System, method, and apparatus for the electronic operation, management, sponsorship, advertising, promotion, marketing, and regulation of games of chance on a network

摘要

A computer network system allows a user to register for games of chances in accordance with national, state and local laws and ordinances. This system analysis the geographical location and residency information of a user in relation to the geographical access and participation areas. If the user is not located within a permitted area or falls within an excluded or restricted area, the user will not be allowed to access or participate in the game of chance.

主权项

1. A method of using an access filter comprising a central server having or interconnected to
(A) an input/display device (i) operated by a first user to allow the first user to enter the first user's age and the first user's residence to the central server, and (ii) provides the input/display device's location to the central server; (B) a government regulated, jurisdictional activity interface having a government regulated, jurisdictional activity database, the government regulated, jurisdictional activity database has at least one government regulated, jurisdictional activity thereon that is subject to a government entity's control; (C) an access database created by an administrator user that further limits which (i) municipality or municipalities, county or counties, state or states, or country or countries that the first user, having a residence and location, can access the specific government regulated, jurisdictional activity, and (ii) age that the first user can access the specific government regulated, jurisdictional activity; the central server: (I) confirms the governmental entity's laws, rules and regulations regarding the government's age, residence and location requirements for each government regulated, jurisdictional activity on the government regulated, jurisdictional activity database and the administrator user's rules and regulations regarding the age and location requirements for each government regulated, jurisdictional activity on the access database; (II) compares
(a) first user's entered age information to
(i) the governmental entity's minimum required age requirements to partake in government regulated, jurisdictional activity,(ii) the access database's minimum required age requirements as set by the administrator user, and(iii) first user's age information found on a first database, connected to the central server;(b) first user's entered residence information to
(i) the governmental entity's residence requirements to partake in the government regulated, jurisdictional activity,(ii) the access database's residence requirements as set by the administrator user, and(iii) first user's residence information on a second database, connected to the central server; and(c) input/display device's location to
(i) governmental entity's location requirements to partake in the government regulated, jurisdictional activity,(ii) the access database's location requirements as set by the administrator user, and(iii) a third database, connected to the central server, that confirms the input/display device's location is located in a jurisdiction that allows the first user to partake in the government regulated, jurisdictional activity; (III) transmits to the input/display device a list of the government regulated, jurisdictional activity when the first user's entered information satisfies the government age, residence and location requirements and the administrator user's age, residence and location requirements established by an entity that registered the government regulated, jurisdictional activity with the government entity.