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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2013
Wms Gaming Inc., Waukegan, IL (US);
Vladimir I. Arezina, River Forest, IL (US);
Mark Gagner, West Chicago, IL (US);
Jeremy M. Hornik, Chicago, IL (US);
Richard T. Schwartz, Deerfield, IL (US);
Alfred Thomas, Las Vegas, NV (US);
WMS Gaming Inc., Waukegan, IL (US);
Abstract
A system for adding funds to a handheld gaming machine. The system includes a portable digital wallet that wirelessly communicates with a handheld gaming machine ('handheld'). The digital wallet stores an amount of funds or funds associated with a remotely stored player account, and is used by the player to add credits to a handheld. The credit meter may be stored remotely, though the player perceives that the funds are actually being transferred via the digital wallet. Other funding techniques include a kiosk that accepts cash or credit/debit cards and dispenses tickets or other media that encodes information representing an amount of funds. The player uses this media to add credits to the handheld. The media may be player-dependent such that the player's identity is somehow linked to the media or it may be player-agnostic such that the player's identity is not linked to the funds associated with the media.