System and method for providing enhanced services to a user of a gaming application

US 9,111,417 B2
Filed: 09/14/2012
Issued: 08/18/2015
Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2001
Status: Expired due to Fees

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1. A system comprising at least one processor and at least one non-volatile memory having software stored thereon that when executed by the at least one processor directs the at least one processor to:

provide a game via a communications network to users via respective computing devices of the users, wherein the game is a sports game, an arcade game, a card game, or an adventure game;

responsive to a request from one of the users, cause a graphical user interface to be presented to the user at the user'"'"'s computing device, wherein the graphical user interface allows the user to offer a wager to other users;

responsive to presenting the graphical user interface to the user, receive from that user a request to generate a wager offer, wherein the wager offer includes a wager amount;

responsive to receiving the request to generate the wager offer, present the wager offer to other users via respective computing devices of the other users;

receive from a plurality of the other users an acceptance of the wager offer, each acceptance at the wager amount;

during a playing of the game by a plurality of the users;

generate statistics information related to at least a first and a second of the users playing the game;

cause at least a portion of the statistics information of the first user to be presented to the second user via a respective computing device of the second user; and

cause at least a portion of the statistics information of the second user to be presented via a respective computing device of the first user; and

at end of the game, determine an outcome of the wagers resulting from the users that accepted the wager offer, wherein to determine the outcome of the wagers includes to transfer funds to at least one user who played the game.

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A system for providing enhanced services to users of a gaming application comprises a server and a platform remotely coupled to the server. The server executes a gaming application. The platform receives a request for enhanced services, and establishes an enhanced services session with a user of the gaming application in response to the request for enhanced services. The enhanced services session corresponds in time at least in part with the execution of the gaming application. The platform further provides enhanced services to the user of the gaming application during the enhanced services session.

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1. A system comprising at least one processor and at least one non-volatile memory having software stored thereon that when executed by the at least one processor directs the at least one processor to:
- provide a game via a communications network to users via respective computing devices of the users, wherein the game is a sports game, an arcade game, a card game, or an adventure game;
  
  responsive to a request from one of the users, cause a graphical user interface to be presented to the user at the user'"'"'s computing device, wherein the graphical user interface allows the user to offer a wager to other users;
  
  responsive to presenting the graphical user interface to the user, receive from that user a request to generate a wager offer, wherein the wager offer includes a wager amount;
  
  responsive to receiving the request to generate the wager offer, present the wager offer to other users via respective computing devices of the other users;
  
  receive from a plurality of the other users an acceptance of the wager offer, each acceptance at the wager amount;
  
  during a playing of the game by a plurality of the users;
  
  generate statistics information related to at least a first and a second of the users playing the game;
  
  cause at least a portion of the statistics information of the first user to be presented to the second user via a respective computing device of the second user; and
  
  cause at least a portion of the statistics information of the second user to be presented via a respective computing device of the first user; and
  
  at end of the game, determine an outcome of the wagers resulting from the users that accepted the wager offer, wherein to determine the outcome of the wagers includes to transfer funds to at least one user who played the game.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
- - 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the game is a first game and wherein the software, when executed by the at least one processor, further directs the at least one processor to:
    - provide a second game, wherein the second game is a sports game, an arcade game, a card game, or an adventure game.
  - 3. The system of claim 2, wherein the providing of the second game corresponds in time at least in part with the providing of the first game.
  - 4. The system of claim 1, wherein the software, when executed by the at least one processor, further directs the at least one processor to establish a communication path via the communications network with at least one computing device of the users.
  - 5. The system of claim 1,wherein the software, when executed by the at least one processor, further directs the at least one processor to:
    - monitor a plurality of game events during the playing of the game.
  - 6. The system of claim 5, wherein the game events comprise actions performed during the playing of the game that change the state of the game.
  - 7. The system of claim 5, wherein the software, when executed by the at least one processor, further directs the at least one processor to store event information associated with at least one game event.
  - 8. The system of claim 7, wherein the event information comprises at least one of:
    - a game identifier;
      
      a user identifier;
      
      an event type;
      
      an event value; and
      
      an event timestamp.
  - 9. The system of claim 5, wherein to generate statistics information comprises to generate statistics information based at least in part upon a monitored game event.
  - 10. The system of claim 9, wherein the statistics information comprises at least one of:
    - a game identifier;
      
      a user identifier;
      
      a statistic type; and
      
      a statistic value.
  - 11. The system of claim 1, wherein the software, wherein to determine the outcome of the wagers includes to determine the outcome based at least in part upon event information associated with the playing of the game.

