Adaptive Mobile Device Gaming System

• US 20170148261A1
• Filed: 02/08/2017
• Published: 05/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Incorporated (Aristocrat Leisure Limited)
• Original Assignee: Nguyen Gaming LLC
• Inventors: Thomas, C. Douglass, NGUYEN, BINH T.
• Granted Patent: US 10,115,263 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3211 Display means
• 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 17/3237 about the players, e.g. profiling, responsible gaming, strategy/behavior of players, location of players
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3241 Security aspects of a gaming system, e.g. detecting cheating, device integrity, surveillance computer security G06F21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3288 Betting, e.g. on live events, bookmaking

Abstract

Embodiments disclosed herein concern mobile gaming environments. Portable electronic devices can be supported by the mobile gaming environments. The locations of the portable electronic device can influence how the portable electronic devices operate or what services or features are available to the portable electronic device or their users. According to one embodiment, a mobile gaming system can concern gaming/betting opportunities that can be secured using a portable electronic device even when an individual is located in a location where betting or games of chance are not permitted. According to another embodiment, a mobile gaming system can concern an application program operating on a portable electronic device that supports multiple modes of operation depending upon whether the portable electronic device is in a location where betting or games of chance are permitted.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium including at least computer program code for an application program stored thereon, the application program being executable by a computing device, said non-transitory computer readable medium comprising:

computer program code for causing presentment of a betting opportunity via the application program, the betting opportunity pertaining to an available wager having characteristics that may change over time;

computer program code for initiating locking in the betting opportunity for future execution for the user of the computing device, when it is determined that the user of the application program desires to pursue the betting opportunity, the locking in the betting opportunity preserves the betting opportunity for the user but does not place a bet based on the betting opportunity such that the user can later make the available wager with its characteristics as existed when the betting opportunity was locked even though the characteristics of the available wager may have since changed;

computer program code for determining whether the betting opportunity that has been locked has expired; and

computer program code for ending the betting opportunity that has been locked after the computer program code for determining determines that the betting opportunity that has been locked has expired.

2. A non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 1, wherein said non-transitory computer readable medium comprises:

computer program code for determining whether the computing device is in a gaming authorized location at least after the betting opportunity has been locked in.

3. A non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 2, wherein said non-transitory computer readable medium comprises:

computer program code for displaying a betting activation confirmation if the location of the computing device is located in a gaming authorized location and the betting opportunity that has been locked has not expired; and

computer program code for determining whether a betting confirmation has been received in response to the betting activation confirmation.

4. A non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 3, wherein said non-transitory computer readable medium comprises:

computer program code for initiating execution of a bet corresponding to the betting opportunity for the user of the computing device if it is determined that the betting confirmation has been received and if the location of the computing device is located in a gaming authorized location, the initiating execution of the bet operates cause the bet to be placed.