Patent ID: 8817408
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: A63F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of preventing a first set of participants of a game of skill or chance at a live event from having an advantage over a second set of participants of the game of skill or chance watching the live event on television comprising: a. determining a cellular site that serves a set of cellular phones at a venue site; b. determining the set of cellular phones that are utilizing the cellular site of the venue site; c. determining a subset of cellular phones within the set of cellular phones that are located within the venue site; and d. generating separate groups of competitions based on the subset of cellular phones within the set of cellular phones that are located within the venue site; wherein an earliest receipt of a lockout signal by the second set of participants is utilized for equalizing locking out all of the second set of participants receiving a broadcast signal of the live event on television.