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Method and apparatus for storing information on a wager gaming voucherRelated Patent Categories: Amusement Devices: Games, Including Means For Processing Electronic Data (e.g., Computer/video Game, Etc.), Credit/debit Monitoring Or Manipulation (e.g., Game Entry, Betting, Prize Level, Etc.)Method and apparatus for storing information on a wager gaming voucher description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070021191, Method and apparatus for storing information on a wager gaming voucher. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) from U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/652,999 filed Feb. 15, 2005, which application is incorporated herein by reference. LIMITED COPYRIGHT WAIVER [0002] A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material to which the claim of copyright protection is made. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by any person of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office file or records, but reserves all other rights whatsoever. Copyright 2006, WMS Gaming, Inc. FIELD [0003] This invention relates generally to the field of wagering games and more particularly to the field of wager gaming vouchers. DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART [0004] Wager gaming machines often accept, process, and dispense wager gaming vouchers. Wager gaming vouchers are often associated with a monetary value and/or game state information. Some wager gaming vouchers include one-dimensional barcodes that represent indexes into remote databases, which store monetary values and/or game state information associated with the vouchers. [0005] Players can typically redeem wager gaming vouchers for game credits. Wager gaming vouchers may also be used to store non-monetary award information that allows players to redeem the voucher for products or services. Wager gaming vouchers may also be used to store game play status. This allows a player to terminate a game prior to its completion and return to that game at a later time to resume game play at the same point (and with the same status) that the game was previously terminated. Wager gaming vouchers may be redeemed for credit or for the resumption of the game play by inserting the wager gaming voucher back into the wagering game, typically through a bill acceptor. The wager gaming machine traps the wager gaming voucher inside the wager gaming machine and is manually retrieved by the gaming establishment at periodic service intervals. [0006] After a wager gaming machine receives a voucher, the machine typically uses the voucher index to look-up in a remote database the voucher's monetary value and/or other voucher information. After performing the look-up, the wager gaming machine can provide gaming credits on the wagering game equivalent to the monetary value and restore game status in accordance the with information associated with the voucher index in the remote database. [0007] Players can also redeem wager gaming vouchers for cash by presenting the vouchers to cashiers. Cashiers can typically verify each voucher's monetary value before dispensing cash. For example, a cashier can use a computer for reading a voucher's one-dimensional bar code and determining an associated index into a remote database. Based on the index, the computer can look-up in the remote database the voucher's monetary value and provide the cashier with verification of the voucher's monetary value. After a cashier verifies the voucher's monetary value, the cashier can dispense cash to a player. [0008] After the wager gaming vouchers have been redeemed for cash or gaming credits, they are typically sent to a counting room, where workers verify their authenticity and value. Typically, because of tight security, counting room workers do not have access to remote databases. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES [0009] The present invention is illustrated by way of example and not limitation in the Figures of the accompanying drawings in which: [0010] FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a wagering game network, according to exemplary embodiments of the invention; [0011] FIG. 2 is an orthogonal view of a wager gaming machine, according to exemplary embodiments of the invention; [0012] FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a wager gaming voucher, according to exemplary embodiments of the invention; [0013] FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the reverse side of the wager gaming voucher of FIG. 3 to create a double-sided wager gaming voucher, according to exemplary embodiments of the invention; [0014] FIG. 5 is a flow diagram illustrating operations for generating a wager gaming voucher including a portable database and an index into a remote database, according to exemplary embodiments of the invention; [0015] FIG. 6 is a flow diagram illustrating operations for processing a wager gaming voucher that has a portable database and index into a remote database, according to exemplary embodiments of the invention; [0016] FIG. 7 is a flow diagram illustrating operations for processing a double sided wager gaming voucher that includes game-specific information, according to exemplary embodiments of the invention; and [0017] FIG. 8 is a flow diagram illustrating operations for processing a double-sided wager gaming voucher that includes game-specific information, according to exemplary embodiments of the invention. DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS [0018] Method and apparatus for storing information on a wager gaming voucher are described herein. This description of the embodiments is divided into four sections. The first section describes an exemplary operating environment and system architecture. The second section describes system operations and the third section provides some general comments. Continue reading about Method and apparatus for storing information on a wager gaming voucher... Full patent description for Method and apparatus for storing information on a wager gaming voucher Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Method and apparatus for storing information on a wager gaming voucher patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. 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