12. A system comprising at least one processor and at least one non-volatile memory having software stored thereon that when executed by the at least one processor directs the at least one processor to:
- provide an enhanced service to users of a gaming application, wherein the enhanced service comprises establishing a wager between a first user and a second user of the gaming application, and wherein the gaming application comprises a sports game, an arcade game, or an adventure game;
  
  determine an outcome of the wager;
  
  monitor a plurality of game events during the execution of the gaming application;
  
  generate statistics information based at least in part upon a monitored game event;
  
  store profile information associated with a user;
  
  compare the statistics information and the profile information associated with the user; and
  
  audit the user based at least in part upon the comparison of the statistics information and the profile information.

13. A system, comprising at least one processor and at least one non-volatile memory having software stored thereon that when executed by the at least one processor directs the at least one processor to:
- store in association with an execution of the gaming application first event information associated with a first game event and second event information associated with a second game event;
  
  generate profile information associated with at least one user based at least in part upon the first event information and the second event information; and
  
  based upon the profile information associated with the least one user and one or more game events association with an execution of the gaming application, determine whether the least one user is cheating.

14. A system, comprising at least one processor and at least one non-volatile memory having software stored thereon that when executed by the at least one processor directs the at least one processor to:
- store first event information associated with a first game event and second event information associated with a second game event; and
  
  generate profile information associated with at least one user based at least in part upon the first event information and the second event information;
  
  wherein the profile information comprises first profile information and the at least one user comprises a first user; and
  
  wherein the software, when executed by the at least one processor, further directs the at least one processor to;
  
  generate second profile information associated with a second user;
  
  compare the first profile information associated with the first user and the second profile information associated with the second user; and
  
  match the first user against the second user in a competition based at least in part upon the comparison of the first profile information and the second profile information, wherein the competition is associated with an execution of a gaming application.
- View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
- - 15. The system of claim 14, wherein the profile information comprises at least one of:
    - a user identifier;
      
      statistics information;
      
      user attributes; and
      
      selection criteria.
  - 16. The system of claim 14, wherein the software, when executed by the at least one processor, further directs the at least one processor to provide game advice to the at least one user based at least in part upon event information associated with the execution of the gaming application.
  - 17. The system of claim 14, wherein the software, when executed by the at least one processor, further directs the at least one processor to:
    - based upon the first profile information associated with the first user and one or more game events, determine whether the first user is playing at an expected skill level.
  - 18. The system of claim 14, wherein the software, when executed by the at least one processor, further directs the at least one processor to:
    - based upon the first profile information associated with the first user and one or more game events, determine whether the first user is cheating.
  - 19. The system of claim 14, wherein the gaming application comprises a card game.
  - 20. The system of claim 14, wherein the gaming application comprises at least one of a sports game, an arcade game, and an adventure game.
  - 21. The system of claim 14, wherein the competition comprises multiple rounds.
  - 22. The system of claim 14, wherein the comparing and matching include ranking the first user and the second user.
  - 23. The system of claim 14, wherein the competition includes a wager between at least the first user and the second user.

24. A method comprising:
- providing, by at least one processor, a game via a communications network to users via respective computing devices of the users, wherein the game is a sports game, an arcade game, or an adventure game;
  
  responsive to a request from one of the users, causing by at least one processor, a graphical user interface to be presented to the user at the user'"'"'s computing device, wherein the graphical user interface allows the user to offer a wager to other users;
  
  responsive to presenting the graphical user interface to the user, receiving, by at least one processor, from that user a request to generate a wager offer, wherein the wager offer includes a wager amount;
  
  responsive to receiving the request to generate the wager offer, presenting, by at least one processor, the wager offer to other users via respective computing devices of the other users;
  
  receiving, by at least one processor, from a plurality of the other users an acceptance of the wager offer, each acceptance at the wager amount;
  
  during a playing of the game by a plurality of the users;
  
  generating, by at least one processor, statistics information related to at least a first and a second of the users playing the game;
  
  causing, by at least one processor, at least a portion of the statistics information of the first user to be presented to the second user via a respective computing device of the second user; and
  
  causing, by at least one processor, at least a portion of the statistics information of the second user to be presented via a respective computing device of the first user; and
  
  at end of the game, determining, by the at least one processor, an outcome of the wagers resulting from the users that accepted the wager offer, wherein to determine the outcome of the wagers includes to transfer funds to at least one user who played the game.
- View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
- - 25. The method of claim 24, wherein the game is a first game and wherein the method further comprises:
    - providing a second game wherein the second game is a sports game, an arcade game, a card game, or an adventure game.
  - 26. The method of claim 25, wherein the providing of the second game corresponds in time at least in part with the providing of the first game.
  - 27. The method of claim 24, further comprising establishing a communication path via the communications network with at least one computing device of the users.
  - 28. The method of claim 24, further comprising:
    - storing first event information associated with a first game event associated with a playing of the game, and second event information associated with a second game event associated with the playing of the game.
  - 29. The method of claim 28, wherein each game event comprises an action performed during the playing of the game that changes the state of the game.
  - 30. The method of claim 28, wherein the first event information comprises at least one:
    - a game identifier;
      
