Patent ID: 9367990
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method for facilitating geo-location interactive gaming, in an application executing on a mobile gaming device having an operating system, location-based gaming to mobile gaming through a wireless network, the method comprising: initiating, responsive to a user action on an input/output device of the mobile gaming device, a gaming session in the application responsive to a user action, wherein the application is in communication with an operating system; sending, by a network interface of the mobile gaming device, a request for gaming options from the application to a server device that is capable of determining gaming options based on location information; responsive to the user-initiated gaming session in the application, determining the location information as determined by a combination of location technologies used as inputs, by a combination of position location hardware of the mobile gaming device receiving external signals, wherein a first location technology used to determine the location information is different from a second location technology; sending, by the network interface, the location information to the server device to retrieve gaming options corresponding to a jurisdiction, the jurisdiction being one of a plurality of jurisdictions and associated with gaming restrictions that are particular to the jurisdiction; receiving, by the network interface, the location-based gaming options available to the mobile gaming unit for display to the user; and initiating, responsive to a user action on the input/output device, at least one of the location-based gaming options.