System and method for wireless gaming with location determination
First Claim
1. A method of operating a wireless gaming network, the method comprising:
- before using a gaming communication device on the wireless gaming network, generating a plurality of sets of calibration signal characteristics, each set of calibration signal characteristics including a respective plurality of signal characteristics and each calibration signal characteristic of a respective plurality of calibration signal characteristics corresponding to a calibration signal between a calibration device and a respective signal detection device of the wireless gaming network;
before using the gaming communication device on the wireless gaming network, establishing, by a server of the wireless gaming network, calibration information associating each set of calibration signal characteristics with a respective location on a property covered by the wireless gaming network;
determining a location of the gaming communication device by comparing, by the server, a set of signal characteristics associated with the gaming communication device to the established information; and
enabling, in response to determining the location, a wagering functionality of the gaming communication device based upon the determined location.
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Abstract
In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a system and method for wireless gaming with location determination are provided. In a particular embodiment of the present invention, the system includes a gaming server; a wireless network at least partially covering a property, the wireless network comprising a plurality of signal detection devices; and a gaming communication device operable to transmit and receive gaming information to and from the gaming server via the wireless network. A location of the gaming communication device on the property may be determined based upon a signal received by the plurality of signal detection devices from the gaming communication device. Based upon the location of the gaming communication device on the property, a predetermined functionality of the gaming communication device may be enabled.
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67 Claims
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1. A method of operating a wireless gaming network, the method comprising:
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before using a gaming communication device on the wireless gaming network, generating a plurality of sets of calibration signal characteristics, each set of calibration signal characteristics including a respective plurality of signal characteristics and each calibration signal characteristic of a respective plurality of calibration signal characteristics corresponding to a calibration signal between a calibration device and a respective signal detection device of the wireless gaming network; before using the gaming communication device on the wireless gaming network, establishing, by a server of the wireless gaming network, calibration information associating each set of calibration signal characteristics with a respective location on a property covered by the wireless gaming network; determining a location of the gaming communication device by comparing, by the server, a set of signal characteristics associated with the gaming communication device to the established information; and enabling, in response to determining the location, a wagering functionality of the gaming communication device based upon the determined location. - 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, 26, 27, 28)
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29. An apparatus comprising:
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one or more servers of a gaming provider configured to; determine a plurality of signal characteristics, each signal characteristic of the plurality of signal characteristics corresponding to a respective signal between a gaming communication device and a respective signal detection device; determine a location of the gaming communication device by comparing the plurality of signal characteristics with a plurality of sets of calibration signal characteristics, each set of calibration signal characteristic corresponding to a respective previously measured set of calibration signals between a calibration device and a respective plurality of signal detection devices; and enable a wagering functionality of the gaming communication device based upon the location. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A method comprising:
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dividing a property into a plurality of geographic regions, in which each geographic region is associated with at least one function allowed by gaming communication devices located in the respective geographic region, and in which at least one geographic region includes a plurality of smaller geographic regions; before using a gaming communication device to wager on a communication network that spans at least a part of the property that includes the at least one geographic region, generating a plurality of sets of calibration signal characteristics, each set of calibration signal characteristics corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of smaller geographic regions; determining, by a stationary computing device coupled to the communication network, that the gaming communication device is located in at least one smaller geographic region of the plurality of smaller geographic regions by comparing a set of signal characteristics associated with the gaming communication device to the plurality of sets of calibration signal characteristics; and enabling wagering from the gaming communication device in response to determining that the gaming communication device is located in the smaller geographic region. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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