US 12,444,267 B2
Virtual ticket-in and ticket-out on a gaming machine
Dwayne R. Nelson, Las Vegas, NV (US); Steven G. LeMay, Reno, NV (US); Jim A. Vasquez, Carson City, NV (US); and Scott T. Gowin, Reno, NV (US)
Assigned to IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/939,533.
Application 17/939,533 is a continuation of application No. 17/862,220, filed on Jul. 11, 2022, granted, now 12,230,101.
Application 17/862,220 is a continuation of application No. 15/377,516, filed on Dec. 13, 2016, granted, now 11,403,913, issued on Aug. 2, 2022.
Application 15/377,516 is a continuation of application No. 14/139,544, filed on Dec. 23, 2013, granted, now 9,530,277, issued on Dec. 27, 2016.
Application 14/139,544 is a continuation of application No. 13/229,494, filed on Sep. 9, 2011, granted, now 8,613,659, issued on Dec. 24, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0415125 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G06Q 20/04 (2012.01)
CPC G07F 17/3244 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/0457 (2013.01); G07F 17/3211 (2013.01); G07F 17/3223 (2013.01); G07F 17/3251 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a network interface;
a processor in communication, via the network interface, with a game controller of a first electronic gaming machine, a smart interface board associated with the first electronic gaming machine and a server of a gaming establishment cashless system; and
a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
responsive to an occurrence of a virtual ticket voucher creation event, cause a creation of a virtual ticket voucher independent of any creation of any printed ticket vouchers, wherein the created virtual ticket voucher is associated with a gaming establishment virtual ticket voucher management application,
cause a modification, based on the created virtual ticket voucher, of a database comprising virtual ticket vouchers, wherein each entry of the database is associated with a monetary value which the virtual ticket voucher is redeemable for and a virtual ticket voucher identification number exclusively used for virtual ticket vouchers without being available to be used for any printed ticket vouchers which are exclusively associated with printed ticket voucher identification numbers, and
cause a communication of virtual ticket voucher information associated with the created virtual ticket voucher to at least one of a mobile device, a digital wallet application, and a remote distributed storage device.