Single platform system for multiple jurisdiction lotteries and social media

• US 9,734,659 B2
• Filed: 07/31/2015
• Issued: 08/15/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lottery Now, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Mido Play, Inc.
• Inventors: Ovalle, Gregory
• Primary Examiner(s): Yen, Jason
• Application Number:
  US14/815,588
• Publication Number:
  US 20160104346A1
• Time in Patent Office: 746 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2003/086 played via telephone, e.g. using a modem
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2003/088 played via Internet
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0635 Processing of requisition or of purchase orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/34 Betting or bookmaking, e.g. Internet betting
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3204 Player-machine interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3209 Input means, e.g. buttons, touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3223 Architectural aspects of a gaming system, e.g. internal configuration, master/slave, wireless communication
• 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 17/3237 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
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/329 Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards
• CPC Class Codes: H01B 1/02 mainly consisting of metals or alloys
• CPC Class Codes: H01B 3/46 silicones
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24967 Absolute thicknesses specified
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/31663 As siloxane, silicone or silane
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/31678 : Of metal

Abstract

A wireless communications system includes a computer system run on a single platform on which different lottery games for different jurisdictions are supported and run from the single platform. The single platform is configured to be in communication with one or more social media sites. Computer executable instructions, when executed by at least one network processor in a workflow server residing in a mobile communications network, implements components that include: a workflow module of sets of workflow instructions for processing different types of lottery game packets from different jurisdictions. A deep packet inspection module inspects a received lottery game packet and provides information about the lottery game packet to the workflow module. The workflow module coordinates processing of the received lottery game packets using selected ones of selectable communication function modules based on the information about the lottery game packet provided by the deep lottery game packet inspection module.

Claims

1. A wireless communications system for social media, comprising:

a computer system run on a single platform on which a plurality of different lottery games for different jurisdictions are supported and run from the single platform, the single platform configured to be in communication with one or more social media sites, wherein a plurality of multiple functions relative to lottery games are mapped to the single platform, multiple functions for the plurality of lottery games and different jurisdictions are mapped to the single platform and the single platform is scaleable, wherein the single platform is configured to provide gifting of one or more lottery tickets and group ticket purchase, and a third party that receives the gifting of one or more lottery tickets can transfer all or portion of the gifting of the one or more lottery tickets to a fourth party, the computer system including;

at least one workflow server residing in a mobile communications network, the at least one workflow server including at least one network processor, and the at least one workflow server accessible by a plurality of lottery clients,

at least one computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one network processor in the workflow server residing in the mobile communications network, implement components comprising;

a workflow module comprising sets of workflow instructions for processing different types of lottery game packets from a plurality of different jurisdictions,

a deep packet inspection module for inspecting a received lottery game packet and providing information about the lottery game packet to the workflow module, wherein the workflow module coordinates processing of the received lottery game packets based on information about the lottery game packet provided by the deep lottery game packet inspection module.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a single management interface.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the sets of workflow instructions are capable of being modified.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the components further comprise a lottery client module for inspecting the received lottery game packet and providing at least one lottery client attribute to the workflow module.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the components further comprise a network module for inspecting the received lottery game packet and providing at least one network protocol attribute to the workflow module.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the selectable communication function modules complises a content filtering module.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the selectable communication function modules comprises a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) proxy module.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein the selectable communication function modules comprises a video cache module.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the selectable communication function modules complises a video transcoding module.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein the selectable communication function modules comprises an analytics module.

11. The system of claim 1 wherein the selectable communication function modules comprises a firewall module.

12. The system of claim 1 wherein the selectable communication function modules comprises a fee calculator.

13. The system of claim 1 wherein the selectable communication function modules comprises a policy enforcement module.

14. The system of claim 1 wherein the rules for processing different types of information lottery game packets are configurable by an operator.

15. The system of claim 1 wherein the information lottery game packets contain a type of information selected from the group consisting of text, audio, video, multimedia, lottery client information, mobile TV, protocol information and Internet.

16. The system of claim 1 wherein additional functional modules may be added to the selectable communication function modules by an operator.

17. A communications network workflow server for wireless communication comprising:

a communications network workflow server interface receiving infomlation lottery game packets in the communications network from a first network entity, the workflow server interface being accessible by a plurality of lottery clients via social media and nm on a single platform on which a plurality of different lottery games for different jurisdictions are supported and run from the single platform, wherein a plurality of multiple functions relative to lottery games are mapped to the single platform, multiple functions for the plurality of lottery games and different jurisdictions are mapped to the single platform and the single platform is scaleable, wherein the single platform is configured to provide gifting of one or more lottery tickets and group ticket purchase, and a third party that receives the gifting of one or more lottery tickets can transfer all or portion of the gifting of the one or more lottery tickets to a fourth party; and

a computing platform residing in the communications network workflow server processing the received lottery game packets, the computing platform comprising;

a workflow module,

a deep lottery game packet inspection module for inspecting the received lottery game packets and providing information about the lottery game packets to the workflow module; and

selectable communication function modules, the workflow module coordinating processing of the received lottery game packets using selected ones of the selectable communication function modules, the selection of the selectable communication function modules being based on the information about the lottery game packets provided by the deep lottery game packet inspection module, the network interface further transmitting processed information lottery game packets to a second network entity.