US 10,373,438 B2 · System and method of revealing the outcomes of real world wagers based on a geolocation of a user

Abstract

The invention relates to systems and methods of placing real-world wagers, obtaining outcomes of the real-world wagers, facilitating user interactions with various interactive media, and revealing the outcomes of the real-world wagers through location-based reveals to give an appearance that the outcomes of the real-world wagers resulted from the user location even though the outcomes resulted from the real-world wagers. The system may associate certain locations with a reveal such that when a user enters, is determined to be at, and/or leaves a reveal location, a reveal opportunity may be presented to the user. For example, the system may invite the user to make a purchase at a nearby partner retailer for a chance to win a payout or be guaranteed to win a payout and/or may simply obtain a particular payout (e.g., via cash, item, etc.) when a user enters a particular location.

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Dependent claims

A computer implemented method of revealing portions of outcomes of wagers through interactive media applications based on location-triggered wager opportunities, the method being implemented in a computer system having one or more physical processors programmed with computer program instructions that, when executed by the one or more physical processors, cause the computer system to perform the method, the method comprising:

obtaining, by the computer system, one or more wager parameters corresponding to a wager to be placed on behalf of a user, wherein the user is associated with a user account comprising a revealed balance and an unrevealed balance;
determining, by the computer system, a user location;
determining, by the computer system, whether the user location corresponds to a location at which a wager corresponding to the wager parameters is legally permitted;
responsive to a determination that the user location associated with the user corresponds to a location at which a wager corresponding to the wager parameters is legally permitted, causing, by the computer system, the wager to be placed on behalf of the user;
obtaining, by the computer system, an outcome of the wager;
and
incrementing, by the computer system, the unrevealed balance based on the outcome of the wager.

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A system for revealing portions of outcomes of wagers through interactive media applications based on location-triggered wager opportunities, the system comprising:

a computer system comprising one or more processors programmed with computer program instructions that, when executed by the one or more physical processors, program the computer system to:
obtain, by the computer system, one or more wager parameters corresponding to a wager to be placed on behalf of a user, wherein the user is associated with a user account comprising a revealed balance and an unrevealed balance;
determine, by the computer system, a user location;
determine, by the computer system, whether the user location corresponds to a location at which a wager corresponding to the wager parameters is legally permitted;
responsive to a determination by the computer system that the user location corresponds to a location at which a wager corresponding to the wager parameters is legally permitted, cause the computer system to place the wager on behalf of the user;
obtain, by the computer system, an outcome of the wager;
and
increment, by the computer system, the unrevealed balance based on the outcome of the wager.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and method of revealing the outcomes of real world wagers based on a geolocation of a user

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System and method of revealing the outcomes of real world wagers based on a geolocation of a user

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