      a user identifier;
      
      an event type;
      
      an event value; and
      
      an event timestamp.
  - 31. The method of claim 28, wherein generating statistics information comprises generating statistics information based at least in part upon at least one of the first event information and the second event information.
  - 32. The method of claim 31, wherein the statistics information comprises at least one of:
    - a game identifier;
      
      a user identifier;
      
      a statistic type; and
      
      a statistic value.
  - 33. The method of claim 24, determining the outcome of the wagers includes determining the outcome based at least in part upon event information associated with the playing of the game.

34. A method comprising:
- providing, by at least one processor, an enhanced service to users of a gaming application, wherein the enhanced service comprises establishing a wager between a first user and a second user, and wherein the gaming application comprises a sports game, an arcade game, or an adventure game;
  
  determining, by at least one processor, an outcome of the wager;
  
  storing, by at least one processor, first event information associated with a first game event associated with an execution of the gaming application, and second event information associated with a second game event associated with the execution of the gaming application;
  
  generating, by at least one processor, statistics information based at least in part upon at least one of the first event information and the second event information;
  
  storing profile information associated with a user;
  
  comparing the statistics information and the profile information associated with the user; and
  
  auditing the user based at least in part upon the comparison of the statistics information and the profile information.

35. A method comprising:
- storing, by at least one processor, in association with an execution of the gaming application first event information associated with a first game event and second event information associated with a second game event;
  
  generating, by the at least one processor, profile information associated with at least one user based at least in part upon the first event information and the second event information; and
  
  based upon the profile information associated with the least one user and one or more game events association with an execution of the gaming application, determining, by at least one processor, whether the least one user is cheating.

36. A method comprising:
- storing, by at least one processor, first event information associated with a first game event and second event information associated with a second game event;
  
  generating, by the by at least one processor, profile information associated with at least one user based at least in part upon the first event information and the second event information;
  
  wherein the profile information comprises first profile information and the at least one user comprises a first user; and
  
  wherein the method further comprises;
  
  generating, by the by at least one processor, second profile information associated with a second user;
  
  comparing, by the by at least one processor, the first profile information associated with the first user and the second profile information associated with the second user; and
  
  matching, by the by at least one processor, the first user against the second user in a competition based at least in part upon the comparison of the first profile information and the second profile information, wherein the competition is associated with the execution of a gaming application.
- View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
- - 37. The method of claim 36, wherein the profile information comprises at least one of:
    - a user identifier;
      
      statistics information;
      
      user attributes; and
      
      selection criteria.
  - 38. The method of claim 36, further comprising providing game advice to the at least one user based at least in part upon event information associated with the execution of the gaming application.
  - 39. The method of claim 36, further comprising:
    - based upon the first profile information associated with the first user and one or more game events, determining whether the first user is playing at an expected skill level.
  - 40. The method of claim 36, further comprising:
    - based upon the first profile information associated with the first user and one or more game events, determining whether the first user is cheating.
  - 41. The method of claim 36, wherein the gaming application comprises a card game.
  - 42. The method of claim 36, wherein the gaming application comprises at least one of a sports game, an arcade game, and an adventure game.
  - 43. The method of claim 36, wherein the competition comprises multiple rounds.
  - 44. The method of claim 36, wherein the comparing and matching include ranking the first user and the second user.
  - 45. The method of claim 36, wherein the competition includes a wager between at least the first user and the second user.

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Current Assignee
Interactive Games Limited (BGC Group, Inc.)
Original Assignee
Cantor Index Limited (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
Inventors
Hetherington, Clive, McDowell, David M., O'Neal, Kevin R., Leen, Fergus A., Lawrence, Sam B., McNally, David G.
Primary Examiner(s)
Elisca, Pierre E

Application Number

US13/618,191
Publication Number

US 20130017890A1
Time in Patent Office

1,068 Days
Field of Search

463/1, 463/42
US Class Current

1/1
CPC Class Codes

G07F 17/32   for games, toys, sports, or...

G07F 17/3223   Architectural aspects of a ...

G07F 17/3225   Data transfer within a gami...

G07F 17/3227   Configuring a gaming machin...

G07F 17/323   wherein the player is infor...

G07F 17/3234   about the performance of a ...

G07F 17/3237   about the players, e.g. pro...

G07F 17/3239   Tracking of individual players

G07F 17/3244   Payment aspects of a gaming...

G07F 17/3255   Incentive, loyalty and/or p...

G07F 17/3276   wherein the players compete...

G07F 17/3286   Type of games

G07F 17/3293   Card games, e.g. poker, can...

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