US 12,525,093
Granted United States PatentUS 12,525,093 B2SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ON-LINE SIMULATED AND NON-SIMULATED GAMBLING

US 12,525,093 B2 — Evidence inventory

Fliff measured against the Granted United States Patent

Fliff operates a dual-currency social sportsbook in which Fliff Coins are expressly described as having no redeemable value and Fliff Cash is a promotional currency redeemable only after play-through. Both currencies are wagered against published odds on real-world sporting events within one account.

Granted patent core — US 12,525,093

GrantedUS 12,525,093
  1. Real-world events
  2. Odds
  3. Gambling credits
  4. Zero / minimal-value pseudo-currency
  5. Economic mode monitoring
  6. Wagering threshold
  7. Data update reduction
  8. Reduced network transfer
  9. Limited results delivered
View granted United States patentView USPTO recordView Claim 1View Claim 10View Claim 19US 12,525,093 B2 — primary source benchmark

Rating

Why this correspondence rating was given

Why very high?

  • real-world sporting events;
  • sports prediction markets;
  • Fliff Coins;
  • Fliff Cash;
  • Fliff Coins expressly described as having no monetary value;
  • user-selectable economic modes;
  • account balances;
  • settlements;
  • rankings;
  • social sportsbook functionality.

Important unverified elements

  • defined wagering threshold;
  • mode-responsive update reduction;
  • reduced network transfer;
  • limited result delivery;

Supported

  • ✓C1-AOn-line gambling service
  • ✓C1-BMonitoring real-world events
  • ✓C1-CCalculating odds
  • ✓C1-DPublishing events, markets and odds
  • ✓C1-EProviding gambling credits
  • ✓C1-FUser account
  • ✓C1-GAllocation of credits to a wager
  • ✓C1-HResult determination
  • ✓C1-ICredit / debit settlement
  • ✓C1-JMinimal or zero-real-world-value pseudo-currency

Unverified

  • ?C1-KDefined wagering threshold in a predefined periodNone
  • ?C1-LMonitoring / detecting the pseudo-currency wagering conditionVerification
  • ?C1-MMode-dependent reduction of event updatesVerification
  • ?C1-NReduced network data transferVerification
  • ?C1-OLimitation of results deliveredVerification

This rating reflects publicly observable functional correspondence to US 12,525,093 B2. It does not establish satisfaction of every limitation of an independent claim. 5 mandatory limitations of Claim 1 remain unestablished: C1-K, C1-L, C1-M, C1-N, C1-O.

These categories reflect the strength of publicly identified functional correspondence with elements of the Granted United States Patent. They do not represent infringement conclusions, legal probabilities or a determination that every limitation of an independent claim is satisfied. The rating bands and how they are applied are set out on the rating methodology page.

Key disclosures

Public statements closest to the granted claim language

C1-JKey evidence

Fliff states that Fliff Coins "are used to play for fun", "cannot be transferred outside the game and cannot be redeemed for prizes"; separately, Fliff Cash "does not have cash value" until play-through conditions are satisfied.

The granted patent expressly addresses wagering conducted with a pseudo-currency having minimal or zero real-world value. Fliff's own documentation describes a wagering currency in those terms.

C4Key evidence

Coin packages may be purchased with real-world funds, with Fliff Cash issued as a promotional accompaniment; no purchase is necessary to obtain Fliff Cash.

Dependent Claim 4 / 13 addresses purchase of platform credits with real-world funds. The coexistence of purchased and free credit paths is the dual economic mode the granted architecture distinguishes.

C7Key evidence

Fliff states that Fliff Coins "provide the opportunity to win more Fliff Coins, earn XP, and move up the leaderboards while earning achievement badges and building a status within the Fliff community".

Dependent Claims 7 / 16 address ranking of user performance within a predefined period — expressly tied here to zero-value currency play.

Claim 1

Element-by-element position against the mandatory limitations

ElementGranted limitationCorrespondenceCited records
C1-AOn-line gambling serviceDirect1
C1-BMonitoring real-world eventsDirect1
C1-CCalculating oddsStrong1
C1-DPublishing events, markets and oddsStrong1
C1-EProviding gambling creditsDirect1
C1-FUser accountDirect1
C1-GAllocation of credits to a wagerDirect1
C1-HResult determinationDirect1
C1-ICredit / debit settlementDirect1
C1-JMinimal or zero-real-world-value pseudo-currencyDirect1
C1-KDefined wagering threshold in a predefined periodNone1
C1-LMonitoring / detecting the pseudo-currency wagering conditionVerification—
C1-MMode-dependent reduction of event updatesVerification—
C1-NReduced network data transferVerification—
C1-OLimitation of results deliveredVerification—

Evidence records

Each disclosure, its cited source and why it matters

Granted patent element

C1-AOn-line gambling service

Providing a computer-implemented on-line gambling service accessible to a plurality of users over a communications network.

