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US 12,266,244 · App. 17/156,599 · Granted Apr 1, 2025

Location-based wagering via remote devices

Inventors: Michael W. Shore (Dallas, TX); Afonso G. Chan (Colleyville, TX); Luis M. Ortiz (Albuquerque, NM); Kermit D. Lopez (Albuquerque, NM)
Assignee: Micro-Gaming Ventures, LLC
G07F17/3288G07F17/3211G07F17/3218G07F17/3223G07F17/3237G07F17/3241G07F17/3244G07F17/3248
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Patent No.
US 12,266,244
App. No.
17/156,599
Granted
Apr 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Location based wagering method sand systems. An online wagering service can be invoked via a mobile device. A determination can then be made regarding the location of the mobile device and a jurisdiction (e.g., state, county, city, etc.) associated with that location. The mobile device and hence a user can be authorized to access the online wagering service based on the location of the mobile device. Based on the location, it can also be determined if use of the online wagering service is allowed in the jurisdiction along with prescribed limitations of use in that jurisdiction. Wagering options are then presented via the mobile device, which conform to the laws and/or regulations of the jurisdiction.

Claims (16)

1. A computer-implemented method for location-based wagering, the method performed by a computer system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors, the computer-implemented method comprising:

invoking an online wagering service via a mobile device having a video display screen that supports viewing of a macro-event activity and micro-event gaming data on the video display screen, the online wagering service including a micro-betting graphical user interface (GUI) and a control function that sets when a micro-betting opportunity begins and when the micro-betting opportunity ends;

determining a location of the mobile device;

authorizing the mobile device access to the online wagering service based on the location of the mobile device, wherein the micro-event gaming data comprises a micro-bet or a group of micro-bets;

processing a test to determine whether a selection of a micro-bet or a group of micro-bets is made by a user, wherein, upon determining that the selection of the micro-bet or the group of micro-bets made, entering and processing the micro-bet or the group of micro-bets via a server, wherein, upon determining that the selection has not been made, offering one or more additional new micro-bets associated with a particular micro-outcome for selection by the user; and

generating a result of the processed micro-bet or the group of micro-bets to the user.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the video display screen comprises a touch screen interface that displays the micro-betting GUI.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising displaying the macro-event activity in the micro-betting GUI within the video display screen as macro-event video simultaneously with a display of the micro-event gaming data.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 wherein the micro event gaming data comprises micro-bet wagering data.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 wherein the micro-bet wagering data includes at least one of: tallies of micro-bets, histories of micro-bets, and pending micro-bets.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the video display screen displays a picture-in-picture display that enables simultaneous viewing of disparate data including the macro-event activity and the micro-event gaming data.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising displaying wagering input fields for the online wagering service in the display screen.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising displaying the micro-event gaming data on the video display screen in a live video feed in the GUI.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising displaying the micro-event gaming data on the video display screen in a video replay in the GUI.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising determining when a selection of the micro-bet or the group of micro-bets has been made.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 when the selection of the micro-bet or the group of micro-bets has been made, automatically entering the micro-bet or the group of micro-bets as a wager.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2021
From: SHORE, MICHAEL W.; CHAN, ALFONSO G.; ORTIZ, LUIS M.; LOPEZ, KERMIT D.
To: MICRO-GAMING VENTURES, LLC
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Continuity (4)
Continuation 15218311 · Jul 25, 2016
Continuation 14262301 · Apr 25, 2014
Provisional Application 61976554 · Apr 8, 2014
Related Publication 20210217279A1 · Jul 15, 2021
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