COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS FOR CONDUCTING AND PLAYING PERSONALIZED GAMES BASED ON VOCAL AND NON-VOCAL GAME ENTRIES

• US 20150126262A1
• Filed: 11/04/2014
• Published: 05/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intralot, Inc. (Intralot SA)
• Original Assignee: Intralot SA
• Inventors: Zenzefilis, George, Ninios, Andreas, Litos, Evangelos, Dimos, Antonios, Velitsou, Vasiliki, Tzivanaki, Androniki
• Granted Patent: US 9,545,580 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/17
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/215 comprising means for detecting acoustic signals, e.g. using a microphone
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/63 by the player, e.g. authoring using a level editor
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3206 Player sensing means, e.g. presence detection, biometrics
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3209 Input means, e.g. buttons, touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3272 Games involving multiple players
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/329 Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/22 Interactive procedures; Man-machine interfaces

Abstract

In some embodiments, the instant invention provides for a computer system that includes at least one server and software stored on a computer readable medium accessible by the at least one server; at least one database accessible by the at least one server and is configured to store the game data of the at least one personalized game; a plurality of specifically programmed input devices, where the at least one server, the at least one database and the plurality of specifically programmed input devices are connected through a computer network; where the plurality of specifically programmed input devices are at least a thousand of specifically programmed input devices; and where the at least one server is configured to manage, in real-time, the at least a thousand of specifically programmed input devices.

Claims

1. A computer system, comprising:

a) at least one server and software stored on a computer readable medium accessible by the at least one server;

wherein the software is at least configured to;

i) generate, in real-time, game data of at least one personalized game based, at least in part, on at least one data source,

wherein the at least one data source is identified by at least one user,

wherein the at least one data source comprises values corresponding to at least one of the following parameters;

1) at least one meteorological condition of at least one particular locality,

2) at least one sports-related statistic,

3) at least one geographic descriptors,

4) at least one financial statistic,

5) at least one statistic regarding at least one activity of the at least one user, being derived from a personal portable computer device of the at least one user,

6) at least one statistic regarding information being stored on the personal portable computing device of the at least one user, or

7) any combination thereof;

ii) receive, in real-time, game input from the at least one user to play the at least one personalized game,

iii) determine, in real-time, an outcome of playing the at least one personalized game by the at least one user, and

iv) output, in real-time, the outcome of playing the at least one personalized game to the at least one user,

b) at least one database accessible by the at least one server and is configured to store the game data of the at least one personalized game;

c) a plurality of specifically programmed input devices. wherein each specifically programmed input device is configured to;

1) receive, in real-time, a vocal input from at least one user;

2) dynamically determine, in real-time, at least one voice characteristic of the vocal input from the at least one user, based, at least in part, on at least one of;

(i) a duration of the vocal input time, and

(ii) an intensity of at least one waveform,

wherein the intensity of at least one waveform is calculated based, at least in part, on at least one of;

(1) a periodic vibration of vocal folds of the at least one user, and

(2) an aperiodic sound produced by turbulence at a constriction in a vocal tract of the at least one user,

3) dynamically determine, in real-time, at least one first game entry for the at least one personalized game, based, at least in part, on the at least one voice characteristic of the vocal input of the at least one user;

4) receive, in real-time, non-vocal input from the at least one user;

5) dynamically determine, in real-time, at least one second game entry for the at least one personalized game, based, at least in part, on the non-vocal input of the at least one user,

6) wherein the at least one first game entry, the at least one second game entry, or both identify the at least one data source for the at least one personalized game being generated by the software of the at least one server;

wherein the at least one server, the at least one database and the plurality of specifically programmed input devices are connected through a computer network;

wherein the plurality of specifically programmed input devices are at least a thousand of specifically programmed input devices; and

wherein the at least one server is configured to manage, in real-time, the at least a thousand of specifically programmed input devices.

2. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the at least one personalized game is a lottery game.

3. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the specifically programmed input device is a personal portable computing device.

4. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the at least one server is further configured to:

determine at least one well-being condition of the at least one user based, at least in part, on the at least one voice characteristic of the vocal input of the at least one user, wherein the at least one well-being condition is a condition selected from the group consisting of;

tiredness,

anxiety,

intoxication,

a measurable psychological condition,

a measurable physiological condition, or

any combination thereof;

determine an ability of the at least one user to play the at least one personalized game based, at least in part, on the at least one well-being condition of the at least one user, and

deliver at least one alert to the at least one user based, at least in part, on the ability of the at least one user to play the at least one personalized game being determined from the at least one well-being condition of the at least one user.

5. The computer system of claim 4, wherein the at least one server is further configured to terminate the at least one personalized game when the at least one well-being condition is a condition selected from the group consisting of:

tiredness,

anxiety,

intoxication,

a measurable psychological condition,

a measurable physiological condition, or

any combination thereof.

