Automated feeder system and methods of use

US11495096B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Jackpocket LLC · US

Inventors

• Peter J. Sullivan · Sarasota, US
• Eric Parker · Scotch Plains, US
• Thompson Bertron · Austin, US
• Anna D. Cardinal · Austin, US
• Redza Shah · Austin, US
• Drew Eric WALTHER · Yukon, US
• Jason DYE · Austin, US
• Frank Zeiler · Austin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 11, 2022
• Grant date: Nov 8, 2022
• Expiry date: Apr 11, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F17/329
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An automatic feeder system may include: an input bin configured to store at least one physical request slip; a feeder unit; and a support frame. The feeder unit may include a feed neck operable to automatically obtain a physical request slip from the input bin and convey it out from an outlet of the feed neck. The support frame may support the feeder unit so that the outlet is configured to engage with an input of a retailer system engaged with the automatic feeder system such that conveyance of the physical request slip out from the outlet causes the physical request slip to enter the input of the retailer system and cause the retailer system to generate a physical ticket for the game of chance based on the physical request slip.