Remote gaming using cell phones with location and identity restrictions

• US 7,035,626 B1
• Filed: 11/12/2003
• Issued: 04/25/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bally Gaming Incorporated (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sierra Design Group (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Inventors: Luciano, Robert A. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Trinh, Sonny
• Application Number:
  US10/706,272
• Time in Patent Office: 895 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.1, 455/456.1, 455/456.3, 455/410, 455/411, 455/414.2, 455/422.1, 455/412.1, 455/41.2, 463/25, 463/28, 463/29, 463/39, 463/40, 463/41
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3223 Architectural aspects of a gaming system, e.g. internal configuration, master/slave, wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3237 about the players, e.g. profiling, responsible gaming, strategy/behavior of players, location of players
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3239 Tracking of individual players
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/329 Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards

Abstract

Disclosed is a remote lottery ticket purchasing or gaming event bet placement system using E-911 compliant cell phones. E-911 compliant cell phones provide the location of the caller, enabling the system of the present invention to determine in which jurisdiction the caller is located. The system further uses at least one identifier that the caller must provide, allowing an age check to be made. The use of both pieces of information, location and age, is used by the system to remotely purchase lottery tickets or make bets in full legal accordance with what is allowed in the caller'"'"'s jurisdiction.

Claims

1. A method for remote betting using cell phones comprising:

providing a telephony interface configured to receive voice and location data from a cell phone associative with a phone session,

determining gaming restrictions, if any, from said cell phone location data;

associating applicable gaming restrictions, if any, with said phone session;

receiving a first identifier through said telephony interface associative with said phone session;

associating said first identifier with an age;

using said age and said applicable gaming restrictions to determine allowable gaming-related actions;

receiving a second identifier through said telephony interface associative with said phone session, said second identifier being a biometric identifier;

associating said second identifier with said phone call;

receiving gaming-relating data associative with said phone session;

using said gaming-related data for at least one of placing bets or purchasing lottery tickets in accordance with said applicable gaming restrictions, if any;

receiving a further biometric identifier and comparing said second identifier with said further identifier upon one of starting gaming-related data reception or upon ending gaming-related data reception; and

rejecting said gaming-related data if said further biometric identifier and said second biometric identifier do not match.

2. A remote-betting system using a cell phone comprising:

a telephony interface configured to receive voice and location data from a cell phone;

one of a database or settable state operative with said telephony interface and configured to associate voice and location data with a phone session;

a program operative with said database or said settable state configured to receive a first identifier through said telephony interface associative with said phone session, associate said first identifier with an age, determine gaming restrictions based on said cell phone location data and said age, to receive gaming-relating data associative with said phone session and to send allowed gaming-related data to at least one of a lottery interface or a gaming interface to enable betting thereby, where said program is further configured to receive a second identifier through said telephony interface associative with said phone session where said second identifier is a biometric identifier, and is further configured to receive a later-submitted biometric identifier and to compare said second identifier with said later-submitted identifier and to reject any gaming-related data if said later-submitted biometric identifier and said second biometric identifier do not match.

3. A system for cell phone betting comprising:

means for receiving voice and location data from a cell phone associative with a phone session;

means for receiving a first identifier associative with said phone session;

means for associating an age with said first identifier;

means for determining applicable gaming restrictions using said cell phone location data and said age and associating said restrictions with said phone session;

means for receiving gaming-relating data associative with said phone session;

means for using said gaming-related data for placing bets or purchasing lottery tickets in accordance with said applicable gaming restrictions;

means for sending data receivable by a cell phone communicating gaming-related restrictions;

means for receiving a second identifier associative with said phone session, said second identifier being a biometric identifier;

means for receiving a further biometric identifier and comparing said second identifier with said further identifier and rejecting any gaming-related data if said further biometric identifier and said second biometric identifier do not match.