Patent ID: 9171303
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: A63F,G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for conducting a checkless cash access settlement, comprising: receiving, at an electronic cash access system terminal located in a gaming environment, a request from a customer for a cash access transaction using a financial account instrument, the cash access transaction used to request a disbursal of cash currency funded from a financial account owned by the customer at a financial institution, the financial account instrument used to access the financial account owned by the customer, and the financial account instrument including a first set of personal information regarding the customer; obtaining pre-authorization for performance of the cash access transaction with the financial account; providing information regarding said requested cash access transaction at a station at a cash disbursement location; obtaining customer identification from a customer identification medium provided by the customer at the station, the customer identification medium issued by a third party and being distinct from the financial account instrument, and the customer identification medium including a second set of personal information regarding the customer, the second set of personal information being encoded on the customer identification medium independent from the first set of personal information; validating an identity of the customer based on a comparison of the first and second sets of personal information provided from the customer identification and the financial account instrument by determining whether a subset of the first set of personal information corresponds with a subset of the second set of personal information; completing, via the station, the cash access transaction with the financial account responsive to validation of the customer identification; and disbursing cash currency requested in the cash access transaction to the customer at the station.