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US 11,062,563 · App. 16/591,188 · Granted Jul 13, 2021

System and method for incentivizing purchases in association with a gaming establishment retail account

Inventors: Jeffery Shepherd (Reno, NV); Kevin Higgins (Reno, NV)
Assignee: IGT
G07F17/3255
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,062,563
App. No.
16/591,188
Filed
Oct 2, 2019
Granted
Jul 13, 2021
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3715
USPC
463/25
Abstract

A system and method that provides zero, one or more incentives to a retail patron in association with utilizing an amount of funds in one or more gaming establishment accounts to complete one or more purchases of goods and/or services from a retail establishment.

Claims (34)

1. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

responsive to a receipt of data associated with a completion of a retail purchase, receive data associated with a determined source of funds used to complete the retail purchase, and

responsive to the determined source of funds used to complete the retail purchase being a designated source of funds:

determine a first incentive comprising a base incentive not associated with the designated source of funds and a bonus incentive associated with the designated source of funds,

associate the determined first incentive with a retail patron, and

cause a display device to display the determined first incentive associated with the retail patron.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein when executed by the processor responsive to the determined source of funds used to complete the retail purchase being a non-designated source of funds, the instructions cause the processor to determine a second incentive comprising the base incentive.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the data associated with the completion of the retail purchase is received from a point-of-sale terminal associated with the completion of the retail purchase.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the data associated with the determined source of funds used to complete the retail purchase is received from the point-of-sale terminal associated with the completion of the retail purchase.

5. The system of claim 3 , wherein the data associated with the determined source of funds used to complete the retail purchase is received from a component of a gaming establishment fund management system.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the data associated with the completion of the retail purchase and the data associated with the determined source of funds used to complete the retail purchase are each received from a component of a gaming establishment fund management system.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the designated source of funds comprises a gaming establishment retail account.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor comprises a component of a gaming establishment patron management system.

9. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

responsive to an approved purchase at a point-of-sale terminal associated with a retail establishment, cause a transfer of an amount of funds from a gaming establishment retail account maintained in association with a retail patron to an account associated with the retail establishment, and

communicate data associated with the transfer to a component of a gaming establishment patron management system, wherein the communication of data associated with the transfer occurs independent of the point-of-sale terminal associated with the retail establishment and the component of the gaming establishment patron management system determines an incentive to associate with the retail patron in association with the approved purchase at the point-of-sale terminal associated with the retail establishment and causes a display device to display the determined incentive.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the processor comprises a component of a gaming establishment fund management system.

11. A method of operating a system, the method comprising:

responsive to a receipt of data associated with a completion of a retail purchase, receiving data associated with a determined source of funds used to complete the retail purchase, and

responsive to the determined source of funds used to complete the retail purchase being a designated source of funds:

determining, by a processor, a first incentive comprising a base incentive not associated with the designated source of funds and a bonus incentive associated with the designated source of funds,

associating, by the processor, the determined first incentive with a retail patron, and

displaying, by a display device, the determined first incentive associated with the retail patron.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising, responsive to the determined source of funds used to complete the retail purchase being a non-designated source of funds, determining, by the processor, a second incentive comprising the base incentive.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the data associated with the completion of the retail purchase is received from a point-of-sale terminal associated with the completion of the retail purchase.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the data associated with the determined source of funds used to complete the retail purchase is received from the point-of-sale terminal associated with the completion of the retail purchase.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the data associated with the determined source of funds used to complete the retail purchase is received from a component of a gaming establishment fund management system.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the data associated with the completion of the retail purchase and the data associated with the determined source of funds used to complete the retail purchase are received from a component of a gaming establishment fund management system.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the designated source of funds comprises a gaming establishment retail account.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the system comprises a gaming establishment patron management system.

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 Oct 3, 2019
From: SHEPHERD, JEFFERY; HIGGINS, KEVIN
To: IGT
Reel/Frame 050619/0763 →
Continuity (1)
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