US 12,387,569 B2
Sports betting apparatus and method
Raymond Anthony Joao, Yonkers, NY (US)
Filed by Raymond Anthony Joao, Yonkers, NY (US)
Filed on Feb. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/168,338.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/981,426, filed on Feb. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0264735 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G06Q 50/34 (2012.01)
CPC G07F 17/3288 (2013.01) [G06Q 50/34 (2013.01); G07F 17/3241 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor, wherein the processor is specially programmed to provide, and provides, to a first user or to a plurality of users, an electronic forum, wherein the electronic forum provides a video or audio broadcast or transmission of a sporting event, an esports sporting event or competition, an entertainment event, educational content, or instructional content, and further wherein the electronic forum provides a user profile of a participant in, or of a person depicted in, the video or audio broadcast or transmission of the sporting event, the esports sporting event or competition, the entertainment event, the educational content, or the instructional content, wherein the electronic forum allows at least some users of the plurality of users to communicate with one another before, during, or after, the video or audio broadcast or transmission of the sporting event, the esports sporting event or competition, the entertainment event, the educational content, or the instructional content, via text messaging or via video conferencing or audio conferencing, to post comments or messages in the electronic forum before, during, or after, the video or audio broadcast or transmission of the sporting event, the esports sporting event or competition, the entertainment event, the educational content, or the instructional content, to place a bet or any number of bets on an outcome of, or on an event which occurs during, the sporting event, the esports sporting event or competition, the entertainment event, the educational content, or the instructional content, or to receive information regarding bets available, betting odds, changes in betting odds, or analytics information, before, during, or after, the video or audio broadcast or transmission of the sporting event, the esports sporting event or competition, the entertainment event, the educational content, or the instructional content;
a transmitter, wherein the transmitter transmits the electronic forum to a first user communication device of or associated with the first user; and
a receiver, wherein the receiver receives information transmitted from the first user communication device,
wherein the apparatus processes esports recruitment information and tryout information and generates a tryout notification message, and further wherein the apparatus transmits the tryout notification message to the first user communication device or to a second user communication device of or associated with the first user or of or associated with an individual.