Transferring awards via optical machine readable data representation images
View Patent ↗In some embodiments, a method includes: requesting, from a player at the gaming machine, player account credentials associated with the player; receiving, at the gaming machine, the player account credentials, wherein the player account credentials are associated with a player's account on the account server and enable linking game play on the gaming machine to the player's account, and wherein the player account credentials are provided to the player's mobile phone in response to joining a players club prior to detection of the initiation event; transmitting, via the gaming machine, the player account credentials to the account server; receiving, from the account server, validation of the player account credentials based on comparing the received player account credentials with credentials stored on the account server; upon receipt of the validation, linking a wagering game session on the gaming machine with the player account.
1. A gaming system comprising:
a wagering game terminal including a display and an input device;
a processor; and
a memory device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
wirelessly receive, at the wagering game terminal from a mobile device, data associated with a wagering account accessed via the wagering game terminal;
cause the display to display information associated with the data wirelessly received from the mobile device, the information being a request for wagering account credentials;
receive an input via the input device;
responsive to the received input being a designated input including the wagering account credentials:
request, from a wagering account server, an amount of funds from the wagering account, and
responsive to the requested amount of funds being approved from the wagering account server, modify a credit balance shown on the wagering game terminal based on the requested amount of funds, the credit balance being usable to place wagers on play of a wagering game; and
responsive to the received input not being the designated input, no request, from the wagering account server, for the amount of funds from the wagering account is made.
2. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the data wirelessly received from the mobile device is associated with an optical code displayed on the mobile device.
3. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the requested amount of funds is a balance in the wagering account.
4. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the wagering account credentials includes at least one of a user name, password, or biometric.
5. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the wagering game terminal includes a value input device, and wherein the plurality of instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to modify the credit balance based, at least in part, on a monetary value associated with a physical item received by the value input device.
6. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to, responsive to the requested amount of funds not being approved from the wagering account server, request that funds be added to the wagering account.
7. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein the wagering game terminal includes the processor and the memory device.
8. A gaming system comprising:
a display;
an input device;
a processor; and
a memory device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
wirelessly receive, from a mobile device, data associated with a wagering account accessed via a wagering game terminal;
cause the display to display information associated with the data wirelessly received from the mobile device, the information being a request for wagering account credentials;
receive an input via the input device;
responsive to the received input being a designated input including the wagering account credentials:
request, from a wagering account server, an amount of funds from the wagering account, and
responsive to the requested amount of funds being approved from the wagering account server, modify a credit balance based on the requested amount of funds, the credit balance being usable to place wagers on play of a wagering game; and
responsive to the received input not being the designated input, no request, from the wagering account server, for the amount of funds from the wagering account is made.
9. The gaming system of claim 8 , wherein the data wirelessly received from the mobile device is associated with an optical code displayed on the mobile device.
10. The gaming system of claim 8 , wherein the requested amount of funds is a balance in the wagering account.
11. The gaming system of claim 8 , wherein the wagering game terminal includes a value input device, and wherein the plurality of instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to modify the credit balance based, at least in part, on a monetary value associated with a physical item received by the value input device.
12. A method of operating a gaming system, the method comprising:
wirelessly receiving, from a mobile device, data associated with a wagering account accessed via a wagering game terminal;
displaying, by a display, information associated with the data wirelessly received from the mobile device, the information being a request for wagering account credentials;
receiving an input via an input device;
responsive to the received input being a designated input including the wagering account credentials:
requesting, from a wagering account server, an amount of funds from the wagering account, and
responsive to the requested amount of funds being approved from the wagering account server, modifying, by a processor, a credit balance based on the requested amount of funds, the credit balance being usable to place wagers on play of a wagering game; and
responsive to the received input not being the designated input, no request, from the wagering account server, for the amount of funds from the wagering account is made.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the data wirelessly received from the mobile device is associated with an optical code displayed on the mobile device.
14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the requested amount of funds is a balance in the wagering account.
15. The method of claim 12 , further comprising modifying, by the processor, the credit balance based, at least in part, on a monetary value associated with a physical item received by a value input device.
16. The method of claim 12 , wherein responsive to the requested amount of funds not being approved from the wagering account server, requesting, by the processor, that funds be added to the wagering account.
17. The method of claim 12 , wherein the wagering game terminal includes the display and the input device, and wherein the credit balance is shown on the wagering game terminal.