US Patent Issued to INTERACTIVE GAMES on Aug. 26 for "System for facilitating online wagering with nearby mobile phones" (Florida, Connecticut, New York, Nevada Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,518, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to INTERACTIVE GAMES LLC (New York).

"System for facilitating online wagering with nearby mobile phones" was invented by Geoffrey M. Gelman (New York), Ronald Rushin (Merritt Island, Fla.), Dean P. Alderucci (Westport, Conn.) and Joseph M. Asher (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for detecting users nearby with a mobile phone are described. For example, based on detecting a wireless signal (e.g., Bluetooth or WiFi), a determination is made that near a mobile phone, located in an area where gambling is permitted, is another mobile phone. Based on the detection of the wireless sign...