US 11,756,382 B2
System and method for providing financial account rewards programs
Kevin Higgins, Reno, NV (US); Jeffery Shepherd, Reno, NV (US); Dwayne A. Davis, Reno, NV (US); and Andrew Fisher, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Assigned to IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by IGT, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/534,062.
Application 17/534,062 is a continuation of application No. 16/793,646, filed on Feb. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,210,899.
Application 16/793,646 is a continuation of application No. 16/031,045, filed on Jul. 10, 2018, granted, now 10,607,445, issued on Mar. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0084363 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G06Q 30/0238 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0226 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0207 (2023.01)
CPC G07F 17/3255 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/0212 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0226 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0238 (2013.01); G07F 17/3211 (2013.01); G07F 17/3258 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
responsive to receiving data of an approved purchase associated with a financial account maintained by a financial institution, allocate, based on an amount of the approved purchase, a quantity of entries in association with the financial account, and
for each of the allocated quantity of entries:
determine if that entry qualifies as a winning entry, and
responsive to that entry being determined to qualify as the winning entry:
determine an amount of an award, and
communicate data that results in a display, by a display device, of the amount of the award.