# US 12,002,461 B2 · Voice based wagering > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,002,461 B2 - Document ID: US12002461B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/313,130 - Filed: 2021-05-06 - Published: 2022-04-21 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2020-10-20 - Assignees: AdrenalineIP - Applicants: AdrenalineIP - Inventors: John Cronin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12002461B2 ## CPC - G10L 15/22: Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue - G06V 40/172: {Classification, e.g. identification} - G07F 17/323: {wherein the player is informed, e.g. advertisements, odds, instructions} - G07F 17/3288: {Betting, e.g. on live events, bookmaking} - G10L 15/18: using natural language modelling - G10L 15/26: Speech to text systems (G10L15/08 takes precedence) - G10L 15/1822: {Parsing for meaning understanding} - G10L 2015/223: {Execution procedure of a spoken command} - G10L: SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING - 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}) ## Abstract A device that provides for voice based wagering on live action events. The device has microphone capabilities that can actively or passively listen to voice input and interpret the input with respect to wagering opportunities or other requests. For example, users can speak into the microphone and navigate different “in-play” bets and select wagering options. In-play bets are the ability to place bets while an event or game is ongoing. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for voice-controlled wagering on a wagering system, comprising: a database storing currently available wagers in a wagering game, the currently available wagers related to actions either performed by a participant of live sporting event or occurring in the live sporting event; a natural language processor configured to receive user speech and store the user speech as text in a speech database; an artificial intelligence module that analyzes the user speech in the speech database and delivers context-appropriate responses that provide context-appropriate information based on current data stored in the database storing currently available wagers and gathered from the live sporting event or for wagers on plays inside of the live sporting event, and one or more sensors located at the live sporting event, wherein the sensors collect and stream information to the database storing currently available wagers in real time during the live sporting event, and updating the content of the database storing currently available wagers. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system for voice-controlled wagering on the wagering system of claim 1, wherein the natural language process provides an indicia that user speech is received. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system for voice-controlled wagering on the wagering system of claim 1, wherein the natural language processor further translates user speech and automatically inputs a wager associated with the user speech. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system for voice-controlled wagering on the wagering system of claim 3, wherein the natural language processor enters a wager associated with the user speech following receipt of further user speech confirming the wager. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system for voice-controlled wagering on the wagering system of claim 1, further comprising at least one of a wager search module that searches current available wagers in the database storing currently available wagers based on the user speech, a player search module that searches currently available wagers in the database storing currently available wagers on a player associated with the user speech, and a user search module that searches information associated with the user from collected user metadata. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system for voice-controlled wagering on the wagering system of claim 1, further comprising an understanding module, wherein the understanding module interfaces with the artificial intelligence module that contextually compares user speech received by the natural language processor and outputs speech contextually related to the user speech and at least one of placing of a wager on a live sporting event or an outcome of that wager as determined by data gathered from the live sporting event. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system for voice-controlled wagering on the wagering system of claim 1, further comprising a speech to text module that is automatically activated when a user initiates a wagering game. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system for voice-controlled wagering on the wagering system of claim 1, further comprising a wager search module that automatically searches available wagers in an odds database continually updated based on data gathered from live sporting events and other sources and provides the user with one or more wagers. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system for voice-controlled wagering on the wagering system of claim 8, further comprising an understanding module that is automatically activated upon the receipt of a wager by the user following a prompt from the wager search module, and the understanding module provides a context-appropriate response to the user following at least one of a result of a placed wager or an outcome of an event in the live action game. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The system for voice-controlled wagering on the wagering system of claim 9, wherein the wager search module may provide the user with prompts to provide or request information regarding the live action game automatically based on the status of the life sporting event. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The system for voice-controlled wagering on the wagering system of claim 1, wherein the context-appropriate responses are delivered by audio and/or display. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The system for voice-controlled wagering on the wagering system of claim 1, further comprising an understanding module that is automatically activated and provides a context-appropriate wager query to the user based on context of the user speech received by the natural language processor. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The system for voice-controlled wagering on the wagering system of claim 8, wherein the understanding module outputs a query associating a wager that recites one or more context characteristics of the user speech received by the natural language processor. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The system for voice-controlled wagering on the wagering system of claim 1, further comprising a speech to text module that recognizes the speech of the user and automatically filters out background speech. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The system for voice-controlled wagering on the wagering system of claim 14, further comprising one or more sensors that associate the speech with the user. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The system for voice-controlled wagering on the wagering system of claim 15, further comprising a facial recognition system. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The system for voice controlled wagering on the wagering system of claim 1, wherein the one or more sensor comprise a camera.