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Accessibility and security in a gaming environmentRelated Patent Categories: Amusement Devices: Games, Including Means For Processing Electronic Data (e.g., Computer/video Game, Etc.), Access Or Authorization (e.g., Game Selection, Security, Etc.)Accessibility and security in a gaming environment description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070202945, Accessibility and security in a gaming environment. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
FIELD OF TECHNOLOGY [0001] This disclosure relates generally to the technical fields of software and/or hardware technology and, in one example embodiment, to a method and/or system of accessibility and security in a gaming environment. BACKGROUND [0002] A gaming provider (e.g., California State Lottery.TM., PokerStars.TM., etc.) may provide a gaming service (e.g., game of chance, game of skill, etc.) to a user (e.g., a player). However, the gaming service may not be accessible to a special-needs user (e.g., a person with physical and/or mental impairments). The special-needs user may wish to access the gaming service but may be unable participate in the gaming service because information presented by the gaming service may not be accessible to the special-needs user (e.g., the special-needs user may not be able to perceive data presented in the gaming service because the special-needs user may not be able to visualize and/or hear a game). In addition, a market size of the gaming service may be limited due to a lack of accessibility by special-needs users. [0003] A remote nature of the gaming service (e.g., an online gaming service) may attract fraudulent activity (e.g., a hacker may intercept an electronic value-bearing document and/or feign affiliation with the gaming service, etc.). For example, a criminal may propagate a spam email congratulating the user (e.g., game players, lottery players, etc.) that they are winners of the game. The criminal may then attempt to fraudulently secure monetary funds from the user. As such, the online gaming service can be unreliable, untrustworthy, insecure, and limited in its ability to reach target customers. SUMMARY [0004] An accessibility and security in a gaming environment method and apparatus is disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes associating an accessibility feature to a navigation mechanism of a game, processing a response through the navigation mechanism of a special-needs user when the accessibility feature is enabled, and/or generating a trusted ticket using at least one security algorithm when the special-needs user initiates a transaction. The game may be a lottery game, a sweepstakes contest, a poker game, a contest game, a gambling game, a game of chance, and/or a game of skill. The generating the trusted ticket using the security algorithm may include an embedded certification of authenticity provided by a certification authority module. [0005] The embedded certification of authenticity may include a digital watermark, an encryption data, a public key, a private key, and/or a validation data. The method may also include generating a context data associated with a grid structure in the navigation mechanism and/or generating an expression of the context data associated with each row position and each column position in the grid structure using the accessibility feature. The method may further include creating the grid structure in any number of criteria-based dimensions based on a request of the special-needs user. The criteria based dimensions may include a type, a name, a repetition window, a frequency, a cost, and/or a subscription component. [0006] The method may yet include designing the accessibility feature such that the accessibility feature conforms to a governmental guideline and/or an industry guideline. The accessibility feature may be audibly communicated to the special-needs user. The method may also include associating a descriptive data with a standard data accessible by the special-needs user in the navigation mechanism. The descriptive data may include a simplified expression of the standard data, and/or may be perceptible by the special-needs user through a positioning device action associated with the standard data. The standard data may be a label associated with an input request that is constrained based on a parameter value. [0007] The method may also include developing a subscription data based on the response which activates reoccurring trusted tickets that are periodically and automatically issued to the special-needs user. The reoccurring trusted tickets may each have a separate unique identifier, which may be automatically generated based on a probability index and/or a user defined criteria. The method may also include determining that the trusted ticket is a winning ticket when the trusted ticket is verified as unaltered using the certification authority module. The method may further include selecting the accessibility feature and the navigation mechanism based on a user profile data provided by the special-needs user. [0008] In another aspect, a method includes a client device expressing a context data associated with a relative position in a multi-coordinated structure of a gambling activity in an online environment, and/or decrypting a trusted confirmation data generated based on a selection of various attributes in the multi-coordinated structure of the gambling activity. The selection may be automatically performed based on a constrained criteria. The constrained criteria may include values that are automatically generated by a gaming provider module. The context data may be expressed in any number of formats including a visual expression, an auditory expression, a tactile expression, an orally distinguishable expression, a bio-electrical signal expression and/or an olfactory expression. [0009] In yet another aspect, a system includes a client device to automatically express a meta-data associated with a dimensional attribute of a gaming profile, a feature module to embed an authentication data in a gaming ticket and/or to determine an expression format of the meta-data, and/or a gaming provider module to electronically provide the gaming ticket directly to a user of the client device through an online environment. The expression format may be a verbal expression of the meta-data on the client device and/or an alternative text that is automatically displayed on the client device based on a point-over of an assisted technology device. [0010] The methods, systems, and apparatuses disclosed herein may be implemented in any means for achieving various aspects, and may be executed in a form of a machine-readable medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform any of the operations disclosed herein. Other features will be apparent from the accompanying drawings and from the detailed description that follows. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0011] Example embodiments are illustrated by way of example and not limitation in the figures of the accompanying drawings, in which like references indicate similar elements and in which: [0012] FIG. 1 is a system view of a feature module that communicates with a client device, a certification module, a gaming provider module, and/or an other environments module through a network, according to one embodiment. [0013] FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the feature module of FIG. 1 having a task module, an accessibility module, and/or a security module, according to one embodiment. [0014] FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the client device of FIG. 1, according to one embodiment. [0015] FIG. 4 is a user interface view of the client device of FIG. 1, according to one embodiment. [0016] FIG. 5 is a table view of content referenced by the client database of FIG. 2, according to one embodiment. [0017] FIG. 6 is a diagrammatic representation of a machine in the form of a data processing system within which a set of instructions, for causing the machine to perform any one or more of the methodologies discussed herein, may be executed, according to one embodiment. [0018] FIG. 7 is an interaction diagram of a process flow between the client device, the feature module, the certification authority module and the gaming provider module of FIG. 1, according to one embodiment. [0019] FIG. 8 is a process flow to associate an accessibility feature to a navigation mechanism of a game, process a response through the navigation mechanism of a special-needs user when the accessibility feature is enabled, and/or generate a trusted ticket using at least one security algorithm when the special-needs user initiates a transaction, according to one embodiment. [0020] FIG. 9 is a process flow to express a context data associated with a relative position in a multi-coordinated structure of a gambling activity in an online environment, according to one embodiment. Continue reading about Accessibility and security in a gaming environment... Full patent description for Accessibility and security in a gaming environment Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Accessibility and security in a gaming environment patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. Each week you receive an email with patent applications related to your keywords. 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