Granted Patent B2

US 8,169,653 · App. 11/997,572 · Granted May 1, 2012

Abstract

Claims (34)

1. A computer-implemented method of designing a customized gaming voucher, the gaming voucher being printable at a gaming machine configured to conduct a wagering game and to print vouchers of player credits, the method comprising:

displaying, on a display device, a gaming voucher graphic design interface, the graphic design interface displaying one or more exemplary gaming voucher layout options and definable information elements;

receiving, from an operator via at least one input device, layout information that creates a gaming voucher layout, the layout information comprising selections from the one or more exemplary gaming voucher layout options as well as defined information elements;

generating and displaying, via one or more processors and the display device, the gaming voucher layout based on the selected and defined layout information; and

in response to further operator input, storing, in at least one memory device, the generated gaming voucher layout.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising translating the gaming voucher layout into a page description language understandable by a printer.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the gaming voucher layout options include at least one of a font, font size, ink color, and data field.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising loading the gaming voucher layout into a printer and printing the gaming voucher according to the gaming voucher layout.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the gaming voucher layout is of a jackpot voucher, cash-out voucher, jackpot receipt, or inventory receipt.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more exemplary gaming voucher layout options are downloaded from one or more servers via a communications network, and wherein the generated gaming voucher layout is stored on at least one of the one or more servers.

7. A computer-implemented method of designing a customized gaming voucher, the gaming voucher being printable at a gaming machine configured to conduct a wagering game and to print vouchers of player credits, the method comprising:

presenting, on a display device, a gaming voucher layout graphic design interface, the design interface displaying one or more exemplary gaming voucher layout options including voucher elements and element attributes;

receiving, from an operator through the gaming voucher layout graphic design interface, gaming voucher selections specifying elements of the a gaming voucher, the selections including at least one of a monetary value element, a validation information element, a bar-code element, and a message element; and

creating, based at least in part on the received gaming voucher selections, a gaming voucher layout and storing the gaming voucher layout in a memory device.

8. The method of claim further comprising restricting the gaming voucher selections, via the gaming voucher layout design interface, to certain exemplary voucher options, elements and element attributes, the restricting based at least in part on laws of a regulatory jurisdiction.

9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising requiring, via the gaming voucher layout design interface, certain exemplary voucher options, elements and element attributes, the requiring based at least in part on laws of a regulatory jurisdiction.

10. The method of claim 7 , further comprising: translating the gaming voucher layout into a format understandable by a gaming voucher printer, wherein the gaming voucher printer is part of the gaming machine, and loading the gaming voucher layout onto the gaming voucher printer.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the displaying includes determining a jurisdiction in which the gaming voucher layout can be used and, based at least in part on the jurisdiction, displaying the gaming voucher layout options that are permissible in the jurisdiction.

12. The method of claim 7 , further comprising determining that the generated gaming voucher layout conforms to laws of a designated regulatory jurisdiction.

13. The method of claim 7 , wherein the generated gaming voucher layout is in a printer-non-specific format.

14. The method of claim 7 , wherein the generated gaming voucher layout is in a page description language understandable to a gaming voucher printer.

15. The method of claim 7 , wherein the gaming voucher layout design interface provides drag and drop elements for selecting the gaming voucher elements.

16. A computer-implemented method of designing a customized gaming voucher, the gaming voucher being printable at a gaming machine configured to conduct a wagering game and to print vouchers of player credits, the method comprising:

displaying, on a display device, a gaming voucher graphic design interface, the graphic design interface displaying one or more exemplary gaming voucher layout options and definable information elements;

receiving, from an operator via at least one input device, a selection of a first gaming voucher layout, the first gaming voucher layout including selectable information elements, the first gaming voucher layout being downloaded from a voucher layout store;

receiving, from the operator, modifications to the selectable information elements;

storing the modified first gaming voucher layout in a memory device;

selecting a gaming voucher layout format compatible with a gaming voucher printer of the gaming machine;

translating, based on the gaming voucher layout format, the modified first gaming voucher layout into a second gaming voucher layout; and

loading the second gaming voucher layout onto the gaming voucher printer.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the method is performed during boot-up.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein the first gaming voucher layout is received from a database on a gaming network.

19. The method of claim 16 , wherein the second gaming voucher layout is represented in a page description language compatible with the gaming voucher printer.

20. The method of claim 16 , wherein the first gaming voucher layout is represented in a page description language that is not compatible with the gaming voucher printer.

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