User-initiated location determination for a location-based gaming system

• US 9,711,003 B2
• Filed: 06/13/2016
• Issued: 07/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Russell O. Carter Sr
• Original Assignee: Russell O. Carter Sr
• Inventors: Carter, Sr., Russell O.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lewis, David L
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hoel, Matthew D.
• Application Number:
  US15/180,342
• Publication Number:
  US 20160314652A1
• Time in Patent Office: 400 Days
• Field of Search: 463 29, 463 42
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3218 wherein at least part of the system is portable
• 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

Abstract

A system for providing access to casino gaming and sports booking is provided which permits a gambler to place wagers using a location based mobile gaming unit. The gambler may access the system through a wireless network. Further, the gambler may be positioned anywhere there is an established local gaming server. A gambler profile may be provided wireless access to the local server along with the games available in the local server jurisdiction based on a global positioning of the mobile gaming unit.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, in a server device, for providing location-based gaming to mobile gaming units through a wireless network, the method comprising:

receiving a request for gaming options from the mobile gaming unit that is capable of determining location information;

receiving the location information associated with the mobile gaming unit as determined by a combination of location technologies used as inputs, wherein a first location technology used to determine the location information is different from a second location technology and is responsive to a user-initiated gaming session in an application of the mobile unit;

using the location information to retrieve gaming options corresponding to a first jurisdiction, the first jurisdiction being one of a plurality of jurisdictions and associated with gaming restrictions that are particular to the first jurisdiction;

sending the gaming options to the mobile gaming unit;

subsequent to location movement by the mobile gaming unit, receiving updated location information associated with the mobile gaming unit as determined by the combination of location technologies;

confirming that the mobile gaming unit remains in the first jurisdiction; and

responsive to confirming that the mobile gaming unit remains in the first jurisdiction, allowing the mobile gaming unit to continue with a selected gaming option or to select a new gaming option.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the combination of location technologies comprises at least two technologies selected from the group of:

GPS (Global Position System), CELL ID (Cell Identifier), Wi-Fi, GML (Geography Markup Language), WAP (Wireless Application Protocol), and location-based services.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the combination of location technologies comprises at least two technologies selected from the group of:

CELL ID (Cell Identifier), Wi-Fi, GML (Geography Markup Language), FLT (Forward Link Trilateration), WAP (Wireless Application Protocol), and location-based services.

4. A computer-implemented method, in a mobile computing device, for providing location-based gaming through a wireless network, the method comprising:

sending a request for gaming options to a server device from the mobile gaming device;

responsive to a user-initiated gaming session in application of the mobile unit, determining the location information associated with the mobile gaming unit by a combination of location technologies used as inputs, wherein a first location technology used to determine the location information is different from a second location technology;

sending the location information to the server device, wherein the location information is used by a remote server to retrieve gaming options corresponding to a first jurisdiction, the first jurisdiction being one of a plurality of jurisdictions and associated with gaming restrictions that are particular to the first jurisdiction;

receiving the gaming options in the mobile gaming device from the server device;

subsequent to location movement by the mobile gaming unit, sending updated location information associated with the mobile gaming unit as determined by the combination of location technologies;

confirming that the mobile gaming device remains in the first jurisdiction; and

responsive to confirming that the mobile gaming device remains in the first jurisdiction, allowing the mobile gaming unit to continue with a selected gaming option or to select a new gaming option.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the combination of location technologies comprises at least two technologies selected from the group of:

GPS (Global Position System), CELL ID (Cell Identifier), Wi-Fi, GML (Geography Markup Language), WAP (Wireless Application Protocol), and location-based services.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the combination of location technologies comprises at least two technologies selected from the group of:

CELL ID (Cell Identifier), Wi-Fi, GML (Geography Markup Language), FLT (Forward Link Trilateration), WAP (Wireless Application Protocol), and location-based services.