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US 8,150,956 B2Granted
Mobile gaming alert
AssigneeCfph, LLC
InventorsDean P. Alderucci, Charles Plott, Mark Miller
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Abstract
Various embodiments of alerts on mobile devices are described. Other embodiments are described.
Claims8
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a processor of a processing device, a datastream describing news;
- extracting, by the processor, one or more descriptions of current events from the datastream;
- identifying, by the processor, event matches based on the one or more descriptions of current events and event descriptions associated with a plurality of games;
- identifying, by the processor, alert registration data associated with each game in the plurality of games, wherein the alert registration data includes a list of mobile devices registered to receive alerts regarding each game in the plurality of games;
- determining, by the processor, a number of mobile devices registered to receive alerts for each game in a subset of the plurality of games, wherein the subset comprises a game and at least one other game;
- determining, by the processor, an estimate of the correlation among user interests in the subset of the plurality of games based at least in part on the count, wherein determining the estimate of the correlation among user interests in the subset of the plurality of games comprises maintaining a coincidence matrix for the plurality of games;
- storing, by the processor, the estimates of the correlations;
- and
- transmitting, by the processor, data describing event matches to a mobile device.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a data storage device storing gaming preferences that include data indicative of one or more games and data identifying at least one mobile device registered to receive alerts regarding the games, wherein a game includes a wager, an event with a plurality of possible outcomes, and a payout associated with each outcome;
- and
- a processing device configured to:
- receive a datastream describing news;
- extract one or more descriptions of current events from the datastream;
- identify event matches based on the one or more descriptions of current events and event descriptions associated with a plurality of games;
- identify alert registration data associated with each game in the plurality of games, wherein the alert registration data includes a list of mobile devices registered to receive alerts regarding each game in the plurality of games;
- determine a number of mobile devices registered to receive alerts for each game in a subset of the plurality of games, wherein the subset comprises a game and at least one other game;
- determine an estimate of the correlation among user interests in the subset of the plurality of games based at least in part on the count, wherein determining the estimate of the correlation among user interests in the subset of the plurality of games comprises maintaining a coincidence matrix for the plurality of games;
- store the estimates of the correlations;
- and
- transmit data describing event matches to a mobile device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.