Patent ID: 8229755
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. An automated player method enabling a player to establish, join, or maintain a business entity, in accordance with applicable legal authority, bestowing an intra-forum presence to the player comprising the steps of: (a) receiving by a host computer associated with a selected forum a request from a user to become a legally recognized member of a business entity organized in a selected forum; (b) authenticating through the use of the host computer the user as a legally recognized member of the business entity; (c) reporting by the host computer an authentication status of the user to a government authority, thereby enabling the user residing in any forum to wager via an Internet gaming system comprising a gaming computer, the host computer associated with the selected forum and a player computer located in any forum under the laws and regulations of the selected forum; and (d) receiving a wager on at least one wagering opportunity presented to the user via the gaming computer.