US 9,317,996 B2Granted

Method for authenticating a wager using a system and method for interacting with virtual geographic zones

OwnerRobert L. Pierce, II, James L. Northrupinventors

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Abstract

A system and method for user interaction includes a network, a server connected to the network, a supervisor device receiving information from a global positioning system and connected to the network, a user device receiving information from the global positioning system and connected to the network. The supervisor, having the supervisor device, defines a set of virtual geographic zones and sub-zones in which the user device is tracked, and saves the set of virtual geographic zones and sub-zones to a supervisor account on the server. The user downloads a user application, sets-up a user account, and downloads the set of virtual geographic zones and sub-zones. As the user, having the user device, moves through the virtual geographic zones and sub-zones the location of the user device is determined and a set of supervisor-defined actions are executed on the user device based on the location of the user device.

Claims33

Dependent claims

In a system comprising a network, a server connected to the network, a supervisor device connected to the network, and a user device connected to the network, the server programmed to store and execute instructions that cause the system to perform a method comprising the steps of:

receiving, by the supervisor device, a first set of points;
defining, by the supervisor device, a zone from the first set of points by defining the first set of points as a set of vertices for the zone;
receiving, by the supervisor device, a second set of points within the zone;
defining, by the supervisor device, a sub-zone from the second set of points;
defining, by the supervisor device, a set of actions for the zone;
receiving, by the user device, a location of the user device;
comparing, by the server, the location of the user device to a location of the zone;
executing, by the user device, the set of actions if the location of the user device engages the zone;
receiving, by the server, a wager if the location of the user device is within the zone;
receiving, by the server, an outcome;
comparing, by the server, the outcome to the wager;
allocating, by the server, a credit if the outcome coincides with the wager;
and,
allocating, by the server, a debit if the outcome does not coincide with the wager.

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receiving, by the supervisor device, a first set of points;
defining, by the supervisor device, a zone from the first set of points by defining the first set of points as a set of vertices for the zone;
receiving, by the supervisor device, a second set of points within the zone;
defining, by the supervisor device, a sub-zone from the second set of points;
defining, by the supervisor device, a first set of actions for the zone;
defining, by the supervisor device, a second set of actions for the sub-zone;
determining, by the user device, a location of the user device;
comparing, by the server, the location of the user device to a location of the zone;
executing, by the user device, the first set of actions if the location of the user device is within the zone;
receiving, by the server, a first wager if the location of the user device is within the zone;
receiving, by the server, a first outcome;
comparing, by the server, the first outcome to the first wager;
calculating, by the server, a first credit;
calculating, by the server, a first debit;
allocating, by the server, the first credit if the first outcome coincides with the first wager;
allocating, by the server, the first debit if the first outcome does not coincide with the first wager;
comparing, by the server, the location of the user device to a location of the sub-zone;
executing, by the user device, the second set of actions if the location of the user device is within the sub-zone;
receiving, by the server, a second wager if the location of the user device is within the sub-zone;
receiving, by the server, a second outcome;
comparing, by the server, the second outcome to the second wager;
calculating, by the server, a second credit;
calculating, by the server, a second debit;
allocating, by the server, the second credit if the second outcome coincides with the second wager;
and,
allocating, by the server, the second debit if the second outcome does not coincide with the second wager.

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In a system comprising a network, a server connected to the network, a supervisor device connected to the network, and a user device connected to the network, the user device programmed to store and execute instructions that cause the system to perform a method comprising the steps of:

receiving, by the user device from a server associated with a zone, a first set of points, a second set of points, a first set of actions, and a second set of actions;
wherein a zone is defined from the first set of points by defining the first set of points as a set of vertices for the zone;
wherein a sub-zone is defined from the second set of points;
wherein a first set of actions is defined for the zone;
wherein a second set of actions is defined for the sub-zone;
determining, by the user device, a location of the user device;
comparing, by the user device, the location of the user device to a location of the zone;
executing, by the user device, the first set of actions if the location of the user device is within the zone;
entering, by the user device, a first wager if the location of the user device is within the zone;
determining, by the user device, a first outcome;
wherein the first outcome is compared to the first wager;
wherein a first credit is calculated;
wherein a first debit is calculated;
wherein the first credit is allocated if the first outcome coincides with the first wager;
wherein the first debit is allocated if the first outcome does not coincide with the first wager;
comparing, by the user device, the location of the user device to a location of the sub-zone;
executing, by the user device, the second set of actions if the location of the user device is within the sub-zone;
entering, by the user device, a second wager if the location of the user device is within the sub-zone;
determining, by the user device, a second outcome;
wherein the second outcome is compared to the second wager;
wherein a second credit is calculated;
wherein a second debit is calculated;
wherein the second credit is allocated if the second outcome coincides with the second wager;
and,
wherein the second debit is allocated if the second outcome does not coincide with the second wager.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/209,049Filed 13 Mar 2014 · continuation in part
Priority: 22 Jun 2012
Published: US 2014/0099975 A110 Jul 2014
Granted: 19 Apr 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

G07F 17/3244
For games, toys, sports, or amusements: payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
G06Q 30/0238
Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates: at point-of-sale [POS]
G06Q 30/0261
Targeted advertisements: based on user location
G07F 17/3225
For games, toys, sports, or amusements: data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users

Family

Application61/662,980Us provisional application · filed 22 Jun 2012
Application61/735,402Us provisional application · filed 10 Dec 2012
Application61/778,874Us provisional application · filed 13 Mar 2013
Application13/924,395Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 21 Jun 2013
Application14/102,238Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 10 Dec 2013
US 2014/0194192 A1Pre-grant publication · published 10 Jul 2014
US 2013/0344897 A1Published application
US 2014/0099975 A1Published application
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