Patent ID: 9524532
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: A63F,G06Q,G07F

Claim Text:
1. A multi-function player tracking system comprising: an authorization server configured to (i) receive a request from a player at a gaming machine or a cash access kiosk to authorize a financial transaction with an independent financial account, the request including player independent financial account information, (ii) in response to the request to authorize the financial transaction, prompt the player via the gaming machine or the cash access kiosk to enroll in a player tracking system, (iii) when the player enrolls, receive personal identification information for the player, and (iv) when the player enrolls, generate a unique identifier that uniquely identifies the player and issue the unique identifier to the player; a transaction database communicatively coupled to the authorization server configured to store player transactions and associate the player transactions with the unique identifier; a cashless gaming database communicatively coupled to the authorization server configured to store the independent financial account information provided by the player and to associate the independent financial account information with the unique identifier; and a player's club database communicatively coupled to the authorization server configured to store the personal identification information received for the player, the personal identification information received at least in part from the independent financial account information, to associate the personal identification information with the unique identifier, to store gaming points awarded to the player, to associate the gaming points with the unique identifier, and to increment and decrement the gaming points according to the player's accumulation and usage of the gaming points.