OFF-TRACK WAGER SYSTEM

• US 20080139263A1
• Filed: 12/10/2006
• Published: 06/12/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Min He, Wen Xin
• Original Assignee: Min He, Wen Xin
• Inventors: Wen, Xin, He, Min
• Application Number:
  US11/608,842
• Publication Number:
  US 20080139263A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/6
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/34 Betting or bookmaking, e.g. Internet betting
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3288 Betting, e.g. on live events, bookmaking

Abstract

A system for providing off-track wagering includes a location sensor to be carried by a racing animal in a race track and to determine the location of the racing animal, a transmitter to receive the location of the racing animal from the location sensor and transmit a first wireless signal comprising location of the racing animal, and a computer system to compute the position of the racing animal in the race track in response to the first wireless signal.

Claims

1. A system for providing off-track wagering, comprising:

a location sensor configured to be carried by a racing animal in a race track and to determine the location of the racing animal;

a transmitter configured to receive the location of the racing animal from the location sensor and transmit a first wireless signal comprising location of the racing animal; and

a computer system configured to compute the position of the racing animal in the race track in response to the first wireless signal.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the location sensor and the transmitter are provided in a unitary portable device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the first wireless signal comprises an electromagnetic signal or an optical signal.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the first wireless signal is based on WiMax, WiFi, or a cellular communication standard.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the location sensor is configured to receive a second wireless signal from a geo position system (GPS) and to determine the location of the racing animal in response to the second wireless signal.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein, the computer system is configured to send a second wireless signal comprising the position of the racing animal in the race track to a remote computer device.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer system is configured to receive a wager on the racing animal in the race track from the remote computer device.

8. A method for providing off-track wagering, comprising:

carrying a location sensor by a racing animal in a race track;

determining the location of the racing animal using the location sensor;

transmitting a first wireless signal comprising location of the racing animal; and

computing the position of the racing animal in the race track in response to the first wireless signal.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the first wireless signal comprises an electromagnetic signal or an optical signal

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the first wireless signal is based on WiMax, WiFi, or a cellular communication standard.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving a second wireless signal from a geo position system (GPS) by the location sensor; and

determining the location of the racing animal in response to the second wireless signal.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising sending the position of the racing animal in the race track to a remote computer device.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising receiving a wager on the racing animal in the race track from the remote computer device.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising receiving a wager on the racing animal in the race track from the remote computer device by a player in response to the position of the racing animal in the race track.

15. A system for off-track wagering on races, comprising:

a transmitter configured to be carried by a racing animal in a race track, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit, a first wireless signal;

a plurality of sensors configured to receive the first wireless signal and to produce one or more measurement signals in response to the first wireless signal; and

a computer system configured to determine the position of the racing animal in the race, track, in response to the one or more measurement signals.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the transmitter comprises one or more of a laser, a radio-frequency transmitter, or a radio frequency identification (RFID) device and the plurality of sensors comprise a radio frequency receiver or an optical sensor.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the first wireless signal comprises a radio-frequency electromagnetic signal or a laser signal.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the portable device further comprises a geo position system (GPS) sensor configured to determine a location of the racing animal and the first wireless signal comprises the location of the racing animal.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the computer system is configured to determine the position of the racing animal in the race track in response to the location of the racing animal.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the computer system is configured to receive from the remote computer device a wager on the racing animal in the race track.

21. A method for off-track wagering on races, comprising:

carrying a transmitter by a racing animal in a race track;

transmitting a first wireless signal by the transmitter;

receiving the first wireless signal by a plurality of sensors;

producing one or more measurement signals in response to the first wireless signal; and

determining the position of the racing animal in the race track in response to the one or more measurement signals.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the transmitter comprises one or more of a laser, a radio-frequency transmitter, or a radio frequency identification (RFID) device and the plurality of sensors comprise a radio frequency receiver or an optical sensor.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the first wireless signal comprises a radio-frequency electromagnetic signal or a laser signal.

24. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

determining a location of the racing animal by a geo position system (GPS) sensor carried on the racing animal; and

transmitting a first wireless signal including the location of the racing animal.

25. The method of claim 24, further comprising determining the position of the racing animal in the race track in response to the location of the racing animal.

26. The method of claim 21, further comprising receiving from the remote computer device a wager on the racing animal in the race track.