# US 12,008,864 B2 · Shareable sporting event wagers

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- Number: US 12,008,864 B2
- Document ID: US12008864B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/183,762
- Filed: 2021-02-24
- Published: 2022-08-25
- Granted: 2024-06-11
- Earliest claimed: 2021-02-24
- Assignees: Igt
- Applicants: Igt
- Inventors: Prasad Inamdar
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12008864B2

## CPC

- G07F 17/3288: {Betting, e.g. on live events, bookmaking}
- G06Q 20/401: {Transaction verification}
- G06V 20/42: {of sport video content}
- G06V 40/20: Movements or behaviour, e.g. gesture recognition (recognition of facial expressions G06V40/16)
- 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})
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

## Abstract

A system which causes an automatic publication of one or more sporting event wagers associated with one user to one or more other users.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
determine an identity of a first user, and
responsive to a receipt of data associated with an identification of a first sporting event wager of a first amount on an outcome of a sporting event made by a second user via a first quantity of inputs:
communicate data that results in a display, by a display device, of a second sporting event wager of a second amount, wherein the second sporting event wager is based on the first sporting event wager, and, independent of the amounts of the first sporting event wager and the second sporting event wager, the second sporting event wager is different from the first sporting event wager, and
responsive to a receipt, by an input device, of a second, lower quantity of inputs made by the first user, cause a placement of the second sporting event wager on the outcome of the sporting event.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein a payment is received from the first user in association with the second sporting event wager.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The system of claim 2, wherein a portion of the payment is providable to the second user.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein odds associated with first sporting event wager are different from odds associated with the second sporting event wager.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the data associated with the identification of the first sporting event wager on the outcome of the sporting event comprises data associated with a placement of the first sporting event wager on the outcome of the sporting event.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the first sporting event wager is on a plurality of outcomes of a plurality of sporting events and the second sporting event wager is on the plurality of outcomes of the plurality of sporting events.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein a sporting event wager identified by the second user automatically qualifies as the first sporting event wager responsive to that sporting event wager satisfying a condition.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the first user is associated with following sporting event wagering activity of the second user.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the outcome of the sporting event comprises an outcome of an in-game event of the sporting event.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the display device comprises a mobile device display.

### Claim 11

A system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory device that stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
responsive to an occurrence of a sporting event wagerer identification event, determine, based on a parameter selected by a user, if any of a plurality of sporting event wagerers qualify as any designated sporting event wagerers, and
for each of any of the plurality of sporting event wagerers determined to be a designated sporting event wagerer:
communicate data which results in a display, by a display device, of a notification of that designated sporting event wagerer, and
responsive to an input received by the user to follow that designated sporting event wagerer:
associate the user with that designated sporting event wagerer, and
communicate data that results in a display, by the display device, of a sporting event wager identified by that designated sporting event wagerer, wherein a placement of that sporting event wager made by the designated sporting event wagerer occurs via a first quantity of inputs and a placement of another sporting event wager that, independent of an amount of the sporting event wager relative to an amount of the other sporting event wager, is based on and different from that sporting event wager occurs via a second, different quantity of inputs made by the user.

### Claim 12

A method of operating a system, the method comprising:
determining, by a processor, an identity of a first user, and
responsive to a receipt of data associated with an identification of a first sporting event wager of a first amount on an outcome of a sporting event made by a second user via a first quantity of inputs:
displaying, by a display device, a second sporting event wager of a second amount, wherein the second sporting event wager is based on the first sporting event wager, and, independent of the amounts of the first sporting event wager and the second sporting event wager, the second sporting event wager is different from the first sporting event wager, and
responsive to a receipt, by an input device, of a second, lower quantity of inputs made by the first user, causing a placement of the second sporting event wager on the outcome of the sporting event.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, further comprising receiving a payment from the first user in association with the second sporting event wager.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The method of claim 13, wherein a portion of the payment is providable to the second user.

### Claim 15 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein odds associated with first sporting event wager are different from odds associated with the second sporting event wager.

### Claim 16 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the data associated with the identification of the first sporting event wager on the outcome of the sporting event comprises data associated with a placement of the first sporting event wager on the outcome of the sporting event.

### Claim 17 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the first sporting event wager is on a plurality of outcomes of a plurality of sporting events and the second sporting event wager is on the plurality of outcomes of the plurality of sporting events.

### Claim 18 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein a sporting event wager identified by the second user automatically qualifies as the first sporting event wager responsive to that sporting event wager satisfying a condition.

### Claim 19 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the first user is associated with following sporting event wagering activity of the second user.

### Claim 20 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the outcome of the sporting event comprises an outcome of an in-game event of the sporting event.