Accessibility and security in a gaming environment

Abstract

An accessibility and security in a gaming environment method and system is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes associating an accessibility feature to a navigation mechanism of a game, processing a response through the navigation mechanism of a special-needs user when the accessibility feature is enabled, and/or generating a trusted ticket using at least one security algorithm when the special-needs user initiates a transaction. The game may be a lottery game, a sweepstakes contest, a poker game, a contest game, a gambling game, a game of chance, and/or a game of skill. The generating the trusted ticket using the security algorithm may include an embedded certification of authenticity provided by a certification authority module. The method may also include generating a context data associated with a grid structure in the navigation mechanism and/or generating an expression of the context data associated with each row position and each column position in the grid structure using the accessibility feature.

1 . A method of a feature module, comprising: 
 associating an accessibility feature to a navigation mechanism of a game;    processing a response through the navigation mechanism of a special-needs user when the accessibility feature is enabled; and    generating a trusted ticket using at least one security algorithm when the special-needs user initiates a transaction.    
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising: 
 generating a context data associated with a grid structure in the navigation mechanism; and    generating an expression of the context data associated with each row position and each column position in the grid structure using the accessibility feature.    
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 2  further comprising creating the grid structure in a plurality of criteria-based dimensions based on a request of the special-needs user, wherein the plurality of criteria based dimensions include a type, a name, a repetition window, a frequency, a cost, and a subscription component.  
   
   
       4 . The method of  claim 2  further comprising designing the accessibility feature such that the accessibility feature conforms to at least one of a governmental guideline and an industry guideline, wherein the accessibility feature is audibly communicated to the special-needs user.  
   
   
       5 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising associating a descriptive data with a standard data accessible by the special-needs user in the navigation mechanism.  
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 5  wherein the descriptive data includes a simplified expression of the standard data.  
   
   
       7 . The method of  claim 6  wherein the descriptive data is perceptible by the special-needs user through a positioning device action associated with the standard data.  
   
   
       8 . The method of  claim 6  wherein the standard data is a label associated with an input request that is constrained based on at least one parameter value.  
   
   
       9 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising developing a subscription data based on the response which activates reoccurring ones of the trusted ticket that are periodically and automatically issued to the special-needs user, wherein the reoccurring ones of the trusted ticket each have a separate unique identifier.  
   
   
       10 . The method of  claim 10  wherein the separate unique identifier is automatically generated based on at least one of a probability index and a user defined criteria.  
   
   
       11 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the game is at least one of a lottery game, a sweepstakes contest, a poker game, a contest game, a gambling game, a game of chance, and a game of skill.  
   
   
       12 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the generating the trusted ticket using the at least one security algorithm includes an embedded certification of authenticity provided by a certification authority module, and wherein the embedded certification of authenticity to include at least one of a digital watermark, an encryption data, a public key, a private key, and a validation data.  
   
   
       13 . The method of  claim 12  further comprising determining that the trusted ticket is a winning ticket when the trusted ticket is verified as unaltered using the certification authority module.  
   
   
       14 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising selecting the accessibility feature and the navigation mechanism based on a user profile data provided by the special-needs user.  
   
   
       15 . The method of  claim 1  in a form of a machine-readable medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, causes the machine to perform the method of  claim 1 .  
   
   
       16 . A method of a client device, comprising: 
 expressing a context data associated with a relative position in a multi-coordinated structure of a gambling activity in an online environment; and    decrypting a trusted confirmation data generated based on a selection of various attributes in the multi-coordinated structure of the gambling activity.    
   
   
       17 . The method of  claim 16  wherein the selection is automatically performed based on a constrained criteria, wherein the constrained criteria includes values that are automatically generated by a gaming provider module.  
   
   
       18 . The method of  claim 16  wherein the context data is expressed in a plurality of formats including a visual expression, an auditory expression, a tactile expression, an orally distinguishable expression, a bio-electrical signal expression and an olfactory expression.  
   
   
       19 . A system, comprising: 
 a client device to automatically express a meta-data associated with a dimensional attribute of a gaming profile;    a feature module to embed an authentication data in a gaming ticket and to determine an expression format of the meta-data; and    a gaming provider module to electronically provide the gaming ticket directly to a user of the client device through an online environment.    
   
   
       20 . The system of  claim 19  wherein the expression format is at least one of a verbal expression of the meta-data on the client device and an alternative text that is automatically displayed on the client device based on a point-over of an assisted technology device.