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System and method of managing user accounts to track outcomes of real world wagers revealed to users

  • US 9,317,999 B2
  • Filed: 03/02/2015
  • Issued: 04/19/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer implemented method of maintaining a revealed balance and an unrevealed balance associated with real-world wager payouts of a user, the method being implemented in a computer system having one or more physical processors programmed with computer program instructions that, when executed by the one or more physical processors, cause the computer system to perform the method, the method comprising:

  • causing, by the computer system, an unrevealed balance associated with one or more user accounts of the user to be stored, wherein the unrevealed balance is associated with one or more payouts, from one or more real-world wagers placed on behalf of the user, that have not been communicated to the user by the computer system;

    causing, by the computer system, a revealed balance associated with the one or more user accounts of the user to be stored, wherein the revealed balance is associated with amounts that have been communicated to the user by the computer system;

    receiving, by the computer system, an indication that at least a portion of the unrevealed balance has been revealed to the user based on at least one physical user input associated with a user interaction with interactive media;

    updating, by the computer system, the revealed balance based on the revealed portion; and

    updating, by the computer system, the unrevealed balance based on the revealed portion.

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