ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,457, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).
"Mobile device facilitated redemption of gaming establishment ticket vouchers" was invented by Jeffery Shepherd (Reno, Nev.) and Kevin Higgins (Reno, Nev.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods that provide one or more mobile device facilitated non-cash avenues to redeem a ticket voucher associated with an amount of funds."
The patent was filed on April 18, 2024, under Application No. 18/639,449.
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