Television Receiver Wager Staging Integration

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Solution Overview

Problem

Bettors face inconvenience when trying to watch sporting events while monitoring their bets, as they often need to switch between separate devices for television viewing and betting applications.

Innovation Solution

A television receiver system that integrates live television programming with a sports gaming interface, allowing viewers to select wagers using a remote control and transmit these selections to a mobile device, which can then complete the wagering process, while displaying the wager status back on the television.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If bettors use separate devices for television viewing and betting applications, then they can access betting functionality, but they experience inconvenience and difficulty in monitoring bets while watching sporting events

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of monitoring bets while watching eventsVSAvoidnumber of devices required

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines television viewing and betting application functionality into a single integrated system. The television receiver is modified to execute betting applications locally, allowing users to watch sporting events and place/monitor bets simultaneously on the same device, eliminating the need to switch between separate devices

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The television receiver is transformed into a multi-functional device that performs both traditional television viewing and betting application execution. This universal device handles multiple functions (video playback, application execution, user input processing, and betting transaction management) that previously required separate dedicated devices

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Loss of information

If bettors switch between devices to monitor bets, then they can access betting information, but they lose focus from the sporting event and experience interruptions

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvebetting information accessibilityVSAvoidtime spent switching devices

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system merges betting information display with the television viewing experience. Betting interfaces, odds, and wager status are displayed on the television screen alongside or overlaid on the sporting event footage, allowing continuous monitoring without device switching

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The integrated system enables continuous simultaneous viewing of the sporting event and monitoring of betting information. The television receiver continuously processes both video content and betting application data streams, maintaining uninterrupted access to both without requiring periodic switching or interruption of either function

Inventive Principle:

Principle #20Continuity of useful action

3Productivity

If a dedicated mobile device is used for betting, then betting transactions can be completed, but the overall system complexity increases and user convenience decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvebetting transaction efficiencyVSAvoiduser convenience

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the betting application execution capability from the mobile device and relocates it to the television receiver. The mobile device retains only its traditional functions (communication, display), while the computationally intensive betting application runs on the television receiver, reducing the mobile device's role to a remote control and information display terminal

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The television receiver serves as an intermediary between the user and the betting server system. It receives user input via remote control, executes betting applications locally, manages transaction data, and communicates with the betting server, thereby simplifying the user interaction model and reducing reliance on the mobile device for complex betting operations

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS12177524B2Television receiver wager staging

Publication Date: 2024.12.24 DISH NETWORK LLC

AI summary

A television receiver may present live television programming along with a sports gaming interface that indicates various betting options that are selectable by a television viewer via a remote control. The television receiver may receive a selection of a betting option presented in the sports gaming interface. A request may then be sent to a mobile device of the television viewer. The television receiver may in response to the selection, transmit a bet identifier of the selected betting option and an account identifier to the television service provider system. After a user has funded the bet and completed the transaction via a mobile device, the sports gaming interface may indicate the active bet.