Wireless Gaming Access with Hard Checks and Location Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Internet-based electronic gaming systems face security issues such as hacking, lack of location verification, and inadequate user privacy, making transactions insecure and unreliable.
Innovation Solution
A non-Internet based gaming system using a telecommunications network with hard security checks, location verification through triangulation and geo-fencing, and a private wireless network to ensure secure, remote, and mobile gaming.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If Internet-based electronic gaming systems are used, then accessibility and convenience are improved, but security and reliability deteriorate due to hacking, viruses, and lack of location verification
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a telecommunications network as an intermediary between the gaming device and the gaming server, replacing direct Internet connectivity. This intermediary network provides secure communication channels that prevent hacking and viruses while maintaining accessibility for remote gaming users.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical Internet-based communication system with a specialized telecommunications network system. This substitution enables secure, authenticated communication that includes location verification through triangulation and geo-fencing, thereby improving security while maintaining ease of access.
2Ease of operation
If soft security checks are used for wireless gaming devices, then ease of access is improved, but security reliability deteriorates as users can be easily compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the security check process into multiple distinct levels: soft checks (username/password) for initial access, hard checks (physical tokens/cards) for authentication, and location verification (triangulation/geo-fencing) for jurisdictional control. This segmentation allows each security layer to perform its specific function while maintaining overall system security reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary security actions by requiring users to complete soft checks before hard checks, and location verification before gaming activities. This sequential preliminary action ensures that security is established before access is granted, preventing compromised accounts from accessing the system.
3Device complexity
If location verification is not implemented, then system simplicity is maintained, but regulatory compliance and jurisdictional control deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements location verification through triangulation and geo-fencing as a universal security measure that serves multiple functions: ensuring regulatory compliance, controlling jurisdictional access, preventing unauthorized gaming locations, and enhancing overall system security. This multi-functional approach justifies the added complexity through its broad beneficial applications.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods for controlling access to wireless gaming devices and networks are provided. example, access is controlled through one or more levels of security check, such as a hard security check instead of or in addition to a soft security check. In a hard security check, the user employs an apparatus such as a card or other physical token that can be used to access the wireless gaming device. Such an apparatus may communicate information that identifies the user to the device or may simply be used to produce a signal without which the device is locked to users.