# US 10,769,886 B2 · System and method for positionally accurate gaming content > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,769,886 B2 - Document ID: US10769886B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/179,554 - Filed: 2018-11-02 - Published: 2019-03-07 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2014-09-23 - Assignees: SG Gaming, Inc. - Applicants: SG Gaming, Inc. - Inventors: Scott Thomas Hilbert; Joseph Randolph Hedrick; Nicole Marie Beaulieu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10769886B2 ## CPC - G07F 17/3239: {Tracking of individual players} - G06F 3/04817: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) - G06F 3/04842: Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) - G07F 17/3206: {Player sensing means, e.g. presence detection, biometrics} - G07F 17/3211: {Display means} - G07F 17/3218: {wherein at least part of the system is portable} - G07F 17/322: {Casino tables, e.g. tables having integrated screens, chip detection means} - G07F 17/3223: {Architectural aspects of a gaming system, e.g. internal configuration, leader-follower, wireless communication} - G07F 17/323: {wherein the player is informed, e.g. advertisements, odds, instructions} - G07F 17/3272: {Games involving multiple players} - H04L 67/1095: Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes - H04L 67/131: Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality - H04W 4/021: Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences - H04W 4/023: {using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds} - H04W 4/21: for social networking applications - H04W 4/30: Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A system is disclosed for providing access to first interactive content or second interactive content by a user of a portable computing device based upon a determined location of the portable computing device. The system includes a host server, a content server storing data representing the first interactive content and the second interactive content, and a communication network in communication with the host server and the content server. One or more WiFi communication beacons are in communication with the host server through the communication network. The communication network is configured to establish communication with the portable computing device. The host server is configured to determine a location of the portable computing device from the communication of the portable computing device with the communication network using a combination of WiFi signals and Bluetooth signals. The host server configured to control the content server and enable the portable computing device to display the first interactive content when the portable computing device is determined to be in a first location and to display the second interactive content when the portable computing device is determined to be in a second location. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: determining, by at least one processor, a location of a portable computing device; in response to the determined location being a first location, enabling, by the at least one processor, the portable computing device to play games using a first type of player input, but not a second type of player input; and in response to the determined location being a second location, enabling, by the at least one processor, the portable computing device to play games using the second type of player input, the second type of player input being different than the first type of player input and including gestures made with the portable computing device, wherein the gestures include pitch, roll, and yaw inputs. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the determining step uses at least one of cellular tower positioning or GPS signals. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the determining step uses WiFi trilateration. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the determining step uses proximity, RSSI, and fixed geographic location of a transmitting device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first type of player input includes touch inputs via a touchscreen interface of the portable computing device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the determining step is performed at least in part by a host server including a processor of the at least one processor in communication with the portable computing device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further including delivering, by the at least one processor, the games from a content server to the portable computing device. ### Claim 8 A method comprising: determining, by at least one processor, a location of a portable computing device relative to a fixed-location game display of a fixed-location gaming device, the fixed-location game display configured to display a wagering game; in response to the determined location being a first location in view of the fixed-location game display, enabling, by the at least one processor, the portable computing device to display only a wagering interface but not game play content for the wagering game; and in response to the determined location being a second location out of view of the fixed-location game display, enabling, by the at least one processor, the portable computing device to display both the wagering interface and the game play content for the wagering game and enabling a type of player input not available at the first location, wherein the enabled type of player input comprises gestures made with the portable computing device, the gestures including pitch, roll, and yaw inputs. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the determining step uses at least one of cellular tower positioning or GPS signals. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the determining step uses WiFi trilateration. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the determining step uses proximity, RSSI, and fixed geographic location of a transmitting device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further including: in response to the determined location being the first location, enabling, by the at least one processor, the portable computing device to play the wagering game using a first type of player input, but not a second type of player input, the second type of player input including the gestures made with the portable computing device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the first type of player input includes touch inputs via a touchscreen interface of the portable computing device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the determining step is performed at least in part by a host server including a processor of the at least one processor in communication with the portable computing device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further including delivering, by the at least one processor, data associated with the wagering game from a content server to the portable computing device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the gaming device is a gaming table hosting a live or electronic table game. ### Claim 17 One or more non-transitory, machine-readable storage mediums having instructions stored thereon for causing one or more processors to perform operations comprising: determining a location of a portable computing device; in response to the determined location being a first location, enabling the portable computing device to play games using a first type of player input, but not a second type of player input; and in response to the determined location being a second location, enabling the portable computing device to play games using the second type of player input, the second type of player input being different than the first type of player input and including gestures made with the portable computing device, wherein the gestures include roll, pitch, and yaw inputs. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The one or more machine-readable storage mediums of claim 17, wherein the first type of player input includes touch inputs via a touchscreen interface of the portable computing device, and the second type of player input includes gestures made with the portable computing device.