SYSTEM FOR GAME PLAY IN AN ELECTRONIC ENVIRONMENT
First Claim
1. A system for enhanced lottery game play with a lottery processor adapted to couple one or more geographically remote vendors to the system, the vendors providing lottery electronic access tickets (LEAT) comprising a substrate bearing at least a participation number, the vendor locations including scanning devices, the scanning devices outputting scan information, and to couple one or more geographically remote users utilizing electronic communication devices over a public communications network, including:
- a first communication input adapted to couple the one or more remote retail vendor locations with the system, the input including scan information from the lottery electronic access ticket (LEAT) obtained from the vendor scanning system,a second communication input adapted to couple bi-directional communications between the one or more remote users utilizing electronic communication devices with the system,a game processor, the game processor being coupled to the lottery processor, the first communication input and the second communication input, the game processor;
(a) receiving communication input from one or more electronic communication devices including the participation number from a lottery electronic access ticket (LEAT) and verifying the participation number, and(b) the game processor functioning further to provide one or more graphical user interfaces on the electronic communications devices for the users of the electronic communications path associated with the second communication input, the graphical user interfaces including;
(1) a display prompting the user for identification information, and(2) a display indicating if the user was a winner in the lottery, and if so, the amount of the win, anda ticket database, the ticket database storing at least information on the participation number on the lottery electronic access ticket (LEAT) associated with lottery game play,the system placing the participation number in a first inactivated state prior to the lottery electronic access ticket (LEAT) being vended,the system receiving via the first communication input the scan information, andthe system placing the participation number in a second active state after receiving the scan information and participation number.
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Abstract
A system controls access by under-age players to games, such as Lottery games, over communication devices, including wireless devices. A ticket comprising a substrate identifies a game and indicates that it is a lottery electronic access ticket (LEAT). The LEAT is purchased at a physical retail establishment. The LEAT is scanned at the retail location, ticket information is sent to a remote server. A participation number, typically obscured, is provided on the LEAT, and then communicated by typing or keying the number. Game play proceeds once the system verifies that the number is valid. If valid, and a monetary amount remains available to the player, game play is permitted to proceed. The player is then provided with an indication of whether they have won, and if so, the amount.
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1. A system for enhanced lottery game play with a lottery processor adapted to couple one or more geographically remote vendors to the system, the vendors providing lottery electronic access tickets (LEAT) comprising a substrate bearing at least a participation number, the vendor locations including scanning devices, the scanning devices outputting scan information, and to couple one or more geographically remote users utilizing electronic communication devices over a public communications network, including:
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a first communication input adapted to couple the one or more remote retail vendor locations with the system, the input including scan information from the lottery electronic access ticket (LEAT) obtained from the vendor scanning system, a second communication input adapted to couple bi-directional communications between the one or more remote users utilizing electronic communication devices with the system, a game processor, the game processor being coupled to the lottery processor, the first communication input and the second communication input, the game processor; (a) receiving communication input from one or more electronic communication devices including the participation number from a lottery electronic access ticket (LEAT) and verifying the participation number, and (b) the game processor functioning further to provide one or more graphical user interfaces on the electronic communications devices for the users of the electronic communications path associated with the second communication input, the graphical user interfaces including; (1) a display prompting the user for identification information, and (2) a display indicating if the user was a winner in the lottery, and if so, the amount of the win, and a ticket database, the ticket database storing at least information on the participation number on the lottery electronic access ticket (LEAT) associated with lottery game play, the system placing the participation number in a first inactivated state prior to the lottery electronic access ticket (LEAT) being vended, the system receiving via the first communication input the scan information, and the system placing the participation number in a second active state after receiving the scan information and participation number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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Current AssigneeMilestone Entertainment LLC
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Original AssigneeMilestone Entertainment LLC
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InventorsKATZ, RANDALL M., DAWSON, GARY
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Granted Patent
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Time in Patent OfficeDays
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US Class Current
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CPC Class CodesG07F 17/3211 Display meansG07F 17/3223 Architectural aspects of a ...G07F 17/3227 Configuring a gaming machin...G07F 17/3241 Security aspects of a gamin...G07F 17/3258 Cumulative reward schemes, ...G07F 17/329 Regular and instant lottery...
