US 12,112,601 B2
Information aggregation games
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 May 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/143,124.
Application 18/143,124 is a continuation of application No. 17/337,478, filed on Jun. 3, 2021, granted, now 11,682,264.
Application 17/337,478 is a continuation of application No. 16/272,031, filed on Feb. 11, 2019, granted, now 11,030,856, issued on Jun. 8, 2021.
Application 16/272,031 is a continuation of application No. 15/224,814, filed on Aug. 1, 2016, granted, now 10,229,558, issued on Mar. 12, 2019.
Application 15/224,814 is a continuation of application No. 13/345,982, filed on Jan. 9, 2012, granted, now 9,406,190, issued on Aug. 2, 2016.
Application 13/345,982 is a continuation of application No. 12/172,310, filed on Jul. 14, 2008, granted, now 8,092,301, issued on Jan. 10, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2023/0274612 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G07F 17/34 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3258 (2013.01) [G07F 17/32 (2013.01); G07F 17/322 (2013.01); G07F 17/323 (2013.01); G07F 17/3288 (2013.01); G07F 17/329 (2013.01); G07F 17/3293 (2013.01); G07F 17/34 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
at least one processor configured to control:
determining a plurality of pieces of information that define an outcome for a future game by a plurality of aspects, in which each piece of information of the plurality of pieces of information describes a respective aspect of the plurality of aspects;
prior to revealing the outcome, displaying, over a communication network, on a graphical user interface of a first device of a first player of the future game, a first piece of information of the plurality of pieces, in which the first piece is different from another piece of the plurality of pieces displayed, over the communication network, on a graphical user interface of another device of another player of the future game, prior to revealing the outcome, in which the first piece of information identifies a first aspect of the outcome, and in which the another piece of information identifies another aspect of the plurality of aspects;
prior to revealing the outcome, displaying, over the communication network, on the graphical user interface of the first device, a second piece of the plurality of pieces;
receiving in real time, over the communication network from a remote computing device, current wager information for the future game;
continuously updating in real time, over the communication network, display of the current wager information on the graphical user interface of the first device;
receiving a wager in the future game, over the communication network, from the first device after the first and second pieces and the current wager information are displayed at the first device, in which the wager includes an amount bet that the outcome is a particular outcome; and
when the wager is determined to be a winning wager, determining a payout for the wager based on a time the wager is placed, in which the payout is in proportion to an amount of time between the time the wager is placed and a first time when the outcome is revealed.