US Patent Issued to Video Gaming Technologies on Nov. 18 for "Gaming system with secure electronic payment coupon redemption" (Tennessee, Virginia, Nevada Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,455, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Video Gaming Technologies Inc. (Franklin, Tenn.).

"Gaming system with secure electronic payment coupon redemption" was invented by Michael M. Oberberger (Franklin, Tenn.), Ben Lechlitner (Nashville, Tenn.), Chris Jarrell (Nolensville, Tenn.), John M. Plunkett (Nashville, Tenn.), Christopher John Thacker (Las Vegas) and Daniel William Milligan (Palmyra, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cryptographic key is associated with an identifier (ID) of an electronic gaming machine (EGM). A computing device receives a coupon redemption request including an electronic payment coupon having the EGM ID a...