Electronic wagering

US9691222B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• PATENT INVESTMENT & LICENSING COMPANY · US

Inventors

• John F. Acres · Corvallis, US
• Warren R. White · Reno, US
• Mark Dailey · Las Vegas, US
• William D. Hermansen · Reno, US
• Anthony M. Morelli · Holland, US
• Alex White · New Rochelle, US
• Cyrus Luciano · Elko, US
• John G. Schmitz · Henderson, US
• Andrew King · Las Vegas, US
• Patrick Ferguson · Las Vegas, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 17, 2012
• Grant date: Jun 27, 2017
• Expiry date: Feb 20, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F17/3288
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present system incorporates mobile computing devices to play games, such as electronic pull-tabs, in a plurality of venues, each having a local wireless network. Each network communicates with a central system that generates decks of game outcomes and associated awards. All wagers and awards for each game are tracked on the central system, which also provides each game award and associated outcome from a deck stored on the central system.