Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Touchpoint-dependent transactions
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Application No.: US16190224Application Date: 2018-11-14
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Publication No.: US10825292B2Publication Date: 2020-11-03
- Inventor: Andrew J. Schwartz
- Applicant: Global Payments Gaming Services Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NV Las Vegas
- Assignee: GLOBAL PAYMENTS GAMING SERVICES, INC.
- Current Assignee: GLOBAL PAYMENTS GAMING SERVICES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US NV Las Vegas
- Agency: Mendelsohn Dunleavy, P.C.
- Agent Steven Mendelsohn
- Main IPC: G07F17/32
- IPC: G07F17/32

Abstract:
A transaction is facilitated at a business's touchpoint by transmitting from a wireless device (e.g., a patron's cell phone) to a transaction server operated by a transaction-funding business: patron-identifying information for the patron and a touchpoint ID associated with the touchpoint read using the wireless device. The transaction server authorizes the transaction, transmits that authorization to the cell phone and/or the touchpoint business, and the touchpoint business provides goods/services to the patron. In some implementations, the transaction-funding business transfers outgoing funds for the transaction to the touchpoint business and receives incoming funds for the transaction from the patron. In a casino, a patron can use his/her cell phone to purchase gaming credit at a gaming machine without using a paper voucher or currency. The transaction-funding business funds the purchase for the patron without any funds ever residing on or passing through the patron's cell phone.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190147695A1 TOUCHPOINT-DEPENDENT TRANSACTIONS Public/Granted day:2019-05-16
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