Joint Appendix One

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enabled gaming machine nses'a bill accepter for redemption
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of promotinnal cotrpons and acceplnace of vonahecs or cash.
In ol._ration, the master pmmotinnal controller treJmmita
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packets of variable data or coupon data describing a promotional
databme to the Catalog promotional printer. "{_o oon- s
terns of the promotional database include dcscdplions of a
plurally of promotlonal coupons, cash vonahere, edvertisemooR:
or other mltieoments which are hereinafter collectively
referred to as "CoUpons". '["he 8aqli_ pmmotiotml printer
receives the pnnnotional database mad stores the pmmotinnal l0
database in the _anl_ promotional printm"s local memory.
The gaming promotional pdnrer also stores speelficationa
ofttow t_oprim the coUpons in ;Is local matnory,'f'he specifications
of the coupons ate stored as templates written in a
template based primer language. This allows the COUl'_as to
he pro-defined, formntled, and stored In the gomtng pmmo-
tiottal printer completely or partially for laler recall.
Upon receptiun of a triggcw dam signal from either the
master promotiotml controller or the gtmle controller, the.
gaming promotional psiuter refereacc_ real parses the proton- _.o
tim_l database and coupon templgte_ to generate and issue
promotimm] coupons or tickets printed on paper media. The
paper media may be n'_l specifically for the purpose of
8enemtln8 promotional coupons, or the paper media nmy be
used for the putpnae of prlath;*8 p@. out vooel.a:rs assock_led. 2S
with cashless 8am'm_.
I;1Q. 3 is aniliustrationnfa coupott incl':ling logical fields
describcd in a template based printer laagtmgein accmxlanco
with all exemplaW ombodhuonl of fifo present Inveotinm hi
thin example, Ocoupon n_y 300 Inelnde four types of&to 30
fields: text flalda, such a sl_t fi_ld 302 i bareede fa.qds, suchos
a g_ning promofit'tmM prfr_er. A template may inchkie a
photo}try offielda in combinntlon, resultin S in a pasterxq_ style
pdnted coupon. A plurality of templates describing different
typos of coupons amy be stored in a gunning promodooal ._o
primer supporting a rich cnuponing envLrotanent.
The actual value or data for each of the fields described in
a cut, on template may or tnay rtorbe inaluded in the template
itself; l'or e_.an pie, a template may include a harcodu field [or
prioting a hawede 310. However, the actual value of the 4s
base.ode Is tmnsmhted to n gaming ptoemtlonal prtaterat the
time a coupon Is geoc'._ted us|t_ the eoupoft inmpiste. In thin
way, e coupon nmyhtrve fields that Include slatic data, such as
graphic 312 in a graphic field, or dynamic dam, such'as the
name era Igutieular 9arran 314 in a text field. In this way. :_0
customlzedoaulmas may be pfinled by a gamingpmmotintml
printer without transfcrrblg la_c amounts of data thrrmgb a
commtmlcatitms natwo.,k coupling a ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,_ming promotional
prlnter to a masler promotional controller.
hi addifio_ dala thai b dsed to track usage ofcoupons amy _5
be included in a coupon. For example, a bancade field or a t_.'xt
field may bo used to print a bar¢ode value or text string
uniquelyidentifying n coupon, in this way, a _pmaing prmdslonal
printer cre_te_ au image of a hareode or harcodes,
clltwactots or marke that may be read by a cashlc_,'s ermbled _t
gaming me_hlna bill acoeptor on the same 0r another casbh_s
enabled gamhzg mnc.hino, nllmvin 8 automat|e n_eplanee of
coupom Inlo a cashlesa ¢mab} ed gaming system in a casit_ or
nauthar related casino property,
A coupon templam includes a phtrallty of command SS
stfmg_. "Each command stri_ con forais to the following syntax:
dclmlterl I
Ildefimet er,comment
where:
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delintiter_a delimRer chemcter
-=conmtand Idnat liter letter
'.=fields which include information _latire
to the conunnad
I_Pipe character. This nerves as the delimher betweca data
fiet& it;*a conmmnd,
;=Semi-colon. This is a conmmra field designator.
A template delinin_, a coupon adh_._ to following syntax:
ddimite_ template_crad_hr> I < t ld> ! l
I I ... I*r pr#n>
ts Iddimiler
where:
_Template dimension on a dotline axis.ln dots.
='l_upla_ dlmeasinnin do_s ia the poper axis.
.,, I l
t I 1 I I
l I i I I .,:pr_att_ t
.q_r data> lddlmter
whwe:
=printregion identifier.
.¢_alg._mem>:qa_ot memory storage.
_dot axi_ start positlm_ in dots.
=p_er axls start position in dots,
_xlut axis length of print regkin hx dols.
=papgr nXia length of print region in dots.
=Print object multiplier 2. For text. this repw-
_nts a font height multiplier. For a barcode, it iedieale_
a wide bat width.
._bjoet printing andbutcs. This ecalalus sp_l
iastmnttom on how to no.at tile print objects within a
print region
=print region attributes. This couk_m SlX.-"oial
Infatuations on hnadfiag of the print resion. A '0' iadieat_
text will be sam in a prim batch command- A ' I'
indieat_ use textwhich follows in pr_data field for a
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