SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVENIENCE GAMING
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1. An apparatus comprising a computing device operable to:
- determine that a user of a gaming device is within a first area, in which the user is permitted to engage in at least one activity via the gaming device from within at least the first area;
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;
determine that the user has left the first area to a second area;
determine that a duration of time in which the user has left the first area is at least a predetermined amount of time; and
not 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 in which the user has left the first area is at least the predetermined amount of time.
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Abstract
A user engaged in at least one activity via a gaming device is not permitted to engage in the at least one activity if the user leaves a particular area for at least a predetermined amount of time and/or enters a particular area for at least a predetermined amount of time.
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22 Claims
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1. 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, in which the user is permitted to engage in at least one activity via the gaming device from within at least the first area;
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;
determine that the user has left the first area to a second area;
determine that a duration of time in which the user has left the first area is at least a predetermined amount of time; and
not 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 in which the user has left the first area is at least the predetermined amount of time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. 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, in which the user is permitted to engage in at least one activity via the gaming device from within at least the first area;
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;
determine that the user has entered a second area from the first area;
determine that a duration of time in which the user has entered the second area is at least a predetermined amount of time; and
not 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 in which the user has entered the second area is at least the predetermined amount of time. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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