Patents
US 10672234 B2: Method and system for enhanced lottery ticket accounting and sales with smart bin dispensers at a retail establishment
- Granted
- 2020-06-02
- Filed
- 2015-07-17 application 14802526
- Type
- Utility · 12 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A system and associated method are provided for dispensing lottery tickets at retail establishments. A lottery ticket terminal is in communication with a retail POS register and accepts a request for purchase of a particular lottery ticket selected from a plurality of different lottery tickets. A dispenser array is in communication with the terminal and includes a plurality of separate bins having a different respective lottery tickets stored. The lottery tickets have a machine readable code printed thereon and each bin includes a scanner disposed to read the code as the tickets are dispensed from the bin by an electronic drive mechanism. The lottery ticket terminal transmits a purchase signal for dispensing a particular lottery ticket that is routed to the respective bin containing the particular lottery ticket. The bin transmits a signal that is routed to a central lottery server for each lottery ticket dispensed from the bin, the signal identifying the lottery ticket from the scanned code.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg200602.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scientific Games International, Inc. 140 patents | US company or organization | Newark, DE | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William F. Behm | Roswell, GA | 14 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Ajay J. Ghia | Cumming, GA | 14 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Sten Hallundbaek Mejenborg | Cumming, GA | 24 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Mark Andrew Thompson | Buford, GA | 59 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G07F | Coin-freed or like apparatus | G07F17/42 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06Q | Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes; systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not otherwise provided for | G06Q20/18 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-05 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | SCIENTIFIC GAMES, LLC signed 2022-04-02 | DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH NEW YORK, NY | 59852/1 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2022-04-05 | Release of security interest Partial release of patent security agreement recorded at r/f 044889/0662 | DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS signed 2022-04-02 | SCIENTIFIC GAMES, LLC ALPHARETTA, GA | 59616/483 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2022-04-05 | Correction Amended and restated assignment | SCIENTIFIC GAMES INTERNATIONAL, INC. signed 2022-04-01 | SCIENTIFIC GAMES, LLC ALPHARETTA, GA | 59607/105 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2022-04-05 | Name change Change of name | SCIENTIFIC GAMES, INC. signed 2022-03-03 | SCIENTIFIC GAMES, LLC ALPHARETTA, GA | 59598/663 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2022-04-05 | Release of security interest Partial release of patent security agreement recorded at r/f 045909/0513 | DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS signed 2022-04-04 | SCIENTIFIC GAMES, LLC ALPHARETTA, GA | 59595/537 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2021-10-30 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | SCIENTIFIC GAMES INTERNATIONAL, INC. signed 2021-10-26 | SCIENTIFIC GAMES, INC. ALPHARETTA, GA | 57971/136 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2018-04-11 | Security interest Security interest Security agreement | SCIENTIFIC GAMES INTERNATIONAL, INC. signed 2018-04-09 BALLY GAMING, INC. signed 2018-04-09 | DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, AS COLLATERAL AGENT NEW YORK, NY | 45909/513 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2017-12-15 | Security interest Security interest Security agreement | SCIENTIFIC GAMES INTERNATIONAL, INC. signed 2017-12-14 BALLY GAMING, INC. signed 2017-12-14 | DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, AS COLLATERAL AGENT NEW YORK, NY | 44889/662 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2015-07-17 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | BEHM, WILLIAM F. signed 2015-07-07 GHIA, AJAY J. signed 2015-07-07 MEJENBORG, STEN HALLUNDBAEK signed 2015-07-07 THOMPSON, MARK ANDREW signed 2015-07-17 | SCIENTIFIC GAMES INTERNATIONAL, INC. NEWARK, DE | 36118/44 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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