US 12,002,327 B2
System and method for transferring funds to and from a gaming establishment device
Jeffery Shepherd, Reno, NV (US); and Kevin Higgins, Reno, NV (US)
Assigned to IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/534,019.
Application 17/534,019 is a continuation of application No. 16/749,450, filed on Jan. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,200,777.
Prior Publication US 2022/0084360 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3244 (2013.01) [G07F 17/3223 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor responsive to a request of an amount of funds to be transferred from a gaming establishment account to a credit meter of an electronic gaming machine when an amount of funds displayed by the credit meter of the electronic gaming machine in an alphanumeric format and stored by a memory device of the electronic gaming machine is less than a designated credit meter amount of the electronic gaming machine and further responsive to a determination that a sum of the requested amount of funds to be transferred and the amount of funds displayed by the credit meter of the electronic gaming machine would be at least equal to the designated credit meter amount of the electronic gaming machine, cause the processor to decrease a probability that the electronic gaming machine becomes inoperable based on the amount of funds of the credit meter of the electronic gaming machine by causing a modification of the requested amount of funds to be transferred.