Patent ID: 9590965
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q,G07F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by at least one processor of a verification server, from a user via a verification device a request to verify that a mobile device in use by the user is in communication with a gaming server, wherein the verification device is in communication with the verification server via a first network and the verification server is in communication with the gaming server via a second network, wherein the verification device is a separate entity from at least the verification server, the mobile device, and the gaming server, wherein the verification server is a separate entity from at least the verification device, the mobile device, and the gaming server, wherein the gaming server, together with the mobile device, is operable to provide activities to the user via the mobile device, and wherein the gaming server stores within a database profile information associated with the user wherein the profile information comprises activities engaged in by the user and an identifier of the mobile device; receiving, by the at least one processor of the verification server, from the verification device the identifier of the mobile device, wherein the mobile device is in communication with the gaming server via a third network, and wherein the mobile device is a separate entity from at least the verification server, the verification device, and the gaming server; response to the request, using, by the at least one processor of the verification server, the identifier of the mobile device as an index to the database and obtaining from the database information on one or more activities engaged in by the user; and providing, by the at least one processor of the verification server, the information obtained from the database to the user via the verification device, wherein providing the information to the user is indicative that the mobile device is in communication with the gaming server.