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o2)United States Patent<br />

Meyerhofer<br />

(54) MF, TIIOI) ANDAPPARATUS I;'OR GAMIN(;<br />

PROMOTIONAl, PRINTEII<br />

(753 Inventor: Mark Meyerhofer, LaCanada, CA (US)<br />

f73) Assignee: l;'utureLogie. Inc.. Glendale. CA (US)<br />

( * ) Notice: Subject u'_ ally disclaimer, the term oflhis<br />

(213 Appl. No.: 10/405AI2<br />

(22) Filed: 31at. 31,2003<br />

patent is extended or adjusied trader 35<br />

U.S.C. t54(b) by 765 days.<br />

(65) Prior Pnhlication l)a¢a<br />

((0)<br />

(50<br />

US 2004/0095604 AI May 20, 2004<br />

Related U.S. Application Data<br />

Provisional application No, 60/369,097, filed on M:u:.<br />

29, 2002.<br />

Int. CI.<br />

A63F Ll/00 (2006.013<br />

A63F 13/08 (2006,0 I)<br />

GO6F 9/00 (2006.01 )<br />

GO6F' 9/02 (2006,013<br />

.,163F 9/24 (2006,013<br />

(52) U,S. CI ........................... 463142; 358/l.15; 463/16;<br />

463/40: 463/1: 463/25: 705/14: 705/1; 700/91<br />

(58) Field of Ctassitieatlon Search ....... 358/1_15-1.18_<br />

358/1.1: 463125. 16. 1, 29, 36, 39-43: 705/14;<br />

710/I I, 17: 235/375, 381 ; 700/231, 232;<br />

See application file fi)r complete _arch histo_.<br />

(56) References Cited<br />

U.S. P/kTEN°I" DOCUMENTS<br />

4,723.212 A 2/1988 OffetaL<br />

(Continued)<br />

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221/I, 2, 7-10<br />

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US007594855B2<br />

(10) Patent No.: US 7,594,855 B2<br />

(45) Date of Patent: Sel). 29, 2009<br />

I:OREIGN E,_I'ENT IN)C;UMENTS<br />

0173835 A2 3/1!_86<br />

(Contiauc_.l)<br />

OTHER PUI3LIC_VI IONS<br />

Fulur¢logie, In',:,. 'qleavy Duly Dollar Bill Size I)ir,:ct "thermal<br />

Kiosk [Mnter User's Manual". Copyri_h12000.<br />

(Contlnuixl)<br />

Primary Examiner--Twylcr L Haskins<br />

Assistant Exonlhwr--Chad Dickersoil<br />

(743 Attorn_?; Agent, or Firm--Firztmlrick. Celia. Harper &<br />

Scinm<br />

(57) ABSTIIACT<br />

A inelhtxl ;rod appar'alus for a gaming promotional prinlcr Ibr<br />

use v,'ithin a cashless cnablc'd gaming machine are disclosed.<br />

A gaming promotional printer includes a colrpon databa.',_<br />

dc.,cribing a stack o fcoupons that m_._specified using a tem-<br />

plaie based coupouing printer langl_tge. A coupon is selected<br />

Ibr creati_m and issued to the player Ntsed on a matrix or<br />

event-based triggeL's involving E_etors or pamn;telers known<br />

to the gaming ptx_motio_ml prinier directly or supplied hy<br />

nmster pronlotional eontreller. Triggers may inc hide tile time<br />

o f day_ the date or amounl of a cash-out voucher to be issued<br />

to a player: the duration ofplay on a gaming machine, a player<br />

classification, d_e amounl of money or credils add_xt 1o a<br />

N_me. or a random ti'equent 3, of coupon issuance having<br />

satisfied any or all o fthe aforementioned factors. The gaming<br />

pmmodorml primer may finlher htelude the abilily to store all<br />

of Ihe coupons, Irigger conditions, and related inlbmmfion<br />

resident in the gaming pmmolional printer in a not-volatile<br />

Ihshkm thus elulbling a host syslem to download n promo-<br />

tlo_ml environment into 1he gaming promotiolml printer<br />

which will run pn',molional campaigns on behalf of the host-<br />

lag system.<br />

-A0032-<br />

84 Claims, 9 Drawing Sheets

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