# US 12,112,601 B2 · Information aggregation games

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- Number: US 12,112,601 B2
- Document ID: US12112601B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/143,124
- Filed: 2023-05-04
- Published: 2023-08-31
- Granted: 2024-10-08
- Earliest claimed: 2008-07-14
- Assignees: Cfph, LLC
- Applicants: Cfph, LLC
- Inventors: Dean P. Alderucci; Charles Plott; Mark Miller
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12112601B2

## CPC

- G07F 17/3258: {Cumulative reward schemes, e.g. jackpots}
- G07F 17/32: for games, toys, sports, or amusements
- G07F 17/322: {Casino tables, e.g. tables having integrated screens, chip detection means}
- G07F 17/323: {wherein the player is informed, e.g. advertisements, odds, instructions}
- G07F 17/3288: {Betting, e.g. on live events, bookmaking}
- G07F 17/329: {Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards}
- G07F 17/3293: {Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack}
- G07F 17/34: depending on the stopping of moving members {in a mechanical slot machine}, e.g. "fruit" machines
- 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

Games related to the aggregation of information are described.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An apparatus comprising:
at least one processor configured to control:
determining a plurality of pieces of information that define an outcome for a future game by a plurality of aspects, in which each piece of information of the plurality of pieces of information describes a respective aspect of the plurality of aspects;
prior to revealing the outcome, displaying, over a communication network, on a graphical user interface of a first device of a first player of the future game, a first piece of information of the plurality of pieces, in which the first piece is different from another piece of the plurality of pieces displayed, over the communication network, on a graphical user interface of another device of another player of the future game, prior to revealing the outcome, in which the first piece of information identifies a first aspect of the outcome, and in which the another piece of information identifies another aspect of the plurality of aspects;
prior to revealing the outcome, displaying, over the communication network, on the graphical user interface of the first device, a second piece of the plurality of pieces;
receiving in real time, over the communication network from a remote computing device, current wager information for the future game;
continuously updating in real time, over the communication network, display of the current wager information on the graphical user interface of the first device;
receiving a wager in the future game, over the communication network, from the first device after the first and second pieces and the current wager information are displayed at the first device, in which the wager includes an amount bet that the outcome is a particular outcome; and
when the wager is determined to be a winning wager, determining a payout for the wager based on a time the wager is placed, in which the payout is in proportion to an amount of time between the time the wager is placed and a first time when the outcome is revealed.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, in which the future game includes a pari-mutuel game.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The apparatus of claim 2, in which the pari-mutuel game includes at least one of a card game, a race, a sporting event, or a casino game.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, in which the future game includes a non-pari-mutuel game.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, in which the future game includes an event occurring in at least one of a card game, a slot game, a lottery game, a casino game, a race, or a sporting event.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, in which the payout is determined based at least in part on at least one of a number of wagers placed before the wager or an amount of information known by the first player when the wager is placed.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, in which the at least one processor is configured to control:
displaying, on the graphical user interface of the another device, an indication of a distribution of wagers that have been placed in the future game.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The apparatus of claim 7, in which the distribution of wagers includes a distribution of wagers in the future game placed by the another player and a plurality of other second players prior to the wager being placed.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, in which the payout is determined based on a number of wagers placed before the wager.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The apparatus of claim 9, in which the number of wagers includes wagers in the future game placed by the another player and a plurality of other second players.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, in which the payout is determined based on an amount of information known by the first player.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The apparatus of claim 11, in which the payout is determined based on a number of pieces of information of the plurality of pieces of information provided to the first player, and in which the payout is inversely proportional to the number of pieces of information.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, in which the at least one processor is configured to control:
identifying to the another player a second time and a third time;
identifying to the another player that no wagers in the future game will be accepted after a fourth time that falls between the second time and the third time without identifying the fourth time to the first player;
determining the fourth time; and
preventing further wagers related to the future game after the fourth time without identifying the fourth time to the another player.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, in which the at least one processor is configured to control:
receiving a second wager in the future game from the another player after the another piece of information is provided to the another player, in which the second wager includes a second amount bet that the outcome is a second particular outcome;
in response to receiving the second wager, determining that the second particular outcome is defined by a particular aspect that cannot occur in any outcome including the another aspect; and
requiring a payment from the another player, in which the payment includes a cost of placing the second wager resulting from a determination that the second particular outcome is defined by a given particular aspect that cannot occur in any outcome including the another aspect, in which the cost is separate from the second amount bet and includes at least one of a monetary cost or a less favorable odds for at least one wager.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The apparatus of claim 14, in which the at least one processor is configured to control:
in response to receiving the wager, determining that the particular outcome is defined by a second particular aspect that can occur in outcomes including the first aspect; and
determining that a second payment of the cost for placing the wager is not required.

