SOCIALLY INTERACTIVE WAGERING SYSTEM

• US 20160104347A1
• Filed: 10/14/2014
• Published: 04/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: StubHub, Inc.
• Inventors: YANG, York
• Granted Patent: US 10,198,899 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3218 wherein at least part of the system is portable
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3225 Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/326 Game play aspects of gaming systems
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/34 depending on the stopping of moving members in a mechanical slot machine, e.g. "fruit" machines

Abstract

A system and method includes one or more processors coupled to a memory, the one or more processors operable to read instructions from the memory to perform one or more steps or operations. The operations may include receiving a signal from a first device, sending a first code and an instruction to broadcast the code to a broadcasting device based on the signal, receiving an access request and a second code broadcasted from the broadcasting device from a second user device, and granting the second user device access to a feature of an application when the second code broadcasted from the broadcasting device matches the first code.

Claims

1. A wagering system comprising:

a wagering configuration module including a hardware processor that receives a wager configuration from a first user device, sends a first code and an instruction to broadcast the code to a broadcasting device, receives a wager to the wager configuration and a second code broadcasted from the broadcasting device from a second user device, and places the wager to the wager configuration when the second code broadcasted from the broadcasting device matches the first code; and

a storage module that records the wager to the wager configuration when the wager configuration module places the wager to the wager configuration.

2. The wagering system of claim 1 further comprising an odds module that calculates a betting odd for the wager configuration.

3. The wagering system of claim 1 wherein the wager configuration includes an access restriction.

4. The wagering system of claim 3 wherein the broadcasting device is located in a sports arena.

5. The wagering system of claim 4 wherein the access restriction excludes devices outside of the sports arena from placing wagers with the wager configuration.

6. The wagering system of claim 3 wherein the wager configuration includes a time limit for placing wagers.

7. The wagering system of claim 3 wherein the wager configuration includes a bet settlement trigger.

8. The wagering system of claim 7 further comprising a payout module that receives a signal triggering the bet settlement trigger and conducts a currency exchange based on the signal triggering the bet settlement trigger.

9. The wagering system of claim 8 wherein the signal triggering the bet settlement trigger is an event statistic.

10. A wagering system comprising:

a broadcasting device; and

a server including one or more processors coupled to a memory and operable to read instructions from the memory to perform the step of;

receiving a wager configuration from a first user device;

instructing a broadcasting device to broadcast a first code;

receiving, from a second user device, a request to place a wager with the wager configuration and a second code broadcasted from the broadcasting device; and

granting the request to place a wager with the wager configuration when the second code broadcasted from the broadcasting device matches the first code.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein the broadcasting device broadcasts the first code using Bluetooth®

low energy.

12. The system of claim 10 wherein the broadcasting device has a broadcasting range limited to a seating area.

13. The system of 10 wherein the broadcasting device has a broadcasting range limited to an event venue.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein the wager configuration is related to an event at the event venue, the wager configuration having a wager settlement trigger based on a statistic of the event and an amount of currency.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the steps further comprise receiving the statistic of the event and transferring the amount of currency between a first account related to the first user device and a second account related to the second device based on the statistic.

16. A method for facilitating a wager comprising:

receiving, by a system, a configuration for a wager from a first user device; and

sending, by the system, a signal to a broadcasting device to broadcast a configuration for a second device which allows the second device to indicate acceptance of the wager to the system;

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the configuration for a wager excludes devices from outside a seating area from accepting the wager.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein the broadcasting device is within the seating area.

19. The method of claim 18 further comprising:

receiving, by the system, an acceptance indication to the wager configuration from the second device; and

granting and recording, by the system, an acceptance of the wager from the second device.

20. The method of claim 18 wherein the signal includes instructions to the broadcasting device to broadcast the configuration using Bluetooth®

low energy.