IP Library Granted Patent US 11,580,823
Granted Patent B2
US 11,580,823 · App. 17/196,196 · Granted Feb 14, 2023

Processing of a game-playing transaction based on location

Inventors: Daniel Cage (Atlanta, GA); John Minutaglio (Atlanta, GA); Roy Leach (Elizabeth, CO); David Trashjian (Fort Lauderdale, FL); Travis L Smith (Alpharetta, GA); John Frederick Houseal, Jr. (Atlanta, GA)
Assignee: E2INTERACTIVE, INC.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,580,823
App. No.
17/196,196
Granted
Feb 14, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An exemplary method comprises receiving information associated with a game-playing transaction conducted between a user device and a game-playing terminal, wherein the game-playing transaction is associated with a request for playing a game; determining a location of the user device associated with the game; determining the user device is located in an approved location associated with the game; and processing the game-playing transaction based on determining the user device is located in the approved location associated with the game. The game-playing transaction is conducted on a first communication interface, and the information associated with the game-playing transaction is received on a first or second communication interface.

Claims (7)

1. A method for processing a game-playing transactions, comprising:

receiving or sending information associated with a game-playing transaction initiated or executed at a game-playing apparatus, the game-playing transaction associated with a game, the game associated with or comprising game information;

determining location information associated with the game-playing apparatus; determining

the game-playing apparatus is an approved game-playing apparatus located in an approved location associated with the game;

processing the information or the game-playing transaction, or enabling initiation or conduction of the game-playing transaction, based on at least one of:

determining the location information is at least partially consistent with or mappable to second information, or

determining a period of validity associated with the information or the game information has not expired.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2026
From: E2INTERACTIVE, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 074089/0658 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2026
From: CAGE, DANIEL; MINUTAGLIO, JOHN
To: LINQ3 TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 073988/0552 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2026
From: LINQ3 TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
To: LINQ3 ACQUISITION, LLC
Reel/Frame 073988/0680 →