### Claim 16 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1,
in which the future game includes at least one of a card game, a race, a sporting event, or a casino game;
in which the payout is determined based at least in part on at least one of a number of wagers placed before the wager or an amount of information known by the first player when the wager is placed;
in which the at least one processor is configured to control:
providing, to the another player, an indication of a distribution of wagers that have been placed in the future game,
in which the distribution of wagers includes a distribution of wagers in the future game placed by the another player and a plurality of other second players prior to the wager being placed, and
in which the another piece of information includes at least one of a value of a card, a suit of a card, a color of a card, a characteristic of a ball, a color of a horse, a characteristic of a horse, or a characteristic of a participant in a sporting event;
identifying to the another player a second time and a third time;
identifying to the another player that no wagers in the future game will be accepted after a fourth time that falls between the second time and the third time without identifying the time to the another player;
determining the fourth time;
preventing further wagers related to the future game after the fourth time without identifying the fourth time to the another player;
receiving a second wager in the future game from the another player after the another piece of information was provided to the another player, in which the second wager includes a second amount bet that the outcome is a second particular outcome;
in response to receiving the second wager, determining that the second particular outcome is defined by a particular aspect that cannot occur in any outcome including the another aspect;
requiring a payment from the another player, in which the payment includes a cost of placing the second wager resulting from the determination that the second particular outcome is defined by a given particular aspect that cannot occur in any outcome including the another aspect, in which the cost is separate from the second amount bet and includes at least one of a monetary cost or a less favorable odds for at least one wager;
in response to receiving the wager, determining that the particular outcome is defined by a second particular aspect that can occur in outcomes including the first aspect; and
determining that a second payment of the cost for placing the wager is not required.

### Claim 17

A method comprising:
controlling, by at least one processor:
determining a plurality of pieces of information that define an outcome for a future game by a plurality of aspects, in which each piece of information of the plurality of pieces of information describes a respective aspect of the plurality of aspects;
prior to revealing the outcome, displaying, over a communication network, on a graphical user interface of a first device of a first player of the future game, a first piece of the plurality of pieces, in which the first piece is different from another piece of the plurality of pieces displayed, over the communication network, on a graphical user interface of another device of another player of the future game, prior to revealing the outcome, in which the first piece of information identifies a first aspect of the outcome, and in which the another piece of information identifies another aspect of the plurality of aspects;
prior to revealing the outcome, displaying, over the communication network, on the graphical user interface of the first device, a second piece of the plurality of pieces;
receiving in real time, over the communication network from a remote computing device, current wager information for the future game;
continuously updating in real time, over the communication network, display of the current wager information on the graphical user interface of the first device;
receiving a wager in the future game, over the communication network, from the first device after the first and second pieces and the current wager information are displayed at the first device, in which the wager includes an amount bet that the outcome is a particular outcome; and
when the wager is determined to be a winning wager, determining a payout for the wager based on a time the wager is placed, in which the payout is in proportion to an amount of time between the time the wager is placed and a first time when the outcome is revealed.

### Claim 18

An apparatus comprising:
at least one processor configured to control:
determining a plurality of pieces of information that define an outcome for a game during the game by a plurality of aspects, in which each piece of information of the plurality of pieces of information describes a respective aspect of the plurality of aspects;
prior to revealing the outcome, displaying, over a communication network, during the game, on a graphical user interface of a first device of a first player, a first piece of information of the plurality of pieces, in which the first piece is different from another piece of the plurality of pieces displayed, over the communication network, during the game, on another graphical user interface of another device of another player, prior to revealing the outcome, in which the first piece of information identifies a first aspect of the outcome, and in which the another piece of information identifies another aspect of the plurality of aspects;
prior to revealing the outcome, displaying, over the communication network, during the game, on the graphical user interface of the first device, a second piece of the plurality of pieces;
receiving in real time, over the communication network from a remote computing device, during the game, current wager information for the game;
continuously updating in real time, over the communication network, during the game, display of the current wager information on the graphical user interface of the first device;
receiving a wager on the game, over the communication network, during the game, from the first device after the first and second pieces and the current wager information are displayed at the first device, in which the wager includes an amount bet that the outcome is a particular outcome; and
when the wager is determined to be a winning wager, determining a payout for the wager based on a time the wager is placed, in which the payout is in proportion to an amount of time between the time the wager is placed and a first time when the outcome is revealed.