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Interactive wagering system with wireless wagering capabilitiesRelated Patent Categories: Amusement Devices: Games, Including Means For Processing Electronic Data (e.g., Computer/video Game, Etc.), Credit/debit Monitoring Or Manipulation (e.g., Game Entry, Betting, Prize Level, Etc.)Interactive wagering system with wireless wagering capabilities description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070225069, Interactive wagering system with wireless wagering capabilities. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/630,604, filed Aug. 1, 2000, which claims the benefit of U.S. provisional application No. 60/186,268, filed Mar. 1, 2000. The disclosures of these applications are hereby incorporated by reference herein in their entirety. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] This invention relates to interactive wagering, and more particularly, to interactive wagering applications with wireless wagering capabilities. [0003] Wagering is a popular leisure activity. For example, many racing fans wager on events such as horse, dog, and harness racing. However, it may be inconvenient to attend racing events in person. Not all racing fans have sufficient time to visit racetracks as often as they would like and some fans have difficulties in obtaining suitable transportation to the track. Off-track betting establishments are available for fans who cannot attend racing events in person, but fans must still travel to the off-track betting establishments. [0004] As a result, systems have been developed in which fans may place off-track wagers using personal computers connected to the Internet, standard telephones, or set-top boxes. [0005] It is an object of the present invention to improve such systems by providing an interactive wagering system that has wireless wagering capabilities. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0006] An interactive wagering system is provided that supports wireless wagering. An interactive wagering application may be implemented on the system. The interactive wagering application may allow the users to wager on races such as horse races. A wager may be created by selecting a desired racetrack, race, wager type, wager amount, and horse or horses for the wager. Wagers may be submitted over wireless links. [0007] Users may use wireless user devices in the home to communicate with in-home user equipment such as a set-top box or personal computer. The wireless user devices that are used to communicate with the in-home user equipment may be remote controls with displays and other portable computing devices such as handheld computers, web tablets, electronic books, portable computers, etc. [0008] Wagers may be created using the wireless user devices and may be provided to the in-home user equipment over a wireless link. The in-home user equipment may submit wagers received from the wireless user devices to computer equipment for processing. The wagers submitted to the computer equipment for processing may be transmitted to the computer equipment over a communications network (e.g., the Internet or any other suitable communications paths). The computer equipment may be associated with a transaction processing and subscription management system that processes the wagers that are submitted. [0009] The system may support multiple users. For example, one user may use a wireless user device to place a wager while another user is using another wireless device to review race results. [0010] If desired, users may use wireless user equipment that communicates with the communications network. The wireless user equipment may use protocols such as the wireless application protocol (WAP). Any suitable platform may be used for the wireless user equipment including handheld computers, cellular telephones, electronic books, portable computers, etc. [0011] The interactive wagering application may be used to place wagers on various different types of races, including dog races, horse races, harness races, etc. [0012] Further features of the invention, its nature and various advantages will be more apparent from the accompanying drawings and the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0013] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an illustrative interactive wagering system on which an interactive wagering application may be implemented in accordance with the present invention. [0014] FIG. 2 is schematic diagram of an illustrative interactive wagering system showing details of the user equipment used to place wagers in accordance with the present invention. [0015] FIG. 3 shows an illustrative racetrack selection screen that may be provided by the interactive wagering application in accordance with the present invention. [0016] FIG. 4 shows an illustrative race selection screen that may be provided by the interactive wagering application in accordance with the present invention. [0017] FIG. 5 shows an illustrative wager type selection screen that may be provided by the interactive wagering application in accordance with the present invention. [0018] FIG. 6 shows an illustrative horse selection screen that may be provided by the interactive wagering application in accordance with the present invention. [0019] FIG. 7 shows an illustrative wager amount selection screen that may be provided by the interactive wagering application in accordance with the present invention. [0020] FIG. 8 shows an illustrative wager list screen that may be provided by the interactive wagering application in accordance with the present invention. Continue reading about Interactive wagering system with wireless wagering capabilities... Full patent description for Interactive wagering system with wireless wagering capabilities Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Interactive wagering system with wireless wagering capabilities patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. 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