Patent ID: 11869306
Assignee: GLOBAL PAYMENTS GAMING SERVICES INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for facilitating a transaction for a patron using a wireless device at a touchpoint associated with a touchpoint business, the method comprising:
(a) the wireless device transmitting patron-identifying information to a transaction server operated by a transaction-funding business;
(b) the wireless device reading a touchpoint ID associated with the touchpoint;
(c) the wireless device transmitting the touchpoint ID to the transaction server;
(d) the transaction server authorizing the transaction; and
(e) the transaction server transmitting authorization for the transaction to at least one of the wireless device and the touchpoint business, and the touchpoint business providing at least one of a good and a service associated with the transaction to the patron, wherein:
the transaction is a purchase of gaming credit at a touchpoint of a gaming establishment;
the touchpoint is a gaming table of the gaming establishment;
step (b) comprises the wireless device reading the touchpoint ID associated with the gaming table;
step (d) comprises the transaction server authorizing the purchase of the gaming credit;
step (e) comprises the transaction server transmitting authorization for the purchase of the gaming credit to the wireless device, and the gaming establishment providing the gaming credit to enable the patron to play at the gaming table;
the gaming establishment further comprises:
a ticket server configured to generate new gaming vouchers and redeem existing gaming vouchers, wherein each existing gaming voucher is associated with a unique voucher ID and a specified monetary value; and
a kiosk configured to request generation of new gaming vouchers by the ticket server and to request redemption of existing gaming vouchers by the ticket server;
step (d) comprises:
(d1) the transaction server transmitting to the kiosk a kiosk request for a new gaming voucher having a monetary value associated with the gaming credit;
(d2) the kiosk transmitting to the ticket server the request for the new gaming voucher having the monetary value associated with the gaming credit;
(d3) the ticket server generating the new gaming voucher by associating a voucher ID with the monetary value associated with the gaming credit;
(d4) the ticket server transmitting to the kiosk the voucher ID associated with the new gaming voucher; and
(d5) the kiosk transmitting to the transaction server the voucher ID associated with the new gaming voucher;
step (e) comprises:
 (e1) the transaction server generating and transmitting to the wireless device a transaction package representing at least the voucher ID associated with the new gaming voucher;
 (e2) the wireless device transmitting the transaction package to a printer;
 (e3) the printer recovering the voucher ID associated with the new gaming voucher from the transaction package and printing a paper voucher having the voucher ID associated with the new gaming voucher such that the voucher ID is also associated with the paper voucher;
 (e4) the ticket server receiving the voucher ID associated with the paper voucher;
 (e5) the ticket server retrieving the monetary value associated with the voucher ID;
 (e6) the ticket server transmitting the retrieved monetary value; and
 (e7) providing the gaming credit corresponding to the retrieved monetary value to enable the patron to play at the gaming table.