Abstract:
A system of providing a multiple-stage contest is provided. A plurality of contest entries eligible to win a multiple-stage contest are sold to a plurality of contestants, each contest entry being defined at least by a set of one or more distinct identifiers. At each stage in the multiple-stage contest, one or more determinations regarding the distinct identifiers are made, which determinations cause a portion of the contest entries remaining eligible at that stage to become ineligible to win the contest. A market may be provided for contest entries remaining eligible after at least one of the plurality of stages. At least one winning contest entry is determined from one or more contest entries remaining eligible after the multiple stages of the contest. A competition may be held among contestants holding eligible contest entries to determine one or more winners. An award for each winning contest entry may be determined based on the revenues received from selling the plurality of contest entries.
Abstract:
A method of managing bets is provided. The method includes receiving at least one group bet for an event having a set of participants. A first group comprises a first subset of the participants and a second group comprises a second subset of the participants. The group bet comprises a bet that one of the first subset of participants will win the event. The method continues by receiving results of the event identifying a winning participant. The method concludes by determining an amount of a group bet payout for the group bet based on whether the first subset of participants includes the winning participant.
Abstract:
A gaming system is provided. The system includes a memory coupled to a processor. The memory is operable to store a memory operable to store an identification of a set of participants in an event, and a group bet for the event. The group bet comprises a bet that one of an undefined subset of the set of participants will win the event. A processor is coupled to the memory and operable, at some time after receiving the group bet, to define the subset of participants associated with the group bet by determining participants for the subset of participants. The processor receives results of the event identifying a winning participant. The processsor determines an amount of a group bet payout for the group bet based at least on whether the defined subset of participants includes the winning participant.
Abstract:
A method for computer security, includes intercepting an incoming communication, placing the communication into a quarantine queue, selecting a communication from the quarantine queue, determining whether the selected communication contains undesirable code, determining whether a quarantine time for the selected communication has lapsed if the selected communication does not contain undesirable code and placing the selected communication back in the quarantine queue if the quarantine time has not elapsed.
Abstract:
A method for detecting malicious programs, the method includes determining whether an object is suspicious, opening the suspicious object in a disposable, secure, single purpose VM (virtual machine) session and detecting indications of malicious behavior when the suspicious object is opened within the VM session.
Abstract:
A method for detecting malware, includes analyzing multiple forms of malware belonging to a same family, recognizing one or more points of departure in at least one of the multiple forms of malware from at least another one of the multiple forms of malware, and ascertaining a range of possible values for each of said one or more points.
Abstract:
A method of pari-mutuel betting is provided. Bets regarding the result of a game, such as a casino game for example, are received from a number of users. Each bet has a unit stake. One or more inputs for the game are determined based on event results from a sporting event. A result of the game is determined for a particular bet based at least on a set of rules associated with the game and the one or more determined inputs. If the particular bet is determined to be a winning bet based on the result of the game for the particular bet, a payout is determined for the particular bet based at least on the unit stake associated with the particular bet and the value of the pari-mutuel wager pool that includes at least a portion of the total of the unit stakes of the plurality of received bets.
Abstract:
A system of managing bets is provided. The system includes a processor and a memory that receives one or more bets. Each bet comprises a selection of a first number of events selected from a group of events, a selection of a respective participant for each of the first number of events selected and a bet amount. The system combines each bet amount to form a betting pool and determines an amount of a total payout based at least in part on the betting pool.
Abstract:
A circuit for frequency translating a radio frequency signal comprises a plurality of mixer stages, each stage associated with a particular range of frequencies of a radio frequency signal. The circuit further comprises a switching circuit that communicates the radio frequency signal to a selected one of the plurality of mixer stages in response to a control signal. The selected mixer stage comprises a phase generation circuit that generates a plurality of phase signals, and at least one mixer that combines the radio frequency signal with one of the plurality of phase signals to generate at least a portion of an intermediate frequency signal.