US 8,506,400 B2Granted

System and method for wireless gaming system with alerts

AssigneeCfph, LLC

InventorsLee M. Amaitis, Joseph M. Asher, Robert F. Bahrampour, Darrin M. Mylet, Alan B. Wilkins, Howard W. Lutnick

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Abstract

A gaming system is provided. The gaming system allows users to access applications via gaming communication devices coupled to a communication network. At least a portion of the network may be wireless. The gaming applications include gambling, financial, entertainment service, and other types of transactions. The system may include a user location determination feature to prevent users from conducting transactions from unauthorized areas. The system may include an alerts feature operable to generate alert to users based on any or a combination of time information, location information, financial information, user profile information, and other types of information.

Claims21

Dependent claims

An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor;
and
at least one memory having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the at least one processor, direct the at least one processor to:
determine a first location of a first mobile gaming device of a first user, the first mobile gaming device being operable to make a plurality of gaming activities available to the first user for play via the first mobile gaming device;
determine that the first user is engaged in a gaming activity at the first location;
determine a change in location of a second mobile gaming device of a second user;
responsive at least to (a) determining a change in location of the second mobile gaming device and (b) determining that the first user is engaged in the gaming activity at the first location, generate an alert comprising information about the first location of the first mobile gaming device;
and
cause the alert to be output at the second mobile gaming device.

6 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/647,887Filed 28 Dec 2009 · continuation
Priority: 8 Jul 2005
Published: US 2010/0099499 A122 Apr 2010
Granted: 13 Aug 2013
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

G07F 17/3269
Game play aspects of gaming systems: timing aspects of game play, e.g. blocking/halting the operation of a gaming machine
G06Q 20/3224
Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]: transactions dependent on location of M-devices
G07F 17/32
Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services: for games, toys, sports, or amusements
G07F 17/3218
Construction aspects of a gaming system, e.g. housing, seats, ergonomic aspects: wherein at least part of the system is portable

Family

Application60/697,861Us provisional application · filed 8 Jul 2005
Application11/199,831Parent of this continuation · filed 9 Aug 2005
US 2010/0099499 A1Pre-grant publication · published 22 Apr 2010
US 7,637,810 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2007/0060355 A1Published application
US 8,506,400 B2This patent

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