IP Library Granted Patent US 12,307,855
Granted Patent B2
US 12,307,855 · App. 18/623,753 · Granted May 20, 2025

User identification verification in association with transferring funds to a gaming table

Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd (Reno, NV); Kevin Higgins (Reno, NV)
Assignee: IGT
G07F17/3241G07F17/3227G07F17/3239
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Patent No.
US 12,307,855
App. No.
18/623,753
Granted
May 20, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods that verify an identity of a user in association with a transfer of an amount of funds from a gaming establishment account associated with the user to a gaming table component associated with a gaming establishment gaming table.

Claims (29)

1. A device comprising:

a processor; and

a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor in association with a transfer of an amount of funds from an account associated with a user, cause the processor to:

communicate data that results in a display, by a first display device associated with the user, of an identifier determined in association with a verification of the transfer of the amount of funds, and

communicate data that results in a display, by a second, different display device, of the identifier determined in association with the verification of the transfer of the amount of funds.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the account associated with the user comprises a gaming establishment account associated with the user.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the identifier comprises at least one of a plurality of alphanumeric characters, a plurality of digits of a random number, a plurality of digits of a monotonically increasing number, and a plurality of shapes.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the identifier is independent of any personal identifying information associated with the user.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the identifier displayed by the first display device and the identifier displayed by the second, different display device are a same color.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the second, different display device comprises one of a display device of a dealer workstation associated with a gaming table, and a display device of a mobile workstation.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the identifier displayed by the second, different display device is part of a gaming chip purchase receipt.

8. A device comprising:

a processor, and

a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor in association with a transfer of an amount of funds from a gaming establishment account associated with a user, cause the processor to:

communicate data that results in a display, by a display device associated with the user, of an identifier determined in association with a verification of the transfer of the amount of funds, and

communicate data that results in a printer printing a receipt associated with the amount of funds and comprising the identifier determined in association with the verification of the transfer of the amount of funds.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the identifier comprises at least one of a plurality of alphanumeric characters, a plurality of digits of a random number, a plurality of digits of a monotonically increasing number, and a plurality of shapes.

10. The device of claim 8 , wherein the identifier is independent of any personal identifying information associated with the user.

11. The device of claim 8 , wherein the identifier displayed by the display device and the identifier of the receipt are a same color.

12. The device of claim 8 , wherein the memory device stores a plurality of further instructions that, when executed by the processor responsive to the transfer of the amount of funds from the account, cause the processor to communicate data that results in a display, by a second, different display device, of the identifier.

13. A method of operating a device, the method comprising:

displaying, by a first display device associated with a user, an identifier determined in association with a verification of a transfer of an amount of funds from an account associated with the user, and

displaying, by a second, different display device, the identifier determined in association with the verification of the transfer of the amount of funds.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the account associated with the user comprises a gaming establishment account associated with the user.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the identifier comprises at least one of a plurality of alphanumeric characters, a plurality of digits of a random number, a plurality of digits of a monotonically increasing number, and a plurality of shapes.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the identifier is independent of any personal identifying information associated with the user.

17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the identifier displayed by the first display device and the identifier displayed by the second, different display device are a same color.

18. The method of claim 13 , wherein the second, different display device comprises one of a display device of a dealer workstation associated with a gaming table, and a display device of a mobile workstation.

19. The method of claim 13 , wherein the identifier displayed by the second, different display device is part of a gaming chip purchase receipt.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 3, 2025
From: IGT
To: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 071817/0394 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 2, 2024
From: SHEPHERD, JEFFERY; HIGGINS, KEVIN
To: IGT
Reel/Frame 066974/0471 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 18112306 · Feb 21, 2023
Continuation 17220591 · Apr 1, 2021
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