Mobile lottery, gaming and wagering system and method
First Claim
1. A method for purchasing an opportunity in a game of chance, comprising:
- giving, by a subscriber, an amount of money to a retailer who is an authorized agent for the game of chance;
receiving, by a retail charging terminal, the money in either hard currency or electronic form;
transferring electronically the amount of money from the retail charging terminal to a mobile appliance of the subscriber; and
using the mobile appliance by the subscriber to purchase the opportunity in the game of chance.
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Abstract
An apparatus or method to allow the secure downloading of an operating system, file management system and or state machine to a Miniature Smart Card (MSC) such as a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM), Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM), Removable User Identity Module (RUIM) or Universal Integrated Chip Card (UICC) in a mobile appliance (MA), such as but not limited to a mobile phone, personal digital assistant (PDA), pager or a proprietary device. This would in turn allow an E-purse applet as well as Lottery, Wagering and Gaming applets to be downloaded to the same Miniature Smart Card (MSC) and further allow the downloading of e-cash to be used to remotely play the Lottery, Wagering or Gaming applets as well as make retail purchases.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for purchasing an opportunity in a game of chance, comprising:
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giving, by a subscriber, an amount of money to a retailer who is an authorized agent for the game of chance;
receiving, by a retail charging terminal, the money in either hard currency or electronic form;
transferring electronically the amount of money from the retail charging terminal to a mobile appliance of the subscriber; and
using the mobile appliance by the subscriber to purchase the opportunity in the game of chance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A mobile appliance used for purchasing an opportunity in a game of chance, comprising:
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a long-range wireless communication system;
a short-range communication system;
a cash transaction storage device that is loaded with e-cash using the short-range communication system; and
software used to play the game of chance that utilizes the long-range wireless communication system. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A mobile appliance used for purchasing a product or service, comprising:
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a long-range wireless communication system;
a short-range communication system;
a cash transaction storage device that is loaded with e-cash using the short-range communication system; and
an access mechanism configured to purchase the product or service. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A retail charging terminal for transferring e-cash to a mobile appliance, comprising:
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a first interface configured to get a cash value at a game of chance retail establishment from an authorized agent;
a second interface configured to transfer cash value to a mobile appliance of a subscriber over a short-range communications channel; and
hardware and software coupling the first interface and the second interface. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A system for obtaining e-cash for playing games of chance or making retail purchases, comprising:
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a mobile appliance comprising a mechanism for playing games of chance or making retail purchases over a long-range wireless communications network and for obtaining e-cash over a short-range communications network, the mobile appliance comprising a subscriber information module configured to hold and transfer the e-cash; and
a retail charging terminal configured to be loaded with cash value by a retailer who is an authorized agent of a service, the retail charging terminal comprising a short-range communications network configured to communicate with the short-range communications network of the mobile appliance and transfer the e-cash to the mobile appliance over the short-range communications.
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