US Patent Issued to IGT on Sept. 2 for "Gaming system and method for utilizing a mobile device to fund a gaming session" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,406,547, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).

"Gaming system and method for utilizing a mobile device to fund a gaming session" was invented by Erik B. Petersen (Reno, Nev.), Kevin M. Higgins (Reno, Nev.), Dwayne R. Nelson (Las Vegas), Steven G. LeMay (Reno, Nev.), Dwayne A. Davis (Reno, Nev.), Dennis T. Kleppen (Henderson, Nev.), Warner R. Cockerille IV (Reno, Nev.), James A Vasquez (Carson City, Nev.), Bradley Boudreau (Dieppe, Canada), Suzanne Cockerille (Reno, Nev.), Marc A. Espin (Sparks, Nev.) and Larry R. Hollibaugh (Reno, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Gaming systems and methods for facilitating funds to and f...