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

US 12,525,093 B2 — Patent white space

Where the granted patent stands alone on the public record

White space is defined here strictly: a mandatory limitation of Claim 1 for which no reviewed platform has publicly established functional correspondence. It is a statement about the evidence reviewed, not about what any platform may do internally.

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

Summary

Distribution of the mandatory limitations

5

White space

No reviewed platform publicly establishes correspondence.

6

Partially shared

Some platforms publicly establish correspondence; others do not.

4

Common ground

Every reviewed platform publicly establishes correspondence.

White space

Granted limitations unestablished across every reviewed platform

C1-K

Defined 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.

Reviewed as against all 10 entities. No Level 1 or Level 2 source was identified disclosing an equivalent function. This is reported as unestablished, not as absent from the platforms.

C1-L

Monitoring / detecting the pseudo-currency wagering condition

Monitoring the wagering activity and detecting the condition in which the user is wagering with a pseudo-currency of minimal or zero real-world value.

Reviewed as against all 10 entities. No Level 1 or Level 2 source was identified disclosing an equivalent function. This is reported as unestablished, not as absent from the platforms.

C1-M

Mode-dependent reduction of event updates

Responsive to that detected condition, reducing the frequency and/or amount of real-world event updates and other data provided to that user.

Reviewed as against all 10 entities. No Level 1 or Level 2 source was identified disclosing an equivalent function. This is reported as unestablished, not as absent from the platforms.

C1-N

Reduced network data transfer

Thereby reducing the volume of data transferred to that user across the communications network.

Reviewed as against all 10 entities. No Level 1 or Level 2 source was identified disclosing an equivalent function. This is reported as unestablished, not as absent from the platforms.

C1-O

Limitation of results delivered

Limiting the amount of results and related event data delivered to the user while that condition subsists.

Reviewed as against all 10 entities. No Level 1 or Level 2 source was identified disclosing an equivalent function. This is reported as unestablished, not as absent from the platforms.

Contested

Limitations established by some platforms only

ElementGranted limitationEstablished by
C1-BMonitoring real-world events

9 of 10

C1-CCalculating odds

8 of 10

C1-DPublishing events, markets and odds

8 of 10

C1-GAllocation of credits to a wager

6 of 10

C1-HResult determination

9 of 10

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

4 of 10

Common ground

Limitations established across the whole market

C1-AOn-line gambling serviceDirect
C1-EProviding gambling creditsDirect
C1-FUser accountDirect
C1-ICredit / debit settlementDirect

Why common ground still matters

Elements established across the whole market are not a weakness of the granted patent. They are the environment in which the distinguishing limitations operate: the claims are read as a whole, and the white-space limitations above are the elements that separate the granted claims from ordinary market practice on the evidence reviewed.