International Game Technology

Idt Corporation

Steven G LeMay

Dwayne R Nelson

Robert E Breckner

Jamal Benbrahim

Nicole Marie Beaulieu

William Brosnan

Scott Timothy Gowin

Greg A Schlottmann

Erik B Petersen

Gregory A Schlottmann

Kevin M Higgins

William Chad Little

Bryan D Wolf

Richard E Rowe

Warner R Cockerille, Iv

David A Gipp

Jim A Vasquez

Alexey Kryuchkov

James A Vasquez

Richard Jay Schneider

Cara L Iddings

Daniel J De Waal

Vincent Salvatore Manfredi

Bryan E Bullard

Anthony R Escalera

Xuedong Chen

Adrian R Marcu

Warner Cockerille

James W Stockdale

Jacob Thomas Graham

Johnny Luigi Palchetti

Jeff Mincey

Reid M Weber

Dwayne A Davis

Nadeem Ahmad Quraishi

David C Williams

Kurt Larsen

Jae Man Yi

Binh T Nguyen

Brian Underdahl

Andy Rodgers

Rex Yinzok Lam

David Matthew Oles

Paul W Bolton

Larry R Hollibaugh

Marc A Espin

Bradley Boudreau

Dennis Thomas Kleppen

Andy Rogers

Suzanne Cockerille

Venkata Dhananjaya Kuna

Robert Leland Pickering

Glenn Keith Russell

Nichole M Beaulieu

Bayard S Webb

Chauncey Warner Griswold

John Mott Goodman

Andrea C Hughs-Baird

Yu Chong

Tracy Powell

Derrick Price

Glen Keith Russell

Gregory Hopkins Parrott

James T McGlone

Michael Kinsley

Yuliya Hungate

Wesley F Carmean

Lance M Orner

David L Salls

Meng Oh

Wei Yang

Eric Rasmussen

Joshua Robinson

Wensheng Liu

Nick Scheffel

Sangshetty Patil

Bhakta Rakesh

Serge Antonov

Jeffery Shepherd

Harold E Mattice

Daryn Kiely

David Haag

Joseph A Resnick

John Hostetler

Cynthia Rae Criss-Puszkiewicz

Sean Gilliland

Gregory A Silva

Keith Russell

Andrew M Rodgers

Richard Glasser

Alexy Kryuchkov

Cameron Rowe

Tyler Sorey

Gregory A Scholttmann

William R Brosnan, Jr

Bryan Bullard

David Gipp

An electronic gaming machine includes a cabinet, a display mounted to the cabinet, a wireless interface for communicating with a portable electronic device, a network interface for communicating with a validation server, a bill validator coupled to a game controller configured to accept bills and printed ticket vouchers, and a removable cash box. The game controller includes a processor and a memory configured to control a wager-based game played on the EGM, redeem virtual ticket vouchers and printed ticket vouchers, receive an indication to transfer value to the EGM via a virtual ticket voucher, receive the virtual ticket voucher including a virtual ticket voucher validation number from the portable electronic device via the wireless interface, validate the virtual ticket voucher with the validation server via the network interface, deposit a credit amount associated with the virtual ticket voucher, and notify the validation server that the virtual ticket voucher is redeemed.

Virtual ticket-in and ticket-out on a gaming machine

Gaming systems and methods for facilitating funds to and from an electronic gaming machine via a mobile device.

Gaming system and method for utilizing a mobile device to fund a gaming session

A method for establishing communication between a portable electronic device and an electronic gaming machine within a gaming environment includes receiving wireless signal data transmitted from the portable electronic device, determining a wireless signal strength relative to the electronic gaming machine based on the wireless signal data, and based on a determination that the wireless signal strength relative to the electronic gaming machine has increased, exceeded a predetermined threshold level, and leveled off for an amount of time exceeding a time threshold after becoming stronger, initiating a wireless communication link between the electronic gaming machine and the portable electronic device.

Directional wireless communication

Systems and methods employing a ticket voucher handling device, such as an electronic gaming machine or a ticket voucher redemption kiosk, that issues and/or redeems ticket vouchers associated with different ticket voucher systems corresponding to different activities.

System and method for processing ticket vouchers associated with different betting opportunities

A gaming system compatible with patron-controlled portable electronic devices, such as smart phones or tablet computers.

Methods and apparatus for providing secure logon to a gaming machine using a mobile device

A gaming system compatible with patron-controlled portable electronic devices, such as smart phones or tablet computers, is described. The gaming system can include electronic gaming machines that are compatible to receive both virtual ticket vouchers and printed ticket vouchers that are redeemable for credits on the electronic gaming machines. Information associated with a virtual ticket voucher can be stored on a patron-controlled portable electronic device and then can be wireless transmitted to the electronic gaming machines. The electronic gaming machines can be configured to issue virtual ticket vouchers and printed ticket vouchers that can be redeemed for cash or additional game play on another electronic gaming machine. In one embodiment, the electronic gaming machine can be configured to issue a virtual ticket voucher to a patron-controlled portable electronic device.

Retrofit devices for providing virtual ticket-in and ticket-out on a gaming machine

Redemption of virtual tickets using a portable electronic device

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Reno, NV, United States of America

Steven G LeMay