Patent ID: 11869307
Assignee: CFPH, LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. A method in a device, the method comprising:
detecting, via at least one processor, entry of a social security number to establish a gaming account;
detecting an entry associated with payment information;
storing, in a memory, associations between the gaming account, the payment information, one or more locations, and the device, so that the device is operable as a physical token;
allocating funds to the gaming account via the payment information;
detecting, via an input/output module, presentation of the device as the physical token to a gaming device;
determining whether a location of the gaming device is associated with the gaming account, as associated with the physical token;
in response to determining that the gaming device is not in the associated location, preventing use of the allocated funds for a gaming activity; and
in response to determining that the gaming device is disposed at the location associated with the gaming account, permitting use of the allocated funds in the gaming account for the gaming activity.