Category

Real-world events

Company public disclosure

Fliff describes its product as turning sports predictions into a play-for-fun social game with daily credits to play for free, delivered over its web and mobile applications.

Why this matters

Establishes an on-line service delivered to users over a communications network, the environment in which every limitation of Claim 1 operates.

Public evidence

Official product pageSource level 1

Fliff — product home

Fliff Inc. · Verified 23 August 2026

View public disclosure

https://www.getfliff.com/

Status

Direct public evidence

Granted patent element

C1-BMonitoring real-world events

Monitoring real-world events, including sporting events, upon which wagering is to be offered.

Category

Sports markets

Company public disclosure

Fliff publishes sports prediction markets on real professional sporting events and settles them on the outcome of those events.

Why this matters

C1-B requires monitoring of real-world events, including sporting events, upon which wagering is offered.

Public evidence

Official product pageSource level 1

Fliff — product home

Fliff Inc. · Verified 23 August 2026

View public disclosure

https://www.getfliff.com/

Official termsSource level 1

Fliff Pick'Em — Terms of Use

Fliff Inc. · Verified 23 August 2026

View company terms

https://www.getfliff.com/pickem-tou

Status

Direct public evidence

Granted patent element

C1-CCalculating odds

Calculating odds associated with possible outcomes of the monitored real-world events.

Category

Odds

Company public disclosure

Fliff prices its prediction markets and pays winning entries by reference to the published price at the time of entry.

Why this matters

C1-C requires calculation of odds associated with possible outcomes of the monitored events.

Public evidence

Official termsSource level 1

Fliff Pick'Em — Terms of Use

Fliff Inc. · Verified 23 August 2026

View company terms

https://www.getfliff.com/pickem-tou

Status

Strong functional correspondence

Granted patent element

C1-DPublishing events, markets and odds

Publishing to users the monitored events, the wagering markets available on those events, and the calculated odds.

Category

Sports markets

Company public disclosure

Markets, available selections and prices are published to users in the Fliff application before entry.

Why this matters

C1-D requires publication of the monitored events, available markets and calculated odds to users.

Public evidence

Official product pageSource level 1

Fliff — product home

Fliff Inc. · Verified 23 August 2026

View public disclosure

https://www.getfliff.com/

Status

Strong functional correspondence

Granted patent element

C1-EProviding gambling credits

Providing gambling credits to a user, the credits being held in association with a credit account of that user.

Category

Virtual currency

Company public disclosure

Fliff provides users with Fliff Coins and Fliff Cash balances used to enter prediction markets, including free daily credits.

Why this matters

C1-E requires provision of gambling credits to a user held in association with a credit account.

Public evidence

Help centreSource level 1

What is the difference between Fliff Cash and Fliff Coins?

Fliff Help Center · Verified 23 August 2026

View help centre source

https://fliff.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/19507626925458-What-is-the-difference-between-Fliff-Cash-and-Fliff-Coins

Help centreSource level 1

How to obtain free Fliff Cash

Fliff Help Center · Verified 23 August 2026

View help centre source

https://fliff.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/19507820063762-How-to-obtain-free-Fliff-Cash

Status

Direct public evidence

Granted patent element

C1-FUser account

Maintaining a user credit account against which gambling credits are held and adjusted.

Category

User accounts

Company public disclosure

Registration is required, users must be 18+, and balances of both currencies are held against the registered account.

Why this matters

C1-F requires a maintained user credit account; C3 additionally addresses accounts established at registration.

Public evidence

Help centreSource level 1

Age requirements to use Fliff

Fliff Help Center · Verified 23 August 2026

View help centre source

https://fliff.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/19508119640210-What-are-the-age-requirements-to-use-Fliff

Official termsSource level 1

Terms of Use

Fliff Inc. · Published / updated 13 August 2025 · Verified 23 August 2026

View company terms

https://getfliff.com/terms-of-use

Status

Direct public evidence

Granted patent element

C1-GAllocation of credits to a wager

Receiving an allocation by the user of gambling credits to a wager placed against a published wagering market.

