Computer graphics processing methods and systems for presentation of graphics objects or text in a wagering environment

Abstract

Computer graphics processing systems and methods are provided for the presentation of graphic objects or text in a wagering environment. In at least one embodiment, the systems and methods present graphic objects on a graphic user interface screen that includes at least one of a plurality of betting lines, including a reference betting line, such as a market betting line having a value that corresponds to a value of a reference variable associated with an object, a high line having a value corresponding to an amount above the reference variable value, a low line having a value corresponding to an amount below the reference variable value, etc. The market, high, and low lines may be arranged spatially on the interface screen based at least on the values of each of the lines. The interface screen includes a least one computer generated graphic object associated with each of the betting lines that is selectable for submitting at least one of an up bet request and a down bet request. The at least one graphic object may be rotating or moving based on the tradeable state associated with the graphic object.

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         2 . An apparatus comprising:
 at least one processor configured to control:
 communicating, over a communication network, to a computing device of at least one user during a first betting session, betting product information about a betting product to cause a display status of at least first and second betting graphics on a graphical user interface of the computing device to be enabled such that the first and second betting graphics are displayed on the graphical user interface, in which first and second bet information are to be displayed respectively as the first and second betting graphics; 
 wherein the graphical user interface is configured to display during the first betting session a plurality of lines and a plurality of value indicators associated with respective ones of the plurality of lines, wherein the plurality of value indicators is configured to display betting line values corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of lines, wherein the plurality of lines includes a market line, a first spread line, a second spread line, a high line and a low line, and 
 wherein: 
 a position of the market line is associated with a market price of a betting object, the betting product is associated with the betting object, and the respective positions of the plurality of market lines are moveable in response to a change to a real-time value of the market price during the first betting session; 
 the first and second spread lines extend from the market line such that the first spread line extend in an upwardly direction from the market line and the second spread line extends in a downwardly direction from the market line; 
 the market line, the first and second spread lines, and the high and low lines are arranged spatially relative to each other on the graphical user interface based on at least the betting line values such that the high line and the low line are spaced apart from the market line and from the first and second spread lines; 
 the first betting graphic configured to indicate whether a respective one of the value indicators changed; and 
 the second betting graphic configured to indicate whether extending a respective one of the value indicators changed; 
 automatically responsive to a determination during the first betting session of at least one of (i) a current time has a predetermined relationship to a close of the first betting session or (ii) a change of a given betting line value in relation to a predetermined betting reference value, communicating in real time, over the communication network, updated betting product information to cause a display status of one betting graphic of the first and second betting graphics to be disabled such that the graphical user interface is refreshed to display a given betting graphic, without displaying the one betting graphic; 
 receiving, over the communication network, from a first computing device of a first user a first betting request for a first wager associated with the betting product, the first betting request comprising a first betting term; 
 receiving, over the communication network, from a second computing device of a second user a second betting request for a second wager, the second betting request comprising a second betting term; 
 validating the first betting request; 
 determining that a numerical term associated with the second bet request is within a non-zero range from a corresponding numerical term associated the validated first bet request; 
 validating the second bet request based on the determining that a numerical term associated with the second bet request is within a non-zero range from a corresponding numerical term associated the validated first bet request; and 
 settling a bet associated with the first bet request and a bet associated with the second bet request. 
   
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein validating the first bet request comprises at least one of
 determining if the betting product exists;   determining if the betting product is active;   determining if the betting product is tradeable; or   determining if the first bet request exceeds a limitation.   
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein validating the first bet request comprises at least one of:
 determining whether a term associated with the first bet request differs from the betting product information communicated to the at least one user,   determining whether the term associated with the first bet request differs from data about the betting product communicated to the at least one user within a predetermined period of time from receipt of the first bet request, or   determining whether the term associated with the first bet request differs by more than a predetermined amount from the betting product information communicated to the at least one user.   
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 2 ,
 wherein the second bet request is validated based on at least one of:   a second betting line value associated with the second bet request being within a range from a first betting line value associated with the validated first bet request,   odds associated with the second bet request being within a range from odds associated with the validated first bet request, or   a time associated with the second bet request being within a range from a time associated with the first bet request.   
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , in which at least one processor is configured to control:
 responsive to validating the first bet request, creating a betting instrument for the validated first bet request; and   responsive to validating the second bet request, creating a betting instrument for the validated second bet request.   
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , in which the at least one processor is configured to control:
 resolving bets received in the first betting session based on at least one value determined at an end of the first betting session; and   starting a second betting session substantially at the end of the first betting session.   
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the betting product comprises at least one of an up bet or a down bet relative to a second given betting line value corresponding to a respective one of the lines. 
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 8 , in which the first and second betting graphics are respectively for displaying the up bet and the down bet, and the predetermined betting reference value corresponds to the betting line value. 
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 8 , in which at least one processor is configured to control:
 determining odds for at least one of the up bet betting product or the down bet betting product, the betting product information comprising the odds for the at least one of the up bet betting product or the down bet betting product.   
     
