Remote Game Server Authentication for Cross-Jurisdiction Wagering
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing live streaming systems for iGaming across multiple jurisdictions face technical challenges in securely connecting remote game servers due to security concerns and regulatory differences, limiting user interaction and wagering options, particularly for users in jurisdictions without popular streamers.
Innovation Solution
A system that coordinates operations between remote game servers in different jurisdictions, securely replicating and distributing game outcomes and wagers, enabling users to interact and wager across different live streaming environments while adhering to jurisdictional regulations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If remote game servers in different jurisdictions are connected to enable cross-jurisdictional wagering, then user interaction and wagering options are improved, but security risks and regulatory compliance complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a central platform that acts as an intermediary between remote game servers in different jurisdictions. This platform receives game outcome data from source remote game servers, validates its authenticity, and then distributes it to destination remote game servers. The intermediary platform implements security measures including data verification, encryption, and regulatory compliance checks, thereby enabling cross-jurisdictional wagering while maintaining data security and authenticity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the cross-jurisdictional wagering architecture into distinct functional components: source remote game servers that generate game outcomes, a central platform that validates and coordinates data, and destination remote game servers that distribute data to clients. This segmentation allows each component to specialize in specific security and validation tasks, improving overall system reliability while maintaining versatility across jurisdictions.
2Reliability
If data is securely validated between remote game servers, then data authenticity is improved, but system complexity and processing time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The central platform serves as an intermediary that centralizes validation and coordination functions. Instead of each remote game server implementing complex validation logic independently, the intermediary platform handles data verification, authentication, and regulatory compliance checks in one location, then distributes validated data to destination servers. This reduces individual server complexity while maintaining overall system security.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates and validates copies of game outcome data as it transitions between remote game servers. The source server generates original game outcome data, the intermediary platform creates and validates a copy for authenticity verification, and then distributes approved copies to destination servers. This copying mechanism enables rigorous validation without requiring complex changes to the original game logic at each server.
3Adaptability or versatility
If cross-jurisdictional game data distribution is enabled, then user engagement is improved, but regulatory compliance difficulty increases
Solution Approach 1:
The intermediary platform acts as a regulatory compliance intermediary between jurisdictions with different gambling regulations. It implements jurisdiction-specific validation rules, verifies that game outcomes meet local regulatory requirements, and controls data distribution accordingly. This allows the system to support cross-jurisdictional wagering and streamer community engagement while managing regulatory compliance complexity centrally rather than at each server level.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts operational parameters based on jurisdictional requirements. The intermediary platform configures validation rules, data distribution policies, and security measures according to the specific regulatory environment of source and destination jurisdictions. This parameter adjustment enables the system to adapt to different regulatory frameworks without requiring fundamental architectural changes, facilitating both user engagement and compliance.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods that determine whether data determined by a first remote game server in association with a play of a wagering game displayed by a streaming device is authentic data. If so, the systems and methods cause a communication of the authentic data to a second remote game server operating with a client device. On the other hand, if the data is not authentic, the systems and methods store the data as unauthentic data without communicating any data to the second remote game server operating with the client device.