Interactive wagering system with controllable graphic displays
AssigneeODS Properties, Inc.
InventorsMasood Garahi, Connie T. Marshall
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Abstract
A system is provided in which locally-generated graphics may be displayed on a user's equipment. The user's equipment may be based on a set-top box and television or other user television equipment, a personal computer or handheld computing device or other user computer equipment, or a cellular telephone with a display or other user telephone equipment. The locally-generated graphics may be displayed as an overlay on top of video or as wrap-around graphics on the same screen as a reduced-size video window. The video and the graphics may be related to wagering and in particular may be related to horse racing. The user may interactively wager on horse races with the user equipment.
Claims129
A method for presenting video and locally-generated graphics to a user at user equipment having a display, comprising:
- providing the user with an option to select which locally-generated graphics are to be displayed;
- displaying a screen containing wagering-related video on the display of the user equipment;
- and
- displaying the locally-generated graphics in the screen, wherein the locally-generated graphics are generated at the user equipment and include wagering-related information, and wherein the locally generated graphics are displayed not in response to a user input.
An interactive wagering system comprising user equipment having a display, wherein the user equipment in configured to:
- provide a user with an option to select which locally-generated graphics are to be displayed;
- display a screen containing wagering-related video on the display of the user equipment;
- and
- display the locally-generated graphics in the screen, wherein the locally-generated graphics are generated at the user equipment and include wagering-related information, and wherein the locally-generated graphics are displayed not in response to a user input.
A computer readable medium encoded with machine-readable instructions for use in presenting video and locally-generated graphics to a user at user equipment having a display, the machine-readable instructions comprising:
- providing the user with an option to select which locally-generated graphics are to be displayed;
- displaying a screen containing wagering-related video on the display of the user equipment;
- and
- displaying the locally-generated graphics in the screen, wherein the locally-generated graphics are generated at the user equipment and include wagering-related information, and wherein the locally-generated graphics are displayed not in response to a user input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.