System and method of revealing the outcomes of real world wagers through geolocation reveals

• US 9,558,623 B2
• Filed: 07/06/2015
• Issued: 01/31/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Game Play Network, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Game Play Network, Inc.
• Inventors: Fine, Russell M., Selby, Jamison
• Primary Examiner(s): Elisca, Pierre E
• Application Number:
  US14/792,573
• Publication Number:
  US 20160071368A1
• Time in Patent Office: 575 Days
• Field of Search: 463/25
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/00 Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions gaming systems which provide a financial reward G07F17/32
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3209 Input means, e.g. buttons, touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3211 Display means
• 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 17/3227 Configuring a gaming machine, e.g. downloading personal settings, selecting working parameters
• 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 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/326 Game play aspects of gaming systems
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3262 Player actions which determine the course of the game, e.g. selecting a prize to be won, outcome to be achieved, game to be played
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3288 Betting, e.g. on live events, bookmaking

Abstract

The invention relates to systems and methods of placing real-world wagers, obtaining outcomes of the real-world wagers, facilitating user interactions with various interactive media, and revealing the outcomes of the real-world wagers through location-based reveals to give an appearance that the outcomes of the real-world wagers resulted from the user location even though the outcomes resulted from the real-world wagers. The system may associate certain locations with a reveal such that when a user enters, is determined to be at, and/or leaves a reveal location, a reveal opportunity may be presented to the user. For example, the system may invite the user to make a purchase at a nearby partner retailer for a chance to win a payout or be guaranteed to win a payout and/or may simply obtain a particular payout (e.g., via cash, item, etc.) when a user enters a particular location.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method of revealing portions of outcomes of real-world wagers through interactive media applications based on location-triggered reveal opportunities, 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:

processing, by the computer system, a real-world wager associated with a user;

determining, by the computer system, an outcome of the real-world wager before a user interaction by the user with the interactive media application;

determining, by the computer system, a location associated with the user;

determining, by the computer system, whether the location associated with the user corresponds to a location associated with a reveal opportunity; and

responsive to a determination that the location associated with the user corresponds to the location associated with the reveal opportunity, causing, by the computer system, at least a portion of the outcome to be revealed to the user based on the location associated with the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determination that the location corresponds to the location associated with the reveal opportunity comprises a determination that the location associated with the user is the same as the location associated with the reveal opportunity.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determination that the location corresponds to the location associated with the reveal opportunity comprises a determination that the location associated with the user is in proximity to the location associated with the reveal opportunity.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the reveal opportunity to the user comprises selecting the reveal opportunity from a plurality of reveal opportunities based on the reveal opportunity being more suitable for the location than other ones of the plurality of reveal opportunities.

5. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

obtaining, by the computer system, a reveal specification comprising one or more reveal parameters that specify an amount of the outcome to potentially reveal to the user, wherein the one or more reveal parameters specify the portion of the outcome to be revealed to the user and the location associated with the reveal opportunity.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein causing the portion of the outcome to be revealed to the user comprises:

causing, by the computer system, the reveal specification to be transmitted, via a network, to the interactive media application.

7. The method of claim 5, the method further comprising:

determining, by the computer system, a first amount of the outcome to be revealed to the user based on the location associated with the user responsive to a determination that the location associated with the user corresponds to a first location; and

determining, by the computer system, a second amount of the outcome to be revealed to the user based on the location associated with the user responsive to a determination that the location associated with the user corresponds to a second location different from the first location.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the one or more reveal parameters further specify a level of difficulty of an objective to be completed by the user that should be required to obtain the reveal of at least the portion of the outcome.

9. The method of claim 5, wherein the one or more reveal parameters further specify a plurality of reveals to be provided and a limit on an amount that can be provided in a given one of the plurality of reveals.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the real-world wager associated with the user comprises:

causing, by the computer system, the wager to be placed through a third-party wagering system.

11. A system for revealing portions of outcomes of real-world wagers through interactive media applications based on location-triggered reveal opportunities, the system comprising:

a computer system comprising one or more processors programmed with computer program instructions that, when executed by the one or more physical processors, program the computer system to;

process a real-world wager associated with a user;

determine an outcome of the real-world wager before a user interaction by the user with the interactive media application;

determine a location associated with the user;

determine whether the location associated with the user corresponds to a location associated with a reveal opportunity; and

responsive to a determination that the location associated with the user corresponds to the location associated with the reveal opportunity, cause at least a portion of the outcome to be revealed to the user based on the location associated with the user.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the determination that the location corresponds to the location associated with the reveal opportunity comprises a determination that the location associated with the user is the same as location associated with the reveal opportunity.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the determination that the location corresponds to the location associated with the reveal opportunity comprises a determination that the location associated with the user is in proximity to location associated with the reveal opportunity.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein providing the reveal opportunity to the user comprises selecting the reveal opportunity from a plurality of reveal opportunities based on the reveal opportunity being more suitable for the location than other ones of the plurality of reveal opportunities.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the computer system is further programmed to:

obtain a reveal specification comprising one or more reveal parameters that specify an amount of the outcome to potentially reveal to the user, wherein the one or more reveal parameters specify the portion of the outcome to be revealed to the user and the location associated with the reveal opportunity.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein to cause the portion of the outcome to be revealed to the user, the computer system is further programmed to:

cause the reveal specification to be transmitted, via a network, to the interactive media application.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the computer system is further programmed to:

determine a first amount of the outcome to be revealed to the user based on the location associated with the user responsive to a determination that the location associated with the user corresponds to a first location; and

determine a second amount of the outcome to be revealed to the user based on the location associated with the user responsive to a determination that the location associated with the user corresponds to a second location different from the first location.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the one or more reveal parameters further specify a level of difficulty of an objective to be completed by the user that should be required to obtain the reveal of at least the portion of the outcome.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the one or more reveal parameters further specify a plurality of reveals to be provided and a limit on an amount that can be provided in a given one of the plurality of reveals.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein to process the real-world wager associated with the user, the computer system is further programmed to:

cause the wager to be placed through a third-party wagering system.