     
         11 . The apparatus of  claim 9 , wherein the betting line value is set at a start of and remains unchanged for at least the first betting session, in which the at least one processor is configured to control:
 determining odds for at least one of the up bet betting product or the down bet betting product,   wherein the odds for the at least one of the up bet betting product or the down bet betting product vary for at least a portion of the first betting session based at least on changes in a reference variable value associated with the betting object, and wherein the betting product information comprises the odds for the at least one of the up bet betting product or the down bet betting product.   
     
     
         12 . The apparatus of  claim 8 , in which the at least one processor is configured to control:
 determining odds for at least one of the up bet betting product or the down bet betting product, wherein the odds remain unchanged for at least the first betting session, and wherein the betting line value varies for at least a portion of the first betting session; and   determining the betting line value at a plurality of times during the first betting session including a first time,   wherein the betting product information comprises the betting line value at the first time and the odds for the at least one of the up bet betting product or the down bet betting product.   
     
     
         13 . A method comprising:
 controlling, by at least one processor:
 communicating, over a communication network, to a computing device of at least one user during a first betting session, betting product information about a betting product to cause a display status of at least first and second betting graphics on a graphical user interface of the computing device to be enabled such that the first and second betting graphics are displayed on the graphical user interface, in which first and second bet information are to be displayed respectively as the first and second betting graphics; 
 wherein the graphical user interface is configured to display during the first betting session a plurality of lines and a plurality of value indicators associated with respective ones of the plurality of lines, wherein the plurality of value indicators is configured to display betting line values corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of lines, wherein the plurality of lines includes a market line, a first spread line, a second spread line, a high line and a low line, and 
 wherein:
 a position of the market line is associated with a market price of a betting object, the betting product is associated with the betting object, and the respective positions of the plurality of market lines are moveable in response to a change to a real-time value of the market price during the first betting session; 
 the first and second spread lines extend from the market line such that the first spread line extend in an upwardly direction from the market line and the second spread line extends in a downwardly direction from the market line; 
 the market line, the first and second spread lines, and the high and low lines are arranged spatially relative to each other on the graphical user interface based on at least the betting line values such that the high line and the low line are spaced apart from the market line and from the first and second spread lines; 
 the first betting graphic configured to indicate whether a respective one of the value indicators changed; and 
 the second betting graphic configured to indicate whether extending a respective one of the value indicators changed; 
 
