Socially interactive wagering system
AssigneeStubhub, Inc.
InventorYork YANG
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Abstract
A system and method includes one or more processors coupled to a memory, the one or more processors operable to read instructions from the memory to perform one or more steps or operations. The operations may include receiving a signal from a first device, sending a first code and an instruction to broadcast the code to a broadcasting device based on the signal, receiving an access request and a second code broadcasted from the broadcasting device from a second user device, and granting the second user device access to a feature of an application when the second code broadcasted from the broadcasting device matches the first code.
Claims20
A wagering system comprising:
- a wagering configuration module including a hardware processor that receives a wager configuration from a first user device, sends a first code and an instruction to broadcast the code to a broadcasting device, receives a wager to the wager configuration and a second code broadcasted from the broadcasting device from a second user device, and places the wager to the wager configuration when the second code broadcasted from the broadcasting device matches the first code;
- and
- a storage module that records the wager to the wager configuration when the wager configuration module places the wager to the wager configuration.
A wagering system comprising:
- a broadcasting device;
- and
- a server including one or more processors coupled to a memory and operable to read instructions from the memory to perform the step of:
- receiving a wager configuration from a first user device;
- instructing a broadcasting device to broadcast a first code;
- receiving, from a second user device, a request to place a wager with the wager configuration and a second code broadcasted from the broadcasting device;
- and
- granting the request to place a wager with the wager configuration when the second code broadcasted from the broadcasting device matches the first code.
The system of 10 wherein the broadcasting device has a broadcasting range limited to an event venue.
A method for facilitating a wager comprising:
- receiving, by a system, a configuration for a wager from a first user device;
- and
- sending, by the system, a signal to a broadcasting device to broadcast a configuration for a second device which allows the second device to indicate acceptance of the wager to the system;
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.