Wireless Gaming System Location Verification Service
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current wireless gaming systems lack the ability to enable or disable functionalities based on location, and fail to provide location-specific information to users within a casino environment, limiting remote and mobile gaming experiences.
Innovation Solution
A distributed gaming system that uses location verification technologies such as triangulation, geo-fencing, and GPS to enable or disable gaming functionalities and provide location-specific information to users, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements by restricting gaming activities to authorized areas.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If location verification technologies are implemented to restrict gaming to authorized areas, then regulatory compliance is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a location verification service as an intermediary component that handles location determination and gaming authorization. This service acts as a mediator between the wireless communication device and the gaming system, centralizing the complexity of location verification in a dedicated service layer rather than embedding it directly in the device or gaming platform.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments location verification into distinct functional components: location determination (using triangulation, geo-fencing, or GPS), location verification validation, and gaming authorization. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently and simplifies the overall system architecture by dividing complex verification tasks into manageable modules.
2Reliability
If location-based functionality control is implemented, then gaming security is improved, but ease of operation decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service location verification where the wireless communication device automatically determines its location using available technologies (triangulation, geo-fencing, GPS) without requiring manual user input. The location verification service automatically validates the location and controls gaming functionality based on the determined position, eliminating the need for users to manually report their location or configure security settings.
Solution Approach 2:
The gaming functionality is dynamically adjusted based on the device's real-time location. The system transitions between different operational states (gaming enabled/disabled) automatically as the device moves in and out of authorized areas, providing adaptive security control that responds to location changes without requiring user intervention.
3Adaptability or versatility
If location-specific information delivery is implemented, then user experience is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The location verification service is designed to perform multiple functions: determining device location, validating authorization status, controlling gaming functionality, and delivering location-specific information. By consolidating these diverse functions into a single multi-functional service, the system avoids the complexity of implementing separate systems for each function while still providing comprehensive user experience enhancement.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables secure and compliant remote and mobile gaming by ensuring that gaming activities are restricted to authorized locations, enhancing user experience through location-based functionality and information delivery while maintaining regulatory compliance.
Implementation Method 1
WO 2004/013820 discloses a gaming system in which mobile gaming devices are located by triangulation methods based on the strength or timing of signals sent from the mobile gaming devices and received at base stations.
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AI summary
In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a system for wireless gaming with location determination are provided, hi a particular embodiment of the present invention, the system includes a gaming server; a wireless network at least partially covering a property, the wireless network comprising a plurality of signal detection devices; and a gaming communication device operable to transmit and receive gaming information to and from the gaming server via the wireless network. A location of the gaming communication device on the property may be determined based upon a signal received by the plurality of signal detection devices from the gaming communication device. Based upon the location of the gaming communication device on the property, a predetermined functionality of the gaming communication device may be enabled.