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Gaming device and ticket for interactive instant lottery gamesRelated Patent Categories: Amusement Devices: Games, Including Means For Processing Electronic Data (e.g., Computer/video Game, Etc.), In A Chance Application, Lot Match Or Lot Combination (e.g., Roulette, Lottery, Etc.)Gaming device and ticket for interactive instant lottery games description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070026926, Gaming device and ticket for interactive instant lottery games. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
REFERENCES CITES, U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS [0001] TABLE-US-00001 6,869,358 March, 2005 Yacenda 463/17 6,736,324 May, 2004 Behm, et al. 235/487 6,607,439 August, 2003 Schneier, et al. 463/17 6,572,107 June, 2003 Walker, et al. 273/139 US 2003/0045340 A1 March, 2003 Roberts, et al. 463/17 REFERNCES CITED, OTHER PUBLICATIONS [0002] Generating two-dimensional barcodes, http://www.idautomation.com/java/dmservlet.html [0003] UW grad eases Internet use on cellphones, Imprint newspaper, University of Waterloo, Jun. 1 8, 2004, http://imprint.uwaterloo.ca/story.php?f=2&t=5236&i=&v=f&story=5236 [0004] Semacode Corporation, URL barcodes for ubiquitous computing, http://semacode.org BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0005] Instant lottery games are very popular games of chance. A wide variety of games are available to meet the demands and desires of users. The games balance the excitement of playing a scratch-off type of game with meeting the legal obligations of the controlling authority. It is not uncommon for a single lottery ticket to have mutiple games or for games to have dozens of scratch-off spots. [0006] Although instant lottery tickets do not act like casino games, many lottery games attempt to simulate them. For example, poker hands might be uncovered when the user scratches off spots to reveal the cards. In the casino game of poker, the outcome of a poker hand depends upon choices the user makes, as well as luck and the response of other players. When an individual instant lottery ticket is produced, it has a fixed outcome. The user is free to scratch off spots in any order, but the outcome is always the same. [0007] Instant lottery tickets offer the convienence of purchase, whereas the ability to play casino-style games requires the user to be present in a casino, or via some kind of electronic connection as permitted by law. [0008] The success of instant lottery tickets depends in part to frequent changes in the gaming experience. In its simplest form, an instant lottery ticket can have a single box which is scratched off to reveal the value of the card. However, this type of game is usually reserved for store and product promotions. People are attracted to certain types of instant games, which explain one reason why there are so many forms of instant lottery tickets. [0009] It is advantageous to separate the instant lottery ticket value and purchase from the game used to reveal the winning amount, if any. Once a person visits a lottery agent and purchases an instant ticket of some denomination, the outcome of the purchase is fixed. If you provide the purchaser with the ability to customize the gaming experience, the enjoyment of the game is increased, promoting the purchase of additional lottery tickets. Also, the need to stock dozens of different instant tickets of the same denomination is diminished. [0010] Cellphones afford an excellent gaming platform because of their wide use throughout the world. Camera phones are also common and two-dimensional barcode software exists to read internet url's by taking a picture of the barcode. If this technology is extended to import instant lottery ticket information into a cell phone, the cell phone platform becomes a complete gaming solution. BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0011] The invention describes a method where an instant lottery ticket contains a hidden area containing the ticket outcome. This gaming payload contains enough information such that a hand-held, or other such electronic device can act as the user interface to enhance the gaming experience. Once the ticket payload is revealed, often by scratching the cover obscuring the information, it can be used to play a variety of games. The payload can be in human readable format, but does not necessarily allow the user to determine the outcome of the ticket. [0012] To play the instant lottery game, the payload information is input into the electronic gaming device. The gaming device can be of many forms, including a personal computer, hand-held casino game device, or cellular phone. The input means to load the gaming device with the gaming payload depends upon the type of gaming device used. Methods include manual keyboard entry, entry via a one-dimensional or two-dimensional barcode scanner, magnetic strip, or via a camera to acquire an image of the payload information. [0013] The gaming device is configured by the user with certain game parameters. For example, the user might configure their gaming device to play video poker with random play for 10 hands. Although the final outcome is fixed, the gaming device will deal poker hands so the final winnings will match the fixed outcome. [0014] To play the game, the device's user interface is used to interact with the user. The limitation of a gaming device depends upon its input and display capabilities. Although no user input is required, the gaming device usually has at least one input, such as a button, and sufficient display for the gaming experience. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the gaming device is a cellular phone with a graphical display. This allows many different games to be played, such as emulating a slot machine, or traditional casino games such as roulette and poker. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0015] The objectives and features of the invention will become more readily apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in which: [0016] FIG. 1 is a plain view of an instant lottery ticket according to one presently preferred embodiment of this invention; [0017] FIG. 2 shows a block diagram depicting how the instant lottery ticket payload can be encrypted; [0018] FIG. 3 shows a block diagram depicting how the instant lottery ticket payload is decrypted by the gaming device; Continue reading about Gaming device and ticket for interactive instant lottery games... 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