Gaming Account Ticket Voucher Access Without Staff Cashout

Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems require users to interact with gaming establishment personnel to withdraw funds from accounts, which is time-consuming and increases disease transmission risks.

Innovation Solution

A system that enables users to obtain a ticket voucher for account funds via electronic gaming machines or mobile devices, bypassing automatic transfers and allowing users to convert funds to a ticket voucher without direct interaction with personnel.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If users interact with gaming establishment personnel to withdraw funds, then funds can be accessed from accounts, but interaction time increases and disease transmission risks increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesecure access to fundsVSAvoidinteraction time

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables users to autonomously withdraw funds from their gaming establishment accounts through self-service kiosks or mobile devices. Users can initiate cashout transactions, receive ticket vouchers, and complete fund access without any interaction with gaming establishment personnel, thereby eliminating time loss while maintaining security through authenticated account verification.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary automated system (kiosk or mobile device) that mediates between the user and the fund withdrawal process. This intermediary handles account verification, fund transfer, and voucher issuance, replacing direct human-to-human interaction with human-to-machine interaction, thus reducing disease transmission risks and interaction time while preserving secure access.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If users interact with gaming establishment personnel to withdraw funds, then funds can be accessed from accounts, but disease transmission risks increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesecure access to fundsVSAvoiddisease transmission risks

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables users to autonomously withdraw funds from their gaming establishment accounts through self-service kiosks or mobile devices. Users can initiate cashout transactions, receive ticket vouchers, and complete fund access without any interaction with gaming establishment personnel, thereby eliminating time loss while maintaining security through authenticated account verification.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary automated system (kiosk or mobile device) that mediates between the user and the fund withdrawal process. This intermediary handles account verification, fund transfer, and voucher issuance, replacing direct human-to-human interaction with human-to-machine interaction, thus reducing disease transmission risks and interaction time while preserving secure access.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Productivity

If automatic transfer is enabled, then funds are automatically moved to account, but users cannot access funds as ticket vouchers

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefund transfer efficiencyVSAvoidaccess method flexibility

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts the automatic transfer feature based on user preferences. Users can toggle the automatic transfer function on or off, allowing the system to adapt between automated fund movement and manual voucher issuance. This dynamic control enables both high productivity through automatic transfers when enabled and access flexibility when disabled, resolving the contradiction between efficiency and versatility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS20260030956A1Accessing gaming establishment account funds with a ticket voucher

Publication Date: 2026.01.29 INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY INC

AI summary

Systems and methods that employ a ticket voucher to access funds maintained in a gaming establishment account in association with bypassing an automatic transfer of an amount of funds to the gaming establishment account.