Method of enabling a wireless information device to access betting related services
First Claim
1. A method of enabling a wireless information device to access betting related services, comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving and displaying on the device the best odds on an event as automatically selected from odds offered by two or more bookmakers;
(b) displaying on the device an option to initiate placing a bet at the best odds; and
(c) sending from the device instructions to place the bet.
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Abstract
A wireless information devices can access betting related services by: (a) receiving and displaying the best odds on an event as automatically selected from odds offered by two or more bookmakers; (b) displaying an option to initiate placing a bet at the best odds; and (c) sending instructions to place the bet. This approach integrates an automated search function, that can identify the best available odds, with a mechanism to actually place a bet at the best odds. The automated search function avoids the need to display a long list of bookmakers names and related odds. This is the first step in simplifying the user interaction needed to place a bet. The second step is to integrate the display of the best odds with an option to initiate placing a bet. The option, if selected, sends instructions to place the bet. This form of integration avoids the need to navigate from an odds checking site to a bookmakers site, finding the relevant event on the bookmakers site and then placing a bet, which can be slow and awkward on a wireless information device.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of enabling a wireless information device to access betting related services, comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving and displaying on the device the best odds on an event as automatically selected from odds offered by two or more bookmakers;
(b) displaying on the device an option to initiate placing a bet at the best odds; and
(c) sending from the device instructions to place the bet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A wireless information device programmed to access betting related services, in which the device is operable to:
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(a) receive and display the best odds on an event, as automatically selected from odds offered by two or more bookmakers;
(b) display an option to initiate placing a bet at the best odds;
(c) send instructions to place the bet.
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17. (canceled)
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18. A wireless network operator that controls a wireless network, in which the network carries data traffic to a wireless information device to enable the device to receive and display the best odds on an event as automatically selected from odds offered by two or more bookmakers;
- and carries data traffic from the device to enable the device to place a bet in response to an end-user selecting an option displayed on the device to initiate placing a bet at the best odds.
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