Mobile gaming alert

• US 10,269,212 B2
• Filed: 06/12/2014
• Issued: 04/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Original Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Inventors: Alderucci, Dean P., Plott, Charles, Miller, Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): Boutah, Alina A
• Application Number:
  US14/302,831
• Publication Number:
  US 20150005055A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,776 Days
• Field of Search: 709206, 709223, 709224, 709207, 463 40, 463 41, 463 25, 463 31, 715234
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3227 Configuring a gaming machine, e.g. downloading personal settings, selecting working parameters
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/323 wherein the player is informed, e.g. advertisements, odds, instructions
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3288 Betting, e.g. on live events, bookmaking
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations

Abstract

Various embodiments of alerts on mobile devices are described. In some embodiments, information regarding a plurality of games may be stored, including a list of mobile devices registered to receive alerts associated with each game. Data comprising information related to the plurality of games may be received. Matches between information in the data and one or more of the games may be identified by searching the stored game information. For each identified match, at least one alert message may be generated for each mobile device registered to receive alerts associated with the game. The respective alert message may include a respective summary of information from the data regarding the game, which may include information about scheduling and/or potential outcomes of the game. Other embodiments are described.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a network interface to receive gaming event data;

at least one data storage device to store information regarding gaming preferences and a list of mobile devices registered to receive alerts associated with a respective game;

at least one processor to;

determine a current location of a respective mobile device;

determine whether wagering on a gaming event is permitted in the current location of the respective mobile device;

search the gaming preferences stored in at least one data storage device;

compare the gaming preferences stored in the at least one data storage device with the gaming event data received via the network interface;

identify a pattern in the gaming preferences of the mobile devices; and

in response to identifying the pattern in the gaming preferences and in response to determining that wagering on the gaming event is permitted in the current location, generate at least one alert message for a respective mobile device, the alert including a suggested gaming event based on the identified pattern and a potential outcome of the suggested gaming event; and

generate a graphical user interface that permits entry of a wager on the potential outcome of the gaming event via the respective mobile device.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to transmit the at least one alert message and the graphical user interface to the respective mobile device.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to generate a summary of payouts associated with the potential outcome of the gaming event.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to store the at least one alert message and transmit the at least one alert message to the respective mobile device at one or more configured times prior to the gaming event.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the suggested game is most likely of interest to a user of the respective mobile device based on the identified pattern.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive a request from the respective mobile device that the alert message be forwarded to a second mobile device; and

transmit the at least one alert message to the second mobile device.

7. A method comprising:

determining, by at least one processor, a current location of a respective mobile device;

determining, by the at least one processor, whether wagering on a gaming event is permitted in the current location of the respective mobile device;

searching, by the at least one processor, gaming preferences stored in at least one data storage device;

comparing, by the at least one processor, the gaming preferences stored in the at least one data storage device with gaming event data received via a network interface;

identifying, by the at least one processor, a pattern in the gaming preferences of the mobile devices; and

in response to identifying the pattern in the gaming preferences and in response to determining that wagering on the gaming event is permitted in the current location, generating, by the at least one processor, at least one alert message for a respective mobile device, the alert including a suggested gaming event based on the identified pattern and a potential outcome of the suggested gaming event;

and generating, by the at least one processor, a graphical user interface that permits entry of a wager on the potential outcome of the gaming event via the respective mobile device.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising transmitting, by the at least one processor, the at least one alert message to the respective mobile device.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising generating, by the at least one processor, a summary of payouts associated with the potential outcome of the gaming event.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising storing, by the at least one processor, the at least one alert message in the at least one data storage device and transmitting, by the at least one processor, the at least one alert message to the respective mobile device at one or more configured times prior to the gaming event.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the suggested game is most likely of interest to a user of the respective mobile device based on the identified pattern.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving, by the at least one processor, a request from the respective mobile device that the alert message be forwarded to a second mobile device; and

transmitting, by the at least one processor, the at least one alert message to the second mobile device, in response to the request.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium with instructions stored therein which, when executed, cause at least one processor to:

determine a current location of a respective mobile device;

determine whether wagering on a gaming event is permitted in the current location of the respective mobile device;

search gaming preferences stored in at least one data storage device;

compare the gaming preferences stored in the at least one data storage device with gaming event data received via a network interface;

identify a pattern in the gaming preferences of the mobile devices; and

in response to identifying the pattern in the gaming preferences and in response to determining that wagering on the gaming event is permitted in the current location, generate at least one alert message for a respective mobile device, the alert including a suggested gaming event based on the identified pattern and a potential outcome of the suggested gaming event; and

generate a graphical user interface that permits entry of a wager on the potential outcome of the gaming event via the respective mobile device.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the instructions stored therein, when executed, further cause at least one processor to transmit the at least one alert message to the respective mobile device.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the instructions stored therein, when executed, further cause at least one processor to generate a summary comprising payouts associated with the potential outcome of the gaming event.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the instructions stored therein, when executed, further cause at least one processor to:

store the at least one alert message and transmit the at least one alert message to the respective mobile device at one or more configured times prior to the gaming event.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the suggested game is most likely of interest to a user of the respective mobile device based on the identified pattern.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the instructions stored therein, when executed, further cause at least one processor to:

receive a request from the respective mobile device that the alert message be forwarded to a second mobile device; and

transmit the at least one alert message to the second mobile device.