System and method to support gaming in an electronic network
First Claim
1. A system for supporting electronic gaming, comprising:
- an event server configured to manage a game service, said event server providing a restricted access to said game service over an electronic network; and
one or more user devices configured to communicate with said event server over said electronic network by performing a wireless communications procedure to thereby allow one or more system users to participate in said electronic gaming, said one or more system users each utilizing a respective one of said one or more user devices to perform a transfer procedure for transferring ownership rights of an electronic certificate that relates to said electronic gaming.
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Abstract
A system and method to support electronic gaming in an electronic network includes an event server that provides restricted access to various types of game services. One or more system users may utilize corresponding wireless portable user devices for connecting to the event server to thereby gain access to the foregoing game services as game participants. The system users may thereby utilize the user devices to access the event server for accessing appropriate gaming services and related information. In addition, a source system user may utilize a source user device to perform a transfer procedure for transferring ownership rights of an electronic certificate related to the electronic gaming to a target system user through a target user device. The foregoing transfer procedure may be conducted through the event server, or may occur directly from the source user device to the target user device.
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43 Claims
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1. A system for supporting electronic gaming, comprising:
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an event server configured to manage a game service, said event server providing a restricted access to said game service over an electronic network; and
one or more user devices configured to communicate with said event server over said electronic network by performing a wireless communications procedure to thereby allow one or more system users to participate in said electronic gaming, said one or more system users each utilizing a respective one of said one or more user devices to perform a transfer procedure for transferring ownership rights of an electronic certificate that relates to said electronic gaming. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for supporting electronic gaming, comprising the steps of:
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managing a game service by utilizing an event server that provides a restricted access to said game service over an electronic network; and
communicating with said event server over said electronic network by performing a wireless communications procedure with one or more user devices to thereby allow one or more system users to participate in said electronic gaming, said one or more system users each utilizing a respective one of said one or more user devices to perform a transfer procedure for transferring ownership rights of an electronic certificate that relates to said electronic gaming. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A computer-readable medium comprising program instructions for supporting electronic gaming by performing the steps of:
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managing a game service by utilizing an event server that provides a restricted access to said game service over an electronic network; and
communicating with said event server over said electronic network by performing a wireless communications procedure with one or more user devices to thereby allow one or more system users to participate in said electronic gaming, said one or more system users each utilizing a respective one of said one or more user devices to perform a transfer procedure for transferring ownership rights of an electronic certificate that relates to said electronic gaming.
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42. A system for supporting electronic gaming, comprising:
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means for managing a game service, said means for managing effectively providing a restricted access to said game service over an electronic network; and
means for communicating with said event server over said electronic network by performing a wireless communications procedure to thereby allow one or more system users to participate in said electronic gaming, said one or more system users utilizing said means for communicating to perform a transfer procedure for transferring ownership rights of an electronic certificate that relates to said electronic gaming.
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43. A system for supporting electronic gaming, comprising:
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an event server configured to manage a game service, said event server providing a restricted access to said game service over an electronic network; and
one or more user devices configured to communicate with said event server over said electronic network by performing a wireless communications procedure to thereby allow one or more system users to participate in said electronic gaming.
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