Automated Fund Reconciliation for Gaming Establishment Accounts

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems face challenges in efficiently transferring funds between different financial institution accounts based on transfers between gaming establishment accounts, particularly in reconciling funds to comply with jurisdictional requirements.

Innovation Solution

The system automatically transfers funds between different financial institution accounts associated with gaming establishments, ensuring that the amounts in gaming establishment accounts correspond with the amounts in associated financial institution accounts, thereby reconciling transfers and adhering to regulatory requirements.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of time

If manual reconciliation processes are used to transfer funds between financial institution accounts, then flexibility and control are maintained, but time consumption and operational complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetime consumptionVSAvoidautomation level
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSExtent of automation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by establishing predetermined rules and automated triggers for fund transfers. When specific conditions are met (such as gaming establishment account transfers), the system automatically initiates the corresponding financial institution account reconciliations without requiring manual intervention, thus reducing time consumption while maintaining controlled automation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback mechanisms by continuously monitoring gaming establishment account transfers and automatically triggering corresponding reconciliations in financial institution accounts. This closed-loop feedback system ensures that fund transfers are automatically reconciled based on actual transaction data, eliminating manual time consumption while maintaining appropriate automation levels.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Productivity

If automated fund transfer systems are implemented between financial institution accounts, then efficiency and speed improve, but system complexity and reconciliation difficulties increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransfer efficiencyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the fund transfer and reconciliation process into distinct modular components: gaming establishment account monitoring, transfer detection, financial institution account identification, and automated reconciliation execution. Each segment operates independently with clearly defined interfaces, improving transfer efficiency while managing system complexity through modular architecture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements a universal automated reconciliation platform that handles multiple financial institution accounts and various types of fund transfers through a single integrated system. This multi-functional approach improves overall transfer efficiency across different accounts and institutions while avoiding the complexity of multiple separate systems by providing a unified solution.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Measurement precision

If frequent reconciliations are performed between gaming establishment accounts and financial institution accounts, then accuracy and compliance improve, but computational resources and processing time increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereconciliation accuracyVSAvoidcomputational resources
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs reconciliations periodically based on predetermined triggers such as completed fund transfers between gaming establishment accounts, rather than continuously. This periodic action approach maintains high reconciliation accuracy by performing checks at appropriate intervals while optimizing computational resource usage by avoiding unnecessary continuous processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs reconciliations selectively based on actual transfer events rather than进行全面 checks. By applying partial action only when needed (when fund transfers occur), the system maintains high accuracy for relevant transactions while minimizing unnecessary computational resource consumption on accounts without recent activity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS20250148870A1System and method for settling funds transfers between different gaming establishment accounts maintained by different gaming establishments
Publication Date: 2025.05.08 INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY INC
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AI summary

A system and method that facilitates the transferring of funds between different financial institution accounts based on the transferring of funds between different gaming establishment accounts associated with different gaming establishments.