US 12,354,112 B2
Tipping in gaming establishment retail purchases
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 Mar. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/691,766.
Prior Publication US 2023/0316293 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/42 (2012.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06Q 20/36 (2012.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G06Q 50/34 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 20/42 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/20 (2013.01); G06Q 20/36 (2013.01); G06Q 20/40 (2013.01); G06Q 50/34 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gaming establishment fund management system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor responsive to a request to complete a purchase transaction at a point-of-sale terminal associated with a gaming establishment retail point-of-sale system, cause the processor to:
responsive to a determination that a balance of a gaming establishment retail account associated with a user and maintained by the gaming establishment fund management system includes at least an amount of funds associated with the purchase transaction;
cause a completion of the purchase transaction, wherein the completed purchase transaction is associated with a first transaction identifier and the completed purchase transaction is associated with a transfer of an amount of funds to complete the purchase transaction from the gaming establishment retail account to an account associated with the gaming establishment retail point-of-sale system, and
following the completion of the purchase transaction and responsive to a completion of a separately occurring tip transaction associated with the purchase transaction, associate the first transaction identifier with the completed tip transaction such that both the completed purchase transaction and the completed tip transaction are each individually accessible from the same first transaction identifier.