US 12,266,244 B2
Location-based wagering via remote devices
Michael W. Shore, Dallas, TX (US); Afonso G. Chan, Colleyville, TX (US); Luis M. Ortiz, Albuquerque, NM (US); and Kermit D. Lopez, Albuquerque, NM (US)
Assigned to Micro-Gaming Ventures, LLC, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by MICRO-GAMING VENTURES, LLC, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/156,599.
Application 17/156,599 is a continuation of application No. 15/218,311, filed on Jul. 25, 2016, granted, now 10,916,103.
Application 15/218,311 is a continuation of application No. 14/262,301, filed on Apr. 25, 2014, granted, now 9,430,909, issued on Aug. 30, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/976,554, filed on Apr. 8, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0217279 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3288 (2013.01) [G07F 17/3211 (2013.01); G07F 17/3218 (2013.01); G07F 17/3223 (2013.01); G07F 17/3237 (2013.01); G07F 17/3241 (2013.01); G07F 17/3244 (2013.01); G07F 17/3248 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for location-based wagering, the method performed by a computer system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors, the computer-implemented method comprising:
invoking an online wagering service via a mobile device having a video display screen that supports viewing of a macro-event activity and micro-event gaming data on the video display screen, the online wagering service including a micro-betting graphical user interface (GUI) and a control function that sets when a micro-betting opportunity begins and when the micro-betting opportunity ends;
determining a location of the mobile device;
authorizing the mobile device access to the online wagering service based on the location of the mobile device, wherein the micro-event gaming data comprises a micro-bet or a group of micro-bets;
processing a test to determine whether a selection of a micro-bet or a group of micro-bets is made by a user, wherein, upon determining that the selection of the micro-bet or the group of micro-bets made, entering and processing the micro-bet or the group of micro-bets via a server, wherein, upon determining that the selection has not been made, offering one or more additional new micro-bets associated with a particular micro-outcome for selection by the user; and
generating a result of the processed micro-bet or the group of micro-bets to the user.