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Granted Patent B2
US 11,107,327 · App. 16/410,687 · Granted Aug 31, 2021

Real-time in-venue betting system

Inventors: Nic Kline (Kansas City, MO); Bart Hampton (Kansas City, MO); Jason Houseworth (Kansas City, MO)
Assignee: FanThreeSixty, LLC
G07F17/3288G07F17/3223
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,107,327
App. No.
16/410,687
Granted
Aug 31, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method of placing a location-based bet is presented in embodiments herein. Bets, offers, and incentives, may be presented to a user via a mobile device based on a location of the mobile device relative to a geographic region. The geographic region may be associated with a sporting event or a sporting venue such as a sport arena. Different bets, offers, and incentives may be presented inside the geographic region than outside the geographic region based on the different experiences for the fans in each geographic region.

Claims (55)

1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform a method of placing one or more bets on a sporting event, the method comprising the steps of:

determining a location of a mobile device of a user relative to a geographic region,

wherein the geographic region is associated with a sports venue,

presenting, via the mobile device, a first set of bets associated with the sporting event,

wherein the first set of bets are only presented within the geographic region;

presenting a second set of bets that are different than the first set of bets,

wherein the second set of bets are only presented outside of the geographic region;

receiving, from the user, a selection of a bet of the first set of bets;

determining a bet outcome of the bet based on an outcome of the sporting event; and

offering the first set of bets to the user based on a detected motion of the mobile device, wherein the motion is detected by a sensor associated with the mobile device.

2. The media of claim 1 ,

wherein the outcome of the sporting event is a final score of the sporting event, and

wherein the sports venue is a sports arena.

3. The media of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises a step of offering, to the user, at least one offer from a list comprising sporting event tickets, seat upgrades, concessions, loyalty points, loyalty status upgrades, and vendor vouchers.

4. The media of claim 3 , wherein the at least one offer is offered after the outcome of the sporting event.

5. The media of claim 4 , wherein the outcome of the sporting event is an in-game event that occurs during the sporting event.

6. The media of claim 1 , wherein the first set of bets are presented to the user with a time limit for selecting the bet.

7. The media of claim 6 , wherein the time limit for selecting the bet is associated with a time delay for broadcast of the sporting event.

8. The media of claim 7 , wherein the time limit for selecting the bet is seven seconds.

9. The media of claim 1 , wherein each of the first set of bets includes a monetary amount and betting odds, and wherein at least one of the monetary amount and betting odds of the bet is based on a loyalty status of the user.

10. The media of claim 1 , wherein the user is a first user and the bet is a peer-to-peer bet with a second user located within the geographic region.

11. The media of claim 1 , wherein the geographic region is defined by a geofence in proximity to the sports venue and at least a portion of a betting region is located inside the geofence.

12. A method of placing a bet on a sporting event, the method comprising the steps of:

determining a location of a mobile device of a user relative to a geographic region;

presenting at least one bet via the mobile device to the user;

selecting the bet from the at least one bet presented to the user,

wherein the bet is associated with the location of the mobile device relative to the geographic region,

wherein the bet is a first bet and is only presented within the geographic region and a second bet is only presented outside of the geographic region;

determining a bet outcome of the bet based on an outcome of the sporting event;

presenting awards to the user; and

offering the first set of bets to the user based on a detected motion of the mobile device, wherein the motion is detected by a sensor associated with the mobile device.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the awards are based on at least one from a list of the bet outcome, the outcome, and an event outcome of an in-game event which occurs during the course of the sporting event.

14. The method of claim 13 ,

further comprising the step of offering, to the user, incentives to make the bet,

wherein the incentives and the bet are offered to the user within the geographic region, and

wherein the geographic region is defined relative to a sporting arena associated with the sporting event.

15. The method of claim 12 ,

further comprising the step of presenting to the user an option to create a user created bet;

wherein the user is a first user,

wherein the first user invites a second user to join the user created bet, and

wherein the first user and the second user are within the geographic region.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the at least one bet is presented to the user based on a favorite player of the user stored in a user profile.

17. A method of placing a bet on a sporting event, the method comprising the steps of:

verifying a location of a mobile device of a first user;

generating a plurality of betting options;

generating at least one offer associated with a bet of the plurality of betting options,

wherein the plurality of betting options are only provided within a geographic region and a different set of betting options are only provided outside of the geographic region;

receiving a selection of the bet from the plurality of betting options via the mobile device of the first user;

receiving criteria for presenting the bet to a second user via the mobile device of the first user;

determining a bet outcome of the bet based on an outcome of the sporting event; and

offering the first set of bets to the user based on a detected motion of the mobile device, wherein the motion is detected by a sensor associated with the mobile device.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the criteria for presenting the bet to the second user is selected from at least one of friends of the first user, second user association with a geographic area, second user association with a particular team, and second user association with a particular player.

19. The method of claim 18 ,

wherein the plurality of betting options and the at least one offer are presented to the first user before start of the sporting event, and

wherein the at least one offer is selected from a list comprising sporting event tickets, seat upgrades, concessions, loyalty points, loyalty status upgrades, and vendor vouchers.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2019
From: KLINE, NIC; HAMPTON, BART; HOUSEWORTH, JASON
To: FANTHREESIXTY, LLC
Reel/Frame 049162/0231 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62675864 · May 24, 2018
Provisional Application 62683336 · Jun 11, 2018
Related Publication 20190362601A1 · Nov 28, 2019