Category

Play-money currency

Company public disclosure

Users allocate a chosen amount of Fliff Coins or Fliff Cash to a selection when submitting an entry.

Why this matters

C1-G requires receipt of an allocation by the user of gambling credits to a wager against a published market.

Public evidence

Help centreSource level 1

What is the difference between Fliff Cash and Fliff Coins?

Fliff Help Center · Verified 23 August 2026

View help centre source

https://fliff.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/19507626925458-What-is-the-difference-between-Fliff-Cash-and-Fliff-Coins

Status

Direct public evidence

Granted patent element

C1-HResult determination

Determining the result of the real-world event and the corresponding outcome of the user's wager.

Category

Event results

Company public disclosure

Entries are graded on the outcome of the underlying sporting event, and winnings are paid as Winning Entry Payout and, where applicable, Extra Prize Payout.

Why this matters

C1-H requires determination of the event result and the corresponding wager outcome.

Public evidence

Help centreSource level 1

When will I receive my winnings?

Fliff Help Center · Verified 23 August 2026

View help centre source

https://fliff.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/28262784287378-When-will-I-receive-my-winnings

Status

Direct public evidence

Granted patent element

C1-ICredit / debit settlement

Crediting or debiting the user's credit account in accordance with the determined outcome of the wager.

Category

Credit / debit settlement

Company public disclosure

Balances are debited on entry and credited on a winning entry; Fliff Cash may be redeemed after play-through, with redemption processed in 3–5 business days following manual review.

Why this matters

C1-I requires crediting or debiting of the user's credit account in accordance with the determined wager outcome.

Public evidence

Help centreSource level 1

How do I redeem Fliff Cash prizes?

Fliff Help Center · Verified 23 August 2026

View help centre source

https://fliff.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/19505892382482-How-do-I-redeem-Fliff-Cash-prizes

Help centreSource level 1

Play-through conditions

Fliff Help Center · Verified 23 August 2026

View help centre source

https://fliff.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/21474489587730-Play-Through-Conditions

Status

Direct public evidence

Key evidence

Granted patent element

C1-JMinimal or zero-real-world-value pseudo-currency

Wagering conducted using a pseudo-currency having minimal or zero real-world value, as distinct from real-value credits.

Category

Play-money currency

Company public disclosure

Fliff states that Fliff Coins "are used to play for fun", "cannot be transferred outside the game and cannot be redeemed for prizes"; separately, Fliff Cash "does not have cash value" until play-through conditions are satisfied.

Why this matters

The granted patent expressly addresses wagering conducted with a pseudo-currency having minimal or zero real-world value. Fliff's own documentation describes a wagering currency in those terms.

Public evidence

Help centreSource level 1

What is the difference between Fliff Cash and Fliff Coins?

Fliff Help Center · Verified 23 August 2026

View help centre source

https://fliff.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/19507626925458-What-is-the-difference-between-Fliff-Cash-and-Fliff-Coins

Help centreSource level 1

Play-through conditions

Fliff Help Center · Verified 23 August 2026

View help centre source

https://fliff.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/21474489587730-Play-Through-Conditions

Official rulesSource level 1

Sweepstakes Rules

Fliff Inc. · Verified 23 August 2026

View product rules

https://www.getfliff.com/sweepstakes-rules

Status

Direct public evidence

Key evidence

Granted patent element

C4Purchase of credits with real-world funds

Credits in the platform currency may be purchased using real-world funds.

Category

Cash / real-value mode

Company public disclosure

Coin packages may be purchased with real-world funds, with Fliff Cash issued as a promotional accompaniment; no purchase is necessary to obtain Fliff Cash.

Why this matters

Dependent Claim 4 / 13 addresses purchase of platform credits with real-world funds. The coexistence of purchased and free credit paths is the dual economic mode the granted architecture distinguishes.

Public evidence

Help centreSource level 1

How to obtain free Fliff Cash

Fliff Help Center · Verified 23 August 2026

View help centre source

https://fliff.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/19507820063762-How-to-obtain-free-Fliff-Cash

Official rulesSource level 1

Sweepstakes Rules

Fliff Inc. · Verified 23 August 2026

View product rules

https://www.getfliff.com/sweepstakes-rules

Status

Direct public evidence

Key evidence

Granted patent element

C7Performance rankings in a period

User performance is ranked within a predefined period.

