Patent ID: 11881084
Assignee: SIGHTLINE PAYMENTS LLC
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A computer-based method of converting loyalty points to value, the method comprising:
receiving, by one or more computing devices, a player identifier of a player, wherein the player identifier is associated with a player loyalty profile account having a balance of accumulated points maintained by a casino computing system, wherein the player identifier is a casino-issued unique identifier tied to a loyalty program associated with a gaming environment;
identifying, by any of the one or more computing devices, a financial account based at least partially on the player identifier, wherein a balance of the financial account comprises an unrestricted balance portion and a restricted balance portion, wherein the financial account is associated with a payment vehicle issued to the player, wherein the payment vehicle is an open loop payment vehicle associated with a bank card network, wherein a balance of the financial comprises an unrestricted balance portion and a restricted balance portion, wherein the restricted balance portion of the financial account is only usable for payment vehicle transactions at affiliated merchants, and wherein the unrestricted balance portion of the financial account is usable for open-loop transactions;
instructing, by any of the one or more computing devices, the casino computing system to decrease the balance of accumulated points by a first amount; and
instructing, by any of the one or more computing devices, an issuer processor computing system to increase one of the unrestricted balance of the financial account or the restricted balance of the financial account by a second amount wherein the first amount and the second amount are correlated by a conversion rate.