Single action betting system and method

Abstract

A method and system are disclosed for placing a bet via the Internet on a computing device. The bet is placed by a player using the computing device and received by a backend system over a link using a single action methodology.

1 . A method of placing a bet for a game comprising:
 displaying, under control of a client system, information identifying the item and in response to only a single action being performed, sending a request to place the bet along with an identifier of a player of the game to a server system;   receiving the request by a betting component of a backend system;   retrieving, by the betting component, additional information previously stored for the player identified by the identifier in the received request;   validating the credentials of the player;   generating, by the betting component, a bet based on the request and placing the bet to commence the game if the player credentials are validated; and   whereby the bet is placed and the game play is initiated without using multiple actions by the player.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the displaying of information includes displaying information indicating the single action. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the single action is clicking a button in a graphical user interface. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the single action is speaking of a sound. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the player does not need to explicitly identify themselves when placing a bet. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the game is one of a game of skill, a partially skill based game and a non-skill based game. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising verifying if the player has sufficient funds. 
     
     
         8 . An apparatus for placing a bet for a game, comprising:
 a computing device having a display that displays information identifying an item and an interface that receives a single action being performed by the user and sending a request to place the bet along with an identifier of a player of the game to a betting system;   the betting system capable of being coupled to the computing device over a link;   the betting system having a betting component that receives the request, retrieves additional information previously stored for the player identified by the identifier in the received request, validates the credentials of the player, generates a bet based on the request and placing the bet to commence the game if the player credentials are validated so that the bet is placed and the game play is initiated without using multiple actions by the player.   
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 8 , wherein the display displays information indicating the single action. 
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 8  wherein the single action is clicking a button in a graphical user interface. 
     
     
         11 . The apparatus of  claim 8 , wherein the single action is speaking of a sound. 
     
     
         12 . The apparatus of  claim 8 , wherein the player does not need to explicitly identify themselves when placing a bet. 
     
     
         13 . The apparatus of  claim 8 , wherein the game is one of a game of skill, a partially skill based game and a non-skill based game. 
     
     
         14 . The apparatus of  claim 8 , wherein the betting component verifies if the player has sufficient funds.