US Patent Issued to Sightline Payments on May 6 for "Systems and methods for tracking of non-wagering account associated with gaming environment" (Nevada Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,636, issued on May 6, was assigned to Sightline Payments LLC (Las Vegas).

"Systems and methods for tracking of non-wagering account associated with gaming environment" 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 associating a player identifier with a financial account. The financial account can hold funds that are accessible through the player's use of a payment vehicle. Information associated with transactions using the payment vehicle can be used for player relationship purposes."

The patent was filed ...