ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,439, issued on July 8, was assigned to Automated Cashless Systems Inc. (Reno, Nev.).

"Enabling financial transactions for electronic gaming machines" was invented by Stephen L. Warner (Zephyr Cove, Nev.), Michael Sackrison (Reno, Nev.), Shawn G. Quick (Reno, Nev.) and Michael Daly (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gaming system enabling financial transactions for an electronic gaming machine, or a plurality of electronic gaming machines is described. The gaming system includes an electronic gaming machine processor, a database, and a master gateway. The electronic gaming machine processor is associated with the electronic ga...