Methods and systems for interactive wagering using multiple types of user interfaces
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Abstract
The present invention is methods and systems for interactive wagering user interfaces. Preferred embodiments of these systems and methods incorporate a wagering data hub which controls the flow of data relating to wagers, wagering events, and wagering account and facilitates the use of a variety of user interfaces such as graphical user interfaces and interactive voice response interfaces. For example, a user of the present invention may use a television set-top box, a computer, a telephone, and/or any other suitable device. To communicate with the wagering data hub, television set-top boxes preferably use a two-way cable system, computers preferably use a computer network, and telephones preferably use a telephone network, although each may use any suitable mechanism or combination of mechanisms to communicate with wagering data hub.
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40 Claims
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5. A method for interactive wagering, comprising:
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receiving user inputs; and
displaying a wager input interface for creating a wager on a horse race having a plurality of wager requirements, wherein the plurality of wager requirements comprises a track selection, a race selection, a wager type selection, a horse selection, and an amount selection, and a plurality of selectable options for each of the plurality of wager requirements, wherein the wager requirements are displayed so that each wager requirement is substantially aligned in a first dimension, wherein the plurality of selectable options for each of the plurality of wager requirements is displayed so that the plurality of selectable options is substantially aligned in a second dimension with each corresponding one of the plurality of wager requirements, and wherein the plurality of selectable options for a subsequent one of the wager requirements depends on a selection of one of the plurality of selectable options for a previous one of the wager requirements. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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20. A system for interactive wagering, comprising:
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a user input device that receives user inputs; and
control circuitry that receives the user inputs and that displays a wager input interface having a plurality of wager requirements, wherein the plurality of wager requirements comprises a track selection, a race selection, a wager type selection, a horse selection, and an amount selection, and a plurality of selectable options for each of the plurality of wager requirements, wherein the wager requirements are displayed so that each wager requirement is substantially aligned in a first dimension, wherein the plurality of selectable options for each of the plurality of wager requirements is displayed so that the plurality of selectable options is substantially aligned in a second dimension with each corresponding one of the plurality of wager requirements, and wherein the plurality of selectable options for a subsequent one of the wager requirements depends on a selection of one of the plurality of selectable options for a previous one of the wager requirements. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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