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Patent US8162756 - Time and location based gaming - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign in<nobr>Advanced Patent Search</nobr>PatentsAn activating and deactivating of a gaming device may be based at least in part on a duration of time in which the gaming device is permitted to be activated, a period of time during which the gaming device is permitted to be activated, and/or a location of a user of the gaming device....http://www.google.ca/patents/US8162756?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8162756 - Time and location based gamingAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS8162756 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/839,404Publication date24 Apr 2012Filing date15 Aug 2007Priority date25 Feb 2004Also published asCA2557209A1, EP1796800A2, EP1796800A4, US8308568, US8616967, US8696443, US20050197190, US20070066401, US20070066402, US20070275779, US20070281782, US20070281785, US20070281792, WO2005082011A2, WO2005082011A3Publication number11839404, 839404, US 8162756 B2, US 8162756B2, US-B2-8162756, US8162756 B2, US8162756B2InventorsLee M. Amaitis, Joseph M. Asher, Howard W. Lutnick, Darrin M. Mylet, Alan B. WilkinsOriginal AssigneeCfph, LlcExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (102), Non-Patent Citations (256), Referenced by (6), Classifications (13) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetTime and location based gamingUS 8162756 B2Abstract An activating and deactivating of a gaming device may be based at least in part on a duration of time in which the gaming device is permitted to be activated, a period of time during which the gaming device is permitted to be activated, and/or a location of a user of the gaming device.
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