Patent ID: 6853973
Filing Date: 2005-02-08
Classification: A63F,G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
1. A computer program product, tangibly stored on a machine-readable medium, for verifying a player's eligibility for participating in on-line gaming, comprising instructions operable to cause a programmable processor to: receive information about a player; select two or more verification checks that will be performed to verify an eligibility of the player for participating in on-line gaming, the selection being based on the received information and on configurable criteria; determine an order in which the verification checks are to be performed, the determination being based on the configurable criteria; for a selected verification check, select one or more data sources from which additional information about the player is to be obtained, the selection being based on the configurable criteria; calculate a check score for each verification check, the calculation being based on the additional information; weight the check scores, the weighting being based on the configurable criteria; and calculate a verification score to be used to verify the player's eligibility for participating in on-line gaming, the calculation being based on the weighted check scores.