Control of Mobile Game Play on a Mobile Vessel

• US 20170144071A1
• Filed: 02/07/2017
• Published: 05/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Incorporated (Aristocrat Leisure Limited)
• Original Assignee: Nguyen Gaming LLC
• Inventors: Nguyen, Binh T.
• Granted Patent: US 10,537,808 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/12 involving interaction between a plurality of game devices, e.g. transmisison or distribution systems protocols for networked virtual reality, networked games H04L29/06034
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/216 using geographical information, e.g. location of the game device or player using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/25 Output arrangements for video game devices
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/30 Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/35 Details of game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/73 Authorising game programs or game devices, e.g. checking authenticity
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/92 Video game devices specially adapted to be hand-held while playing
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/405 being a wireless ad hoc network, e.g. Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Pico net
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/406 Transmission via wireless network, e.g. pager or GSM
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/516 connected to a local network, e.g. in a plane, hotel
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/131 Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/00 Security arrangements; Authentication; Protecting privacy or anonymity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/61 Time-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/64 using geofenced areas
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/42 for mass transport vehicles, e.g. buses, trains or aircraft

Abstract

In one embodiment, a system and method for controlling mobile gaming on a vessel may have a plurality of mobile gaming devices, a location server operable to track a device position of each of the plurality of mobile gaming devices and track a vessel position of the vessel, and a mobile gaming management server configured to communicate with the location server and a gaming server, the mobile gaming management server operable to individually control whether each of the plurality of mobile gaming devices is permitted to play a game of chance based on the device position and the vessel position.

Claims

1. A system for controlling mobile gaming a plurality of mobile gaming devices while on a vessel, each of the plurality of mobile gaming devices associated with a player, each of the plurality of mobile gaming devices having a location receiver, the system comprising:

at least one server provided on the vessel and operable to;

receive device location data pertaining to location of the mobile gaming devices;

determine if at least one of the plurality of mobile gaming devices is located on the vessel based on the received device location data;

receive vessel position data pertaining to a vessel position, the vessel position being a global location relative to earth; and

determine if the vessel position is located in at least one game play geographic region; and

permit a game of chance to be played on the at least one of the plurality of mobile gaming devices if (i) the vessel position is determined to be located in at least one game play geographic region and (ii) the at least one of the plurality of mobile gaming devices is determined to be located on the vessel.

2. A method for controlling mobile gaming on a vessel, comprising:

obtaining a vessel position of the vessel;

determining if the vessel position is located in a game play geographic region;

obtaining a device position of at least one of a plurality of mobile gaming devices;

determining if at least one of the plurality of mobile gaming devices is located on the vessel based on the device position for the at least one of the plurality of mobile gaming devices corresponding thereto;

receiving a request to play a game of chance from at least one of the plurality of mobile gaming devices; and

enabling the game of chance to be played on the at least one of the plurality of mobile gaming devices if the determining determines that the vessel position is located in a game play geographic region, and the determining determines that the at least one of the plurality of mobile gaming devices is located on the vessel based on the device position.

3. A computer readable medium executable computer program code stored thereon for controlling mobile gaming on a vessel, said computer readable medium comprising:

computer program code for obtaining a vessel position of the vessel;

computer program code for determining if the vessel position is located in a game play geographic region;

computer program code for obtaining a device position of at least one of a plurality of mobile gaming devices;

computer program code for determining if at least one of the plurality of mobile gaming devices is located on the vessel based on the device position for the at least one of the plurality of mobile gaming devices corresponding thereto;

computer program code for receiving a request to play a game of chance from at least one of the plurality of mobile gaming devices; and

computer program code for enabling the game of chance to be played on the at least one of the plurality of mobile gaming devices if the computer program code for determining determines that the vessel position is located in a game play geographic region, and the computer program code for determining determines that the at least one of the plurality of mobile gaming devices is located on the vessel based on the device position.