 automatically responsive to a determination during the first betting session of at least one of (i) a current time has a predetermined relationship to a close of the first betting session or (ii) a change of a given betting line value in relation to a predetermined betting reference value, communicating in real time, over the communication network, updated betting product information to cause a display status of one betting graphic of the first and second betting graphics to be disabled such that the graphical user interface is refreshed to display a given betting graphic, without displaying the one betting graphic; 
 receiving, over the communication network, from a first computing device of a first user a first betting request for a first wager associated with the betting product, the first betting request comprising a first betting term; 
 receiving, over the communication network, from a second computing device of a second user a second betting request for a second wager, the second betting request comprising a second betting term; 
 validating the first betting request; 
 determining that a numerical term associated with the second bet request is within a non-zero range from a corresponding numerical term associated the validated first bet request; 
 validating the second bet request based on the determining that a numerical term associated with the second bet request is within a non-zero range from a corresponding numerical term associated the validated first bet request; and 
 settling a bet associated with the first bet request and a bet associated with the second bet request. 
   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein validating the first bet request comprises at least one of:
 determining if the betting product exists; determining if the betting product is active;   determining if the betting product is tradeable; or   determining if the first bet request exceeds a limitation.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 ,
 wherein the second bet request is validated based on comparing a value associated with the second bet request with a corresponding value associated with the validated first bet request, and   wherein the value comprises one of odds, a time, and a betting line value.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the betting product comprises at least one of an up bet or a down bet relative to a second given betting line value corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of lines. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , in which the first and second betting graphics are respectively for displaying the up bet and the down bet, and the predetermined betting reference value corresponds to the second given betting line value of the respective one of the plurality of lines. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the betting line value is set at a start of and remains unchanged for at least the first betting session, and further comprising controlling, by the at least one processor:
 determining odds for at least one of the up bet betting product or the down bet betting product,   wherein the odds for the at least one of the up bet betting product or the down bet betting product vary for at least a portion of the first betting session based at least on changes in a reference variable value associated with the betting line value, and wherein the betting product information comprises the odds for the at least one of the up bet betting product or the down bet betting product.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising:
 controlling, by the at least one processor:
 determining odds for at least one of the up bet betting product or the down bet betting product, wherein the odds remain unchanged for at least the first betting session, and wherein the betting line value varies for at least a portion of the first betting session; and 
 determining the betting line value at a plurality of times during the first betting session including a first time, 
   wherein the betting product information comprises the betting line value at the first time and the odds for the at least one of the up bet betting product or the down bet betting product.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the reference variable value corresponds to a real-time value of the market price of the object, the first betting graphic is associated with the first spread line, and the second betting graphic is associated with the second spread line. 
     
     
         21 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium configured to store instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, controls:
 communicating, over a communication network, to a computing device of at least one user during a first betting session, betting product information about a betting product to cause a display status of at least first and second betting graphics on a graphical user interface of the computing device to be enabled such that the first and second betting graphics are displayed on the graphical user interface, in which first and second bet information are to be displayed respectively as the first and second betting graphics;
 wherein the graphical user interface is configured to display during the first betting session a plurality of lines and a plurality of value indicators associated with respective ones of the plurality of lines, wherein the plurality of value indicators is configured to display betting line values corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of lines, wherein the plurality of lines includes a market line, a first spread line, a second spread line, a high line and a low line, and 
 wherein:
 a position of the market line is associated with a market price of a betting object, the betting product is associated with the betting object, and the respective positions of the plurality of market lines are moveable in response to a change to a real-time value of the market price during the first betting session; 
 the first and second spread lines extend from the market line such that the first spread line extend in an upwardly direction from the market line and the second spread line extends in a downwardly direction from the market line; 
 the market line, the first and second spread lines, and the high and low lines are arranged spatially relative to each other on the graphical user interface based on at least the betting line values such that the high line and the low line are spaced apart from the market line and from the first and second spread lines; 
 the first betting graphic configured to indicate whether a respective one of the value indicators changed; and 
 the second betting graphic configured to indicate whether extending a respective one of the value indicators changed; 
 
   automatically responsive to a determination during the first betting session of at least one of (i) a current time has a predetermined relationship to a close of the first betting session or (ii) a change of a given betting line value in relation to a predetermined betting reference value, communicating in real time, over the communication network, updated betting product information to cause a display status of one betting graphic of the first and second betting graphics to be disabled such that the graphical user interface is refreshed to display a given betting graphic, without displaying the one betting graphic;   receiving, over the communication network, from a first computing device of a first user a first betting request for a first wager associated with the betting product, the first betting request comprising a first betting term;   receiving, over the communication network, from a second computing device of a second user a second betting request for a second wager, the second betting request comprising a second betting term;   validating the first betting request;   determining that a numerical term associated with the second bet request is within a non-zero range from a corresponding numerical term associated the validated first bet request;   validating the second bet request based on the determining that a numerical term associated with the second bet request is within a non-zero range from a corresponding numerical term associated the validated first bet request; and   settling a bet associated with the first bet request and a bet associated with the second bet request.