gaming machine; accessing a gaming account at a processing facility based on information concerning said first account; conditioning said gaming machine in accordance with said gaming account to permit plays thereon; maintaining information about said plays on said gaming machine; and selectively causing said gaming machine to transmit information respecting said plays to said processing facility for maintaining said gaming account.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
54 words
A method as in claim 1 further comprising the steps of: requesting a playing credit through said gaming machine based on said first account; and determining whether to grant said playing credit; such that said step of conditioning said gaming machine to permit plays thereon is only performed if said playing credit is granted.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
72 words
A method as in claim 1, wherein: said first account is a general purpose charge card account; said institution maintains an account for said general purpose charge card and bills the person to whom said charge card is issued; and further comprises the step of selectively causing said gaming machine to transmit information respecting said net playing credit to said processing facility for use in maintaining said general purpose charge card account.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method as in claim 1, further comprising the step of: accessing said gaming account at said processing facility from a machine which is remote from said gaming machine.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
123 words
An apparatus for using information concerning a first account maintained at a first institution for enabling games of chance to be played on a gaming machine at a location which is remote from and is different from said first institution, comprising: means for causing information concerning said first account to be received by said gaming machine; means for accessing a gaming account at a processing facility based on information concerning said first account; means for conditioning said gaming machine in accordance with said gaming account to permit plays thereon; means for maintaining information about said plays on said gaming machine; and means for selectively causing said gaming machine to transmit information respecting said plays to said processing facility for maintaining said gaming account.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
123 words
An apparatus for using information concerning a first account maintained at a first institution for enabling games of chance to be played on a gaming machine at a location which is remote from and is different from said first institution, comprising: means for causing information concerning said first account to be received by said gaming machine; means for accessing a gaming account at a processing facility based on information concerning said first account; means for conditioning said gaming machine in accordance with said gaming account to permit plays thereon; means for maintaining information about said plays on said gaming machine; and means for selectively causing said gaming machine to transmit information respecting said plays to said processing facility for maintaining said gaming account.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
An apparatus as in claim 5 further comprising: means for requesting a playing credit through said gaming machine based on said first account; and means for determining whether to grant said playing credit.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
71 words
An apparatus as in claim 5, wherein: said first account is a general purpose charge card account; said institution maintains an account for said general purpose charge card and bills the person to whom said charge card is issued; and further comprises means for selectively causing said gaming machine to transmit information respecting said net playing credit to said processing facility for use in maintaining said general purpose charge card account.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
An apparatus as in claim 5, further comprising: means for accessing said gaming account at said processing facility from a machine which is remote from said gaming machine.
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