Dynamic Wager Parameter Configuration for Jurisdictional Compliance

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Solution Overview

Problem

Online gaming platforms face challenges in ensuring compliance with varying jurisdictional rules and regulations, particularly in verifying the age and location of remote players, and in preventing minors and players from illegal jurisdictions from participating, while also ensuring fair and transparent gaming experiences for all users.

Innovation Solution

Implementing dynamic configuration techniques for wager-based gaming rules and parameters, which generate modified or common sets of game/wager parameters to comply with multiple jurisdictions, allowing remote players to participate in multiplayer games while enforcing rules that satisfy local and remote regulations, using systems that analyze and apply appropriate parameters for each player's jurisdiction and gaming session.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If online casinos accept wagers from remote players to expand market reach, then business opportunities increase, but legal compliance risks increase due to varying jurisdictional regulations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemarket reachVSAvoidlegal compliance
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the gaming platform into jurisdiction-specific virtual environments, each configured with local regulatory parameters. Players are automatically assigned to appropriate jurisdictional segments based on their location, ensuring compliance while maintaining broad market access.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically configures gaming parameters, rules, and restrictions based on each player's detected jurisdiction. This dynamic adaptation allows the same platform to serve multiple markets while automatically adjusting to meet local legal requirements for each region.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Reliability

If online casinos implement strict verification procedures to ensure compliance, then legal compliance improves, but user experience deteriorates due to additional friction

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompliance verificationVSAvoiduser experience
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs jurisdictional verification and compliance checks automatically during account creation and before gaming activities begin. By completing verification procedures in advance, the system ensures compliance without requiring repeated checks during gameplay, thus maintaining smooth user experience.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

Players automatically provide location information and consent to jurisdiction-specific terms during registration. The system then self-configures appropriate compliance measures for each player based on their jurisdiction, reducing the need for manual verification while maintaining legal requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Loss of information

If online casinos provide transparent information about gaming integrity, then player trust increases, but system complexity increases due to multiple verification mechanisms

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegaming transparencyVSAvoidverification system
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements a universal verification framework that handles multiple jurisdictional requirements through a single integrated platform. This multi-functional system can simultaneously manage different compliance standards, transparency requirements, and verification mechanisms across various jurisdictions without requiring separate systems for each.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS10417861B2Dynamic configuration of wager-based gaming rules and alternative gaming offerings implemented via computer networks
Publication Date: 2019.09.17 FRESH IDEA GLOBAL
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AI summary

Various aspects described or referenced herein are directed to different methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing dynamic configuration of wager-based gaming rules and alternative gaming offerings implemented via computer networks.