Category

Leaderboards

Company public disclosure

Fliff states that Fliff Coins "provide the opportunity to win more Fliff Coins, earn XP, and move up the leaderboards while earning achievement badges and building a status within the Fliff community".

Why this matters

Dependent Claims 7 / 16 address ranking of user performance within a predefined period — expressly tied here to zero-value currency play.

Public evidence

Help centreSource level 1

What is the difference between Fliff Cash and Fliff Coins?

Fliff Help Center · Verified 23 August 2026

View help centre source

https://fliff.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/19507626925458-What-is-the-difference-between-Fliff-Cash-and-Fliff-Coins

Status

Direct public evidence

Granted patent element

C9Simultaneous wagering across multiple events

Wagering is conducted simultaneously across a plurality of sporting events.

Category

Parlays / multiple events

Company public disclosure

Fliff Pick'Em offers contests in which users combine selections across multiple athletes and events in a single entry.

Why this matters

Dependent Claims 9 / 18 address wagering simultaneously across a plurality of sporting events.

Public evidence

Official termsSource level 1

Fliff Pick'Em — Terms of Use

Fliff Inc. · Verified 23 August 2026

View company terms

https://www.getfliff.com/pickem-tou

Status

Direct public evidence

Granted patent element

C5Real-time event and result information

Real-world event and result information is provided to users in real time.

Category

Live data

Company public disclosure

Market availability and settlement follow the progress of live sporting events within the application.

Why this matters

Dependent Claims 5 / 14 address real-time provision of event and result information. Delivery is observable to the user; the update mechanism is not documented publicly.

Public evidence

Official product pageSource level 1

Fliff — product home

Fliff Inc. · Verified 23 August 2026

View public disclosure

https://www.getfliff.com/

Status

Partial correspondence

Granted patent element

C1-KDefined wagering threshold in a predefined period

Limiting the gambling credits able to be wagered by the user during a predefined period to a defined threshold.

Category

Responsible gaming limits

Company public disclosure

Fliff describes responsible social gaming measures and applies lower purchase limits to users aged 18–22, but no defined limit on credits wagered in a predefined period was located.

Why this matters

C1-K requires a defined wagering threshold in a predefined period. Purchase limits are not wagering thresholds and are not treated as correspondence.

Public evidence

Official product pageSource level 1

Responsible Social Gaming

Fliff Inc. · Verified 23 August 2026

View public disclosure

https://www.getfliff.com/responsible-social-gaming

Help centreSource level 1

Age requirements to use Fliff

Fliff Help Center · Verified 23 August 2026

View help centre source

https://fliff.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/19508119640210-What-are-the-age-requirements-to-use-Fliff

Status

No public evidence identified

Public sources

Official public disclosure register

Every public source relied upon for this entity, organised by feature. Each link opens the underlying disclosure in a new tab for independent review.

Cash / real-value mode

2 public sources

Help centreSource level 1

How to obtain free Fliff Cash

Fliff Help Center · Verified 23 August 2026

View help centre source

https://fliff.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/19507820063762-How-to-obtain-free-Fliff-Cash

Official rulesSource level 1

Sweepstakes Rules

Fliff Inc. · Verified 23 August 2026

View product rules

https://www.getfliff.com/sweepstakes-rules

Credit / debit settlement

2 public sources

Help centreSource level 1

How do I redeem Fliff Cash prizes?

Fliff Help Center · Verified 23 August 2026

View help centre source

https://fliff.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/19505892382482-How-do-I-redeem-Fliff-Cash-prizes

Help centreSource level 1

Play-through conditions

Fliff Help Center · Verified 23 August 2026

View help centre source

https://fliff.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/21474489587730-Play-Through-Conditions

Event results

1 public source

Help centreSource level 1

When will I receive my winnings?

Fliff Help Center · Verified 23 August 2026

View help centre source

https://fliff.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/28262784287378-When-will-I-receive-my-winnings

Leaderboards

1 public source

Help centreSource level 1

What is the difference between Fliff Cash and Fliff Coins?

Fliff Help Center · Verified 23 August 2026

View help centre source

https://fliff.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/19507626925458-What-is-the-difference-between-Fliff-Cash-and-Fliff-Coins

Live data

1 public source

Official product pageSource level 1

Fliff — product home

Fliff Inc. · Verified 23 August 2026

View public disclosure

https://www.getfliff.com/

Odds

1 public source

Official termsSource level 1

Fliff Pick'Em — Terms of Use

Fliff Inc. · Verified 23 August 2026

View company terms

https://www.getfliff.com/pickem-tou

Parlays / multiple events

1 public source

Official termsSource level 1

Fliff Pick'Em — Terms of Use

Fliff Inc. · Verified 23 August 2026

View company terms

https://www.getfliff.com/pickem-tou

Play-money currency

3 public sources

Help centreSource level 1

What is the difference between Fliff Cash and Fliff Coins?

