Patent ID: 8979642
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for managing and transferring electronic funds from a patron's financial account to a gaming or amusement credit system comprising: (A) providing at least one gaming device; (B) providing a secured first computing device in electronic communication with at least one credit system; (C) providing an electronic fund transfer terminal certified for use in an electronic funds transfer system and in exclusive secured electronic communication with the secured first computing device to a patron; (D) initiating a secure financial application in the electronic fund transfer terminal via a payment instrument containing the patron's financial account information, thereby causing the secure financial application in the electronic fund transfer terminal to send a request to the secured first computing device to establish a communication path to a server on a network associated with the financial account associated with the payment instrument; (E) sending, from the secured first computing device to the server on the network associated with the financial account, a request to transfer electronic funds; (F) receiving, by the secured first computing device, electronic fund transaction confirmation from the server on the network associated with the financial account; (G) sending, by the secured first computing device, electronic fund transaction confirmation to the secure financial application in the electronic fund transfer terminal and to a secured second computing device; and (H) directing, by the secured first computing device, the gaming or amusement credit system to dispense gaming or amusement credits suitable for use with the at least one gaming device to the patron.