Patents by Inventor Benjamin L. Bartels

Benjamin L. Bartels has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20140195414
    Abstract: A method for establishing one or more terms of a financial transaction comprises: receiving a player identifier; retrieving player tracking data provided by a player tracking system; and determining the at least one term based on the player tracking data. In one embodiment, the financial transaction is cashing of a check and the at least one term is a check cashing limit. The player tracking data may comprise of a player rating established by the tracking system or at least one type of player tracking data such as the player's previous bets and/or winnings. Player tracking data may be retrieved by a real-time electronic connection to the tracking system; by periodic exportation from the tracking system and importation into a check cashing system; or by separate retrieval from the tracking system and then manual imputation into the check cashing system for embodiments without an electronic interface to the tracking system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventors: BRYAN E. BULLARD, George J. Vasilakos, George S. Vasilakos, Benjamin L. Bartels, Navin Rongratana, John C. Huang