6. The computer system of claim 1, wherein each specifically programmed input device is further configured to:

a) receive at least one payment parameter from the at least one user, and

b) obtain at least one payment based on the at least one payment parameter being received from the at least one user.

7. The computer system of claim 6, wherein the at least one payment parameter comprises at least one instruction to play the at least one personalized game when a predetermined threshold set by the at least one user is reached,

wherein the predetermined threshold identifies at least one of:

a predetermined prize amount,

a predetermined wallet balance,

a predetermined period of time elapsed since a previous game, or

any combination thereof.

8. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the at least one server is further configured to combine the at least one first game entry, the at least one second game entry, or both, with at least one third game entry being received from at least one other user to play the at least one personalized game of the at least one user.

9. A computer method, comprising:

a) generating, by software, in real-time, game data of at least one personalized game based, at least in part, on at least one data source,

wherein the at least one data source is identified by at least one user,

wherein the at least one data source comprises values corresponding to at least one of the following parameters;

1) at least one meteorological condition of at least one particular locality,

2) at least one sports-related statistic,

3) at least one geographic descriptors,

4) at least one financial statistic,

5) at least one statistic regarding at least one activity of the at least one user, being derived from a personal portable computer device of the at least one user,

6) at least one statistic regarding information being stored on the personal portable computing device of the at least one user, or

7) any combination thereof;

b) receiving, by at least one server, in real-time, game input from the at least one user to play the at least one personalized game,

c) determining, by the at least one server, in real-time, an outcome of playing the at least one personalized game by the at least one user, and

d) outputting, by the at least one server, in real-time, the outcome of playing the at least one personalized game to the at least one user;

e) receiving, by a specifically programmed input device, in real-time, a vocal input from at least one user;

f) dynamically determining, by the specifically programmed input device, in real-time, at least one voice characteristic of the vocal input from the at least one user, based, at least in part, on at least one of;

(i) a duration of the vocal input time, and

(ii) an intensity of at least one waveform,

wherein the intensity of at least one waveform is calculated based, at least in part, on at least one of;

(1) a periodic vibration of vocal folds of the at least one user, and

(2) an aperiodic sound produced by turbulence at a constriction in a vocal tract of the at least one user,

g) dynamically determining, by the specifically programmed input device, in real-time, at least one first game entry for the at least one personalized game, based, at least in part, on the at least one voice characteristic of the vocal input of the at least one user,

h) receiving, by the specifically programmed input device, in real-time, non-vocal input from the at least one user;

i) dynamically determining, by the specifically programmed input device, in real-time, at least one second game entry for the at least one personalized game, based, at least in part, on the non-vocal input of the at least one user,

wherein the at least one first game entry, the at least one second game entry, or both identify the at least one data source for the at least one personalized game being generated by the software of the at least one server.

10. The computer method of claim 9, wherein the at least one personalized game is a lottery game.

11. The computer method of claim 9, wherein the specifically programmed input device is a personal portable computing device.

12. The computer method of claim 9, further comprising:

determining, by the at least one server, at least one well-being condition of the at least one user based, at least in part, on the at least one voice characteristic of the vocal input of the at least one user, wherein the at least one well-being condition is a condition selected from the group consisting of;

tiredness,

anxiety,

intoxication,

a measurable psychological condition,

a measurable physiological condition, or

any combination thereof;

determining, by the at least one server, an ability of the at least one user to play the at least one personalized game based, at least in part, on the at least one well-being condition of the at least one user; and

delivering, by the at least one server, at least one alert to the at least one user based. at least in part. on the ability of the at least one user to play the at least one personalized game being determined from the at least one well-being condition of the at least one user.

13. The computer method of claim 12, comprising:

terminating, by the at least one server. the at least one personalized game when the at least one well-being condition is a condition selected from the group consisting of;

tiredness,

anxiety,

intoxication,

a measurable psychological condition,

a measurable physiological condition, or

any combination thereof.

14. The computer method of claim 9, comprising:

a) receiving, by the specifically programmed input device, at least one payment parameter from the at least one user, and

b) obtaining, by the specifically programmed input device, at least one payment based on the at least one payment parameter being received from the at least one user.

15. The computer method of claim 14, wherein the at least one payment parameter comprises at least one instruction to play the at least one personalized game when a predetermined threshold set by the at least one user is reached,

wherein the predetermined threshold identifies at least one of:

a predetermined prize amount,

a predetermined wallet balance,

a predetermined period of time elapsed since a previous game, or

any combination thereof.

16. The computer method of claim 9, comprising:

combining, by the at least one server, the at least one first game entry, the at least one second game entry, or both, with at least one third game entry being received from at least one other user to play the at least one personalized game of the at least one user.