SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVENIENCE GAMING
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1. An apparatus comprising a computing device operable to:
- determine that a duration of time in which a gaming device has been activated is less than a predetermined amount of time, in which the gaming device is permitted to be activated for the predetermined amount of time;
determine that a user of the gaming device is within a first area of a communication network to which the gaming device is connected, in which the communication network covers at least the first area and a second area, and in which the user is permitted to engage in at least one activity via the gaming device from within the first area and is not permitted to engage in the at least one activity via the gaming device from within the second area; and
permit the user to engage in the at least one activity via the gaming device based at least in part on determining that the duration of time is less than the predetermined amount of time and determining that the user is within the first area.
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Abstract
An activating and deactivating of a gaming device may be based at least in part on a duration of time in which the gaming device is permitted to be activated, a period of time during which the gaming device is permitted to be activated, and/or a location of a user of the gaming device.
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30 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising a computing device operable to:
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determine that a duration of time in which a gaming device has been activated is less than a predetermined amount of time, in which the gaming device is permitted to be activated for the predetermined amount of time;
determine that a user of the gaming device is within a first area of a communication network to which the gaming device is connected, in which the communication network covers at least the first area and a second area, and in which the user is permitted to engage in at least one activity via the gaming device from within the first area and is not permitted to engage in the at least one activity via the gaming device from within the second area; and
permit the user to engage in the at least one activity via the gaming device based at least in part on determining that the duration of time is less than the predetermined amount of time and determining that the user is within the first area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus comprising a computing device operable to:
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determine that a user of a gaming device is within a first area of a communication network to which the gaming device is connected, in which the communication network covers at least the first area and a second area, and in which the user is permitted to engage in at least one activity via the gaming device from within the first area and is not permitted to engage in the at least one activity via the gaming device from within the second area;
determine that a current time is during a first period of time, in which the gaming device is permitted to be activated during at least the first period of time and is not permitted to be activated during at least a second period of time; and
permit the user to engage in the at least one activity via the gaming device based at least in part on determining that the user is within the first area and determining that the current time is during the first period of time. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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