US 12,293,636 B2
Systems and methods for tracking of non-wagering account associated with gaming environment
Kirk E. Sanford, Las Vegas, NV (US); Thomas M. Sears, Henderson, NV (US); and Omer Sattar, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Assigned to Sightline Payments LLC, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by Sightline Payments LLC, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Feb. 19, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/581,028.
Application 18/581,028 is a continuation of application No. 18/102,938, filed on Jan. 30, 2023, granted, now 11,908,279.
Application 18/102,938 is a continuation of application No. 17/193,238, filed on Mar. 5, 2021, granted, now 11,568,712, issued on Jan. 31, 2023.
Application 17/193,238 is a continuation of application No. 16/507,692, filed on Jul. 10, 2019, granted, now 10,950,089, issued on Mar. 16, 2021.
Application 16/507,692 is a continuation of application No. 15/423,918, filed on Feb. 3, 2017, granted, now 10,395,477, issued on Aug. 27, 2019.
Application 15/423,918 is a continuation of application No. 14/962,321, filed on Dec. 8, 2015, granted, now 9,600,966, issued on Mar. 21, 2017.
Application 14/962,321 is a continuation of application No. 14/326,596, filed on Jul. 9, 2014, granted, now 9,251,651, issued on Feb. 2, 2016.
Application 14/326,596 is a continuation of application No. 14/033,495, filed on Sep. 22, 2013, granted, now 8,777,725, issued on Jul. 15, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/744,564, filed on Sep. 28, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2024/0194026 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G06Q 20/22 (2012.01); G06Q 20/34 (2012.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); G06Q 30/0226 (2023.01); G06Q 50/34 (2012.01)
CPC G07F 17/3251 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/227 (2013.01); G06Q 20/349 (2013.01); G06Q 20/387 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0226 (2013.01); G06Q 50/34 (2013.01); G07F 17/3227 (2013.01); G07F 17/3237 (2013.01); G07F 17/3239 (2013.01); G07F 17/3241 (2013.01); G07F 17/3244 (2013.01); G07F 17/3255 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A player tracking system, comprising:
a player tracking computing system comprising one or more processors and non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause the player tracking system to:
link a loyalty profile of a player with a payment card issued to the player maintained by an issuer processor computing system on a bank card network, wherein a plurality of merchants are associated with the bank card network;
communicate with a loyalty computing system of an online gaming environment to update the loyalty profile of the player based on transaction-related information received from the issuer processor computing system, wherein the transaction-related information is associated with a payment transaction initiated at one of the plurality of merchants associated with the bank card network, wherein the payment card is used during the at least one payment transaction, wherein the one of the plurality of merchants is unaffiliated with the online gaming environment;
generate a player intelligence report for the player based at least partially on the transaction-related information received from the issuer processor computing system, wherein the player intelligence report identifies the one of the plurality of merchants; and
provide the player intelligence report to a computing system associated with the online gaming environment.