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US 9,520,021 B2Granted
Contest at a target game location
OwnerAnthony D Bautistainventor
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Abstract
To conduct a contest, game parameters are downloaded from a server to a device in response to a player app being launched on the device. The player device displays available games that can be played by a player, the games including target game locations from which the games can be played. A player is allowed to select a game to play only when the player is within a predetermined distance of a target game location and when check-ins are still available for the game. A jackpot prize is awarded to the player if the player is a winner of a game selected by the player. The player is entered in a raffle if the player is not the winner of the game selected by the player.
Claims20
A method for implementing a contest comprising:
- downloading game parameters from a server to a player device in response to a player app being launched on the player device;
- displaying, by the player device, available games that can be played by a player, the games including target game locations from which the games can be played;
- restricting a frequency at which the player can play each game;
- allowing a player to select a game to play only when the player is within a predetermined distance of a target game location and when check-ins are still available for the game, including:
- using global positioning system hardware within the player device to receive global positioning information for the player device which the player device uses to determine a current location of the player device, the current location of the player device being used to determine when the player is within the predetermined distance of the target game location, and
- preventing, by the player device, the player from selecting a game to play when the player is not within the predetermined distance of the target game location;
- awarding a daily deal to the player when the player checks in to the target game location and has not yet received the daily deal;
- awarding a jackpot prize to the player if the player is a winner of a game selected by the player;
- entering the player in a raffle if the player is not the winner of the game selected by the player;
- and,
- conducting the raffle when there are no longer check-ins available for the game.
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A method for implementing a contest, the method conducted by a game server responsive to an administrator, the method comprising:
- providing for game parameters to be downloaded from the server to a player device in response to a player app being launched on the player device, wherein the player device displays available games that can be played by a player, the games including target game locations from which the games can be played;
- restricting a frequency at which the player can play each game;
- allowing a player to select a game to play only when the player is within a predetermined distance of a target game location and when check-ins are still available for the game, including:
- using global positioning system hardware within the player device to receive global positioning information for the player device which the player device uses to determine a current location of the player device, the current location of the player device being used to determine when the player is within the predetermined distance of the target game location, and
- preventing, by the player device, the player from selecting a game to play when the player is not within the predetermined distance of the target game location;
- awarding a daily deal to the player when the player checks in to the target game location and has not yet received the daily deal;
- awarding a jackpot prize to the player if the player is a winner of a game selected by the player;
- entering the player in a raffle if the player is not the winner of the game selected by the player;
- and,
- conducting the raffle when there are no longer check-ins available for the game.
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A device that implements a contest comprising:
- network connectivity hardware that downloads game parameters from a server in response to a player app being launched on the device;
- a physical display that displays available games that can be played by a player, the games including target game locations from which the games can be played, wherein the device limits a frequency at which the player can play each game;
- and,
- input/output hardware that allows a player to select a game to play only when the player is within a predetermined distance of a target game location and when check-ins are still available for the game and allows the device to communicate with the player, wherein the device awards a daily deal to the player when the player checks in to the target game location and has not yet received the daily deal, wherein the device awards a jackpot prize to the player if the player is a winner of a game selected by the player, and wherein the device enters the player in a raffle if the player is not the winner of the game selected by the player, the raffle being conducted when there are no longer check-ins available for the game;
- and,
- global positioning system hardware that receives global positioning information used to determine a current location of the device, the current location of the device being used to determine when the player is within the predetermined distance of the target game location;
- wherein the device prevents the player from selecting a game to play when the player is not within the predetermined distance of the target game location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.