2) United States Patent oy oy fo) wo an @ 6s) (3) (60) Gn Pierce, et al. METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING A WAGER USING A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTING WITH VIRTUAL GEOGRAPHIC ZONES Applicants: Robert L. Pierce, I Dallas, TX (US); James L. Northrup, Dallas, TX (US) Inventors: Robert L, Pieree, I, Dallas, TX (US): ames L: Northrup, Dallas, TX (US) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the team ofthis pateat is extended of adjusted under 35 USC. 154(b) by O days This patent is subject to a terminal dis- claimer, Appl. No 14/209,049 Filed: Mar 13,2014 Prioe Publication Data US 20140194192A1 Jul. 10,2014 Related Application Data Continuation-in-part of application No, 14/102,238, filed on Dee. 10,2013, which sa continuation-in-part of aplication No, 13924,395, fled on Jun. 21, 2013, Provisional application No. 61/735.402, filed on Dee. 10, 2012, provisional application No. 61/662,980, fed on Jun, 22, 2012, provisional application No. 61/798,874, fled on Mar. 13,2013. Int Cl. 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(Continved) Primary Examiner —Ngbi WLy (14) Attorney, Agent, oF Firm — Schultz & Associates, PC on ABSTRACT A system and method for use interationincludes a neowork, ‘aserverconnectedto the network, aspervisor device rei” ing information from a global positioning system and con- feted to the network, a user device receiving information from the global positioning system snd connected to the network. ‘The supervisor, having the supervisor device, Gefines a set of virtual geographic zones and sub-zones in ‘whieh the user dovie i tracked and saves the set of virtual pic zones and sub-zones toa supervisor account on the server. The user downloads a user application, sts-up a ‘wer account, and downloads the set of viral geographic ‘ones and stb-2ones, As the user, having the user device, ‘moves through the virtual geographic zones and sub-zones the location of the user device is delermined and set of supervisor-defined actions are execited on the vser device based on the location ofthe user devie. 83 Claims, 23 Drawing SheetsUS 9,317,996 B2 Page 2 Gb Ince. 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