Fliff Help Center · Verified 23 August 2026

View help centre source

https://fliff.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/19507626925458-What-is-the-difference-between-Fliff-Cash-and-Fliff-Coins

Help centreSource level 1

Play-through conditions

Fliff Help Center · Verified 23 August 2026

View help centre source

https://fliff.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/21474489587730-Play-Through-Conditions

Official rulesSource level 1

Sweepstakes Rules

Fliff Inc. · Verified 23 August 2026

View product rules

https://www.getfliff.com/sweepstakes-rules

Real-world events

1 public source

Official product pageSource level 1

Fliff — product home

Fliff Inc. · Verified 23 August 2026

View public disclosure

https://www.getfliff.com/

Responsible gaming limits

2 public sources

Official product pageSource level 1

Responsible Social Gaming

Fliff Inc. · Verified 23 August 2026

View public disclosure

https://www.getfliff.com/responsible-social-gaming

Help centreSource level 1

Age requirements to use Fliff

Fliff Help Center · Verified 23 August 2026

View help centre source

https://fliff.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/19508119640210-What-are-the-age-requirements-to-use-Fliff

Sports markets

2 public sources

Official product pageSource level 1

Fliff — product home

Fliff Inc. · Verified 23 August 2026

View public disclosure

https://www.getfliff.com/

Official termsSource level 1

Fliff Pick'Em — Terms of Use

Fliff Inc. · Verified 23 August 2026

View company terms

https://www.getfliff.com/pickem-tou

User accounts

2 public sources

Help centreSource level 1

Age requirements to use Fliff

Fliff Help Center · Verified 23 August 2026

View help centre source

https://fliff.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/19508119640210-What-are-the-age-requirements-to-use-Fliff

Official termsSource level 1

Terms of Use

Fliff Inc. · Published / updated 13 August 2025 · Verified 23 August 2026

View company terms

https://getfliff.com/terms-of-use

Virtual currency

2 public sources

Help centreSource level 1

What is the difference between Fliff Cash and Fliff Coins?

Fliff Help Center · Verified 23 August 2026

View help centre source

https://fliff.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/19507626925458-What-is-the-difference-between-Fliff-Cash-and-Fliff-Coins

Help centreSource level 1

How to obtain free Fliff Cash

Fliff Help Center · Verified 23 August 2026

View help centre source

https://fliff.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/19507820063762-How-to-obtain-free-Fliff-Cash

View granted United States patentView USPTO recordView Claim 1View Claim 10View Claim 19US 12,525,093 B2 — primary source benchmark

Unverified

What the public evidence does not establish

Currently unverified granted-patent elements

  • C1-KDefined wagering threshold in a predefined periodNone
  • C1-LMonitoring / detecting the pseudo-currency wagering conditionVerification
  • C1-MMode-dependent reduction of event updatesVerification
  • C1-NReduced network data transferVerification
  • C1-OLimitation of results deliveredVerification

These limitations are not established by the public material reviewed. Nothing here states that the company cannot perform these functions — only that equivalent implementation has not been established from the public evidence reviewed.

What the Granted United States Patent expressly adds — US 12,525,093 B2

The following limitations are expressly claimed in the granted patent. They are set against what Fliff publicly shows. Equivalent implementation has not been established from the public evidence reviewed.

  • A defined wagering threshold constraining credits wagered in a predefined period (C1-K).
  • Server-side detection of the minimal or zero-real-world-value pseudo-currency wagering condition (C1-L).
  • Mode-responsive reduction in the frequency and amount of real-world event updates (C1-M).
  • A consequent reduction in data transferred to that user across the communications network (C1-N).
  • Limitation of the results and related event data delivered while that condition subsists (C1-O).

Research gaps

Work requiring material beyond the public record

Stated openly rather than filled by inference

  • No public developer or API documentation located; event-update frequency and payload behaviour cannot be assessed from public material.
  • Wagering caps per predefined period are referenced only in relation to purchase limits for 18–22 year olds; no general defined wagering threshold located.

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