Mobile gaming alert

• US 10,665,055 B2
• Filed: 08/09/2018
• Issued: 05/26/2020
• 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:
  US16/059,656
• Publication Number:
  US 20180350196A1
• Time in Patent Office: 656 Days
• 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. Other embodiments are described.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a location detector;

a screen;

a data storage device;

a network interface;

at least one processor to;

receive, via the network interface, a stream of data associated with sporting events;

determine, using the location detector, whether the device is currently located in a jurisdiction where gambling is permitted;

search gaming preferences stored the data storage device;

compare the gaming preferences with the data associated with sporting events;

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

in response to identifying the pattern in the gaming preferences and in response to determining that the device is currently located in a jurisdiction where gambling is permitted, render a graphical user interface on the screen, the graphical user interface showing at least one of the sporting events, possible outcomes of each displayed sporting event, payouts for wagers on each displayed sporting event outcome, and response prompts, each response prompt soliciting a wager on a displayed outcome; and

in response to determining that the device is currently located in a jurisdiction where gambling is not permitted, prevent display of the graphical user interface on the screen.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the location detector is a global positioning system.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the location detector is a Bluetooth transceiver.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the location detector is a wireless transceiver.

5. The device of claim 1, further comprising a memory, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to store sporting event preferences in the memory.

6. The device of claim 5, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to filter the stream of data based on the sporting events preferences in order to display at least one of the sporting events.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to display a video related to a displayed sporting event via the graphical user interface.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to play audio when the graphical user interface is displayed.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to detect a selection of a given response prompt and to detect entry of a wager on a displayed sporting event.

10. A method comprising:

receiving, by at least one processor, a stream of data via a network interface, the stream of data being associated with sporting events;

determining, by the at least one processor, a current location of a device using a location detector to determine whether the device is currently in a jurisdiction where gambling is permitted;

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

comparing, by the at least one processor, the gaming preferences with the data associated with sporting events;

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

in response to identifying the pattern in the gaming preferences and in response to determining that the device is currently located in a jurisdiction where gambling is permitted, rendering, by the at least one processor, a graphical user interface on a screen, the graphical user interface showing at least one of the sporting events, possible outcomes of each displayed sporting event, payouts for wagers on each displayed sporting event outcome, and a response prompts, each response prompt soliciting a wager on a displayed outcome; and

in response to determining that the device is currently located in a jurisdiction where gambling is not permitted, preventing, by the at least one processor, display of the graphical user interface on the screen.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the location detector is a global positioning system.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the location detector is a Bluetooth transceiver.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the location detector is a wireless transceiver.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising storing, by the at least one processor, sporting event preferences in a memory.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein displaying at least one of the sporting events further comprises filtering, by the at least one processor, the stream of data based on the sporting events preferences.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising displaying, by the at least one processor, a video related to a displayed sporting event via the graphical user interface.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising playing, by the at least one processor, audio when the graphical user interface is displayed.

18. The method of claim 10, further comprising detecting, by the at least one processor, a selection of a given response prompt and to detect entry of a wager on a displayed sporting event.