	US 11,722,846 B2
	Network based enforcement of geographical compliance
Venkatesh Dharmar, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Edward Joseph Campbell, San Jose, CA (US); and Daniel Haight, Foster City, CA (US)
Assigned to YAHOO ASSETS LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed by YAHOO ASSETS LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/378,195.
Application 17/378,195 is a continuation of application No. 16/983,134, filed on Aug. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,076,267.
Application 16/983,134 is a continuation of application No. 16/728,067, filed on Dec. 27, 2019, granted, now 10,735,910, issued on Aug. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/924,175, filed on Oct. 22, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/924,172, filed on Oct. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0345070 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01)

CPC H04W 4/029 (2018.02) [G06F 9/452 (2018.02); H04L 9/0872 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A method comprising:

maintaining, by a computer-implemented geolocation validation application, geolocation information for a device of a user in connection with a bet of the user with a betting operator;

receiving, by the geolocation validation application, a geolocation compliance payload comprising information indicating a recent geolocation of the user device;

receiving, by the geolocation validation application and from a betting server of the betting operator, a request to validate the geolocation of the user device prior to allowing the bet of the user;

extracting, by geolocation validation application, the information from the payload;

using, by geolocation validation application, the information extracted from the payload to make a determination whether the recent geolocation of the user device is valid; and

sending, by geolocation validation application and to the betting server, a response to the geolocation validation request in accordance with the determination.