ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,272, issued on July 1, was assigned to Sightline Payments LLC (Las Vegas).

"Systems and methods for casino level player account management" was invented by Kirk E. Sanford (Las Vegas), Thomas M. Sears (Henderson, Nev.) and Omer Sattar (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed for managing a casino level player account associated with a gaming environment. The casino level player account is associated with a player identifier with a financial account. The financial account can holds funds that are accessible through the player's use of a payment vehicle. Funds held within the casino level player accoun...