Abstract: A method for processing a bet on a sports game includes: generating and displaying a first betting page for user interaction, the first betting page allowing selection of a time instance associated with a sports game; in response to receipt of user-input content indicating the selection of the time instance, generating and displaying a second betting page for user interaction, the second betting page allowing selection of an outcome associated with the time instance of the sports game; and in response to receipt of a bet that indicates the selection of the outcome associated with the time instance of the sports game, determining a result of the bet based on a result of the sports game at the time instance.

Abstract: A method for hosting a poker game for a plurality of players includes: when an all-in bet among at least two players has occurred, and when a predetermined insurance condition is met, providing the leading player with an option to purchase an insurance with respect to the at least one out; when the at least one out is dealt as a turn card and the leading player has purchased the insurance covering the out, paying the leading player a payout; and when it is determined that the leading player has purchased the insurance, and the at least one out is not dealt at the turn stage, a user-designated insurance premium is collected from the leading player.

Abstract: A method for scheduled transmission of a message is to be implemented by an instant messaging (IM) device, and includes: executing IM software and providing a graphical user interface (GUI) which includes a chat interface for a chat session, the chat interface being established in advance by the IM software; when it is determined that a message is inputted in an input field of the chat interface and that a prearrangement icon of the chat interface is selected, presenting a date-and-time picker in the GUI for setting a scheduled time; generating a scheduled task when it is determined that the scheduled time has been set; and sending the message corresponding to the scheduled task to the chat session when it is determined that the scheduled time corresponding to the scheduled task has arrived.

Abstract: A method for recording a multimedia call with common consent via an instant communication software program is proposed. Via execution of the software program, when an electronic device makes a multimedia call to another electronic device, a recording notification is provided to said another electronic device for notifying a user of said another electronic device that the multimedia call would be recorded. After the multimedia call has ended, one of the two electronic devices generates a recording file for the multimedia call, and transmits the recording file to a virtual chat room created for the two electronic devices.

Abstract: A method of automatically playing a voice message is proposed to be implemented by a smartphone that executes an instant communication software program. The method includes: opening, by the smartphone, a chat window for communication between a user of the smartphone and a chatting target; and upon determining that there is at least one voice message not having been played before in the chat window and, based on a signal provided by a proximity sensor near a receiver of the smartphone, that there is an object close to the receiver, automatically and audibly outputting the at least one voice message using the receiver.

Abstract: A method of setting a designee for a user (designator) in instant messaging is proposed. In the instant messaging, the designator operates a designator-side device to select a contact to be a messaging object corresponding to an object-side device, and select another contact to be a messaging designee corresponding to a designee-side device, causing an instant messaging server to activate a deputy mode. In the deputy mode, when the designee-side device is operated to send a message to the object-side device through the instant messaging server, the instant messaging server transmits the message to the object-side device in the name of the designator-side device, and also transmits the message to the designator-side device.

Abstract: A method of managing a multi-player poker game to be implemented using a server device communicating with a plurality of client devices each associated with a player, the method including: dealing, to each of the players, a hand of cards including a predetermined number of playing cards and a wild card that can be used to represent any one of the poker cards; providing a game rule dictating that each of the players arranges the hand of cards dealt thereto into a playing card combination; and when it is determined that each of the players has arranged the hand of cards into a playing card combination, calculating a score for each of the players according to the playing card combinations arranged respectively by the players.

Abstract: A method for allowing players to play a matching-type game with a gaming device is described. The method includes the steps of displaying a matching-type game that includes a plurality of game symbols being displayed on a game screen. Each game symbol indicative of a plurality of game outcomes. The method includes receiving a request from a player to place a wager on the game, the wager being associated with a first outcome and a second outcome, responsively generating a modified wager as a function of the received request, randomly generating an outcome of the matching-type game, and resolving the modified wager as a function of the first outcome, the second outcome, and the generated game outcome.