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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2002
Applicants:
Steven Robert Kastner, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Ted G. Candalino, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Inventors:
Steven Robert Kastner, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Ted G. Candalino, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Assignee:
IGT, Reno, NV (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method for selecting an account for a gaming player is presented. In one embodiment, a preexisting card is electronically read. Information coded into the magnetic stripe or bar code on the preexisting card is decoded. The decoded information is used to identify matching player accounts. The identified player accounts are presented to the user, who can then select one of the accounts. The selected account is then accessed.