Patent ID: 9652789
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G06Q,G07F

Claim:
1. A method of filling an order for a lottery ticket, comprising: generating, by a lottery server independent from a mobile device and a lottery retail system, a machine-readable code image that is representative of the selections made on the mobile device and information associated with a lottery ticket order submitted by a purchaser via the mobile device and is independent from the mobile device and the lottery retail system, reading, by the lottery retail system, the machine-readable code image displayed on the mobile device with an optical scanner to identify a lottery ticket order, wherein the machine-readable code image is initially displayed by the mobile device when located remotely from the lottery server and a facility of the lottery retail system in response to selections made on the mobile device by the purchaser of the lottery ticket; decoding of the machine-readable code image by the lottery server, wherein the mobile device and the lottery retail system have insufficient information to decode the machine-readable code image; receiving, from the lottery server, information associated with the lottery ticket order after the lottery server decodes the machine-readable code image independent from the mobile device and the lottery retail system, wherein the information represents an order for the lottery ticket and at least one player selection for the order; processing the order for the lottery ticket on the lottery retail computer system based on the selections made on the mobile device as represented by the machine-readable code image decoded by the lottery server, wherein the lottery retail computer system is in communication with a lottery authority server; coordinating the order for the lottery ticket between the lottery retail computer system and the lottery authority server; and selling to the purchaser by the lottery retail facility system the lottery ticket having the at least one player selection as included in the order.