Wireless Gaming Access with Token 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, which undermine confidence in financial transactions and operational integrity.
Innovation Solution
A non-Internet based gaming system utilizing a telecommunications network with hard security checks, such as physical tokens, and location verification through triangulation and geo-fencing 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 user confidence deteriorate due to hacking, viruses, and lack of location verification
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a wireless gaming device as an intermediary between the user and the gaming system. This device acts as a secure portal that verifies user identity through multiple authentication methods (password, biometric data) and confirms location through GPS triangulation before allowing access to the gaming server, thereby maintaining security while enabling remote access
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary security checks before granting access to gaming activities. Location verification via GPS triangulation and user authentication are conducted in advance, ensuring that only authorized users from approved locations can access the gaming system, thus preventing security issues before they occur
2Ease of operation
If soft security checks (username and password) are used, then ease of access is improved, but security effectiveness deteriorates as users can be easily compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the authentication parameters from simple username/password verification to multi-factor authentication including biometric data (fingerprint, iris scan, or voice recognition). This significantly enhances security effectiveness while maintaining ease of access, as biometric verification is both secure and user-friendly
3Device complexity
If location verification is not implemented, then system simplicity is maintained, but regulatory compliance and user confidence deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual location verification methods with automated GPS triangulation technology. The system automatically determines the user's location by triangulating signals from multiple GPS satellites and comparing them against approved gaming areas, ensuring regulatory compliance without adding significant complexity to the user interface
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.