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Method for authenticating a wager using a system and method for interacting with virtual geographic zones

  • US 10,672,226 B2
  • Filed: 04/18/2016
  • Issued: 06/02/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of zone controlled gaming with a system comprising a network, a server connected to the network, a first user device connected to the network and a second user device, the method comprising the steps of:

  • storing, by the first user device, a set of points that define at least one of a zone and a subzone of the zone;

    wherein the first user device is associated, by the first user device, with a discoverable set of coordinates to make the first user device discoverable when the first user device is within at least one of the zone and the subzone of the zone;

    wherein the discoverable set of coordinates are discoverable through at least one of the second user device and the server;

    discovering, by the second user device, the discoverable set of coordinates;

    storing, by the first user device, a set of actions for the at least one of the zone and the subzone that can be performed by the first user device while the first user device is within the at least one of the zone and the subzone;

    determining, by the first user device, a location of the first user device, the location resulting from a combination of two or more of the group of a satellite navigation system, an automatic direction finder (ADF), Bluetooth signaling, cell triangulation, distance measuring equipment (DME), near field communication (NFC), a repeater system, a very high frequency (VHF) omnidirectional range (VOR) system, and a wireless access point (WAP);

    comparing, by the first user device, the location of the first user device to the set of points;

    receiving, by the server and from the first user device, a wager if the location of the first user device is within the set of points;

    receiving, by the server, an outcome;

    comparing, by the server, an outcome to the wager;

    allocating, by the server, a reward if the outcome coincides with the wager; and

    ,allocating, by the server, a penalty if the outcome does not coincide with the wager.

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