US 12,236,750 B2
Mobile gaming alert
Dean P. Alderucci, Westport, CT (US); Charles Plott, Pasadena, CA (US); and Mark Miller, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to CFPH, LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed by CFPH, LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Sep. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/369,382.
Application 18/369,382 is a continuation of application No. 17/542,607, filed on Dec. 6, 2021, granted, now 11,798,361.
Application 17/542,607 is a continuation of application No. 16/881,159, filed on May 22, 2020, granted, now 11,195,373, issued on Dec. 7, 2021.
Application 16/881,159 is a continuation of application No. 16/059,656, filed on Aug. 9, 2018, granted, now 10,665,055, issued on May 26, 2020.
Application 16/059,656 is a continuation of application No. 14/302,831, filed on Jun. 12, 2014, granted, now 10,269,212, issued on Apr. 23, 2019.
Application 14/302,831 is a continuation of application No. 13/429,848, filed on Mar. 26, 2012, granted, now 8,756,315, issued on Jun. 17, 2014.
Application 13/429,848 is a continuation of application No. 12/367,566, filed on Feb. 9, 2009, granted, now 8,150,956, issued on Apr. 3, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2024/0005733 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01); H04M 1/72427 (2021.01)
CPC G07F 17/3244 (2013.01) [G07F 17/32 (2013.01); G07F 17/3227 (2013.01); G07F 17/323 (2013.01); G07F 17/3288 (2013.01); H04M 1/72427 (2021.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium with instructions stored therein which, when executed, cause at least one processor to:
receive a datastream;
extract one or more descriptions of current events from the datastream;
identify event matches based on the one or more descriptions of current events and event descriptions associated with a plurality of games;
identify alert registration data associated with each game in the plurality of games, wherein the alert registration data includes a list of mobile devices registered to receive an alert message regarding each game in the plurality of games;
determine a number of mobile devices registered to receive the alert message for each game in a subset of the plurality of games, wherein the subset comprises a game and at least one other game;
determine an estimate of correlation among user interests in the subset of the plurality of games;
store the estimates of the correlations; and
transmit data describing the event matches to a first mobile device;
receive a request from the respective mobile device that the alert message be forwarded to a second mobile device; and
transmit the alert message to the second mobile device.