Methods for multiple legal game providers and multiple jurisdictions with a single platform
First Claim
1. A method for playing lottery games with a single platform, comprising:
- running a computer system on a single platform of the computer system to play a plurality of different lottery games for different jurisdictions, 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;
accessing the single platform by a plurality of client device lottery game clients;
executing computer executable instructions by at least one computer readable storage medium at the single platform;
processing different types of lottery game packets from a plurality of different jurisdictions using a workflow module at the single platform that includes sets of workflow instruction;
inspecting a received lottery game packet and providing information about the lottery game packet to the workflow module at the single platform, andcoordinating processing of received lottery game packets using selected ones of selectable communication function modules at the single platform based on the information about the lottery game packet provided by a deep lottery game packet inspection module at the single platform.
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Abstract
A method is provided for playing lottery games with a single platform. A computer system is run on a single platform of a computer system to play a plurality of different lottery games for different jurisdictions. The single platform is accessible by a plurality of client device lottery game clients. Different types of lottery game packets are processed from a plurality of different jurisdictions using a workflow module at the single platform that includes sets of workflow instruction. A received lottery game packet is inspected and information about the lottery game packet is provided to the workflow module at the single platform. The processing of received lottery game packets is coordinated using selected ones of selectable communication function modules at the single platform based on the information about the lottery game packet provided by a deep lottery game packet inspection module at the single platform.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for playing lottery games with a single platform, comprising:
running a computer system on a single platform of the computer system to play a plurality of different lottery games for different jurisdictions, 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; accessing the single platform by a plurality of client device lottery game clients; executing computer executable instructions by at least one computer readable storage medium at the single platform; processing different types of lottery game packets from a plurality of different jurisdictions using a workflow module at the single platform that includes sets of workflow instruction; inspecting a received lottery game packet and providing information about the lottery game packet to the workflow module at the single platform, and coordinating processing of received lottery game packets using selected ones of selectable communication function modules at the single platform based on the information about the lottery game packet provided by a deep lottery game packet inspection module at the single platform. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for playing lottery games with a single platform, comprising:
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receiving an information lottery game packet from a client communications device at an input of a single platform for lottery games and multiple jurisdictions to a workflow server residing in a client communications network, the workflow server being accessible by a plurality of client lottery clients and having a network processor, 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; employing a network processor at the single platform of the workflow server; and executing computer executable instructions stored on a computer readable storage medium to perform the following functions; performing a deep lottery game packet inspection on the received information lottery game packet to determine a lottery game packet type matching the received information lottery game packet accessing a workflow module comprising rules for processing different types of information lottery game packets; subsequent to performing the deep lottery game packet inspection, determining which one of selectable communication function modules is required to process the received information lottery game packet based on the lottery game packet type matching the information lottery game packet and using the rules of the workflow module; and processing the received information lottery game packet using at least one of the required selectable communication function modules.
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