Mobile Microsite Integration for Secure Gaming Authorization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic gaming and point-of-service machines lack secure and convenient methods for remote authorization and authentication, leading to issues with physical token management, security, and user experience.
Innovation Solution
The integration of a mobile microsite with remote authorization services, utilizing a mobile device's camera to scan a code, which launches a microsite that allows users to select authorization services and amounts of gameplay, and then performs secure authorization through a risk engine.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If physical tokens or articles (cash, chips, cards) are used to initiate gaming activities, then the system can track and control gameplay, but the system becomes more prone to loss, theft, counterfeiting, and requires users to physically retrieve tokens from ATMs or tellers
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces physical tokens with digital representations stored on mobile devices. Users authenticate through mobile applications that contain digital credentials, eliminating the need for physical chips, cash, or cards. The system creates digital copies of authorization that can be securely stored and transmitted electronically, allowing users to initiate gameplay by scanning codes with their mobile devices rather than physically handling tokens.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent substitutes mechanical/physical token handling systems with electronic authentication mechanisms. Instead of physically inserting chips, cash, or cards into machines, users employ mobile device cameras to scan visual codes (such as QR codes or barcodes) displayed on gaming machines. This triggers electronic authentication workflows that verify user identity and authorization levels through mobile applications, replacing the entire physical token insertion and validation mechanism with an optical-electronic system.
2Reliability
If physical tokens are used for authentication, then the system can verify user identity, but users must physically locate and retrieve tokens which adds time and friction to the user experience
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary authentication by requiring users to set up mobile applications with their credentials before arriving at the gaming location. The system pre-configures digital wallets, authentication tokens, and user profiles in the mobile application, so that when users arrive at the gaming machine, the authentication process is already prepared and can be completed instantly by scanning a code, eliminating the need to physically locate or retrieve authentication items.
3Reliability
If mobile device security systems are leveraged for authorization, then the system can improve security and reduce physical token management, but the system requires integration between mobile devices and electronic gaming machines
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs universal visual code standards (such as QR codes or barcodes) that can be generated by the gaming machine and scanned by any standard mobile device camera, regardless of the specific mobile operating system or device model. The authentication protocol is designed to work across different mobile platforms (iOS, Android) and different gaming machine types, creating a universal interface that simplifies integration while maintaining security. The system uses widely adopted communication protocols and data formats that enable interoperability between diverse devices without requiring custom hardware or proprietary connection methods.
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AI summary
The present technology can provide solutions for mobile integration for authorizing a certain amount of gameplay on an electronic gaming machine, wherein the electronic gaming machine communicates with a security server that analyzes, using a risk engine, to determine and confirm the authorized gameplay amount to the electronic gaming machine.