Game of chance systems and methods

• US 10,515,517 B2
• Filed: 03/13/2017
• Issued: 12/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Original Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Inventors: Lutnick, Howard W., Amaitis, Lee, Alderucci, Dean P., Gelman, Geoffrey M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pandya, Sunit
• Application Number:
  US15/457,878
• Publication Number:
  US 20170249806A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,016 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3232 wherein the operator is informed
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3276 wherein the players compete, e.g. tournament
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3293 Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack

Abstract

In various embodiments, players may compete in a gaming context.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a keyboard comprising a plurality of keys with specific functions;

a display device;

at least one processor to;

render a live video feed from a live card game on the display device, in response to detecting pressure on a first key;

adjust the video feed, in response to detecting pressure on a second key;

render information related to players of the live card game on the display;

detect input of data representing a bet on an intermediate outcome of the live card game;

receive data indicative of cards dealt in the live card game from an electronic card reader;

identify whether the bet on the intermediate outcome of the live card game is successful based on the data of the cards dealt in the live card game; and

render on the display device an indication of whether the bet on the intermediate outcome is successful.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, to adjust the video feed, the at least one processor is configured to pan, tilt, or adjust a viewing angle of the video feed.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, to adjust the video feed, the at least one processor is configured to zoom in or zoom out of an image in the video feed.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising storing, in a memory device, the data indicative of the cards dealt in the live card game.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to detect pressure on a third key and render live video feed of a particular player of the live card game on the display device, in response to detecting pressure on the third key.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, to render information related to players of the live card game, the at least one processor is further configured to render recent statistics of a particular player of the live card game on the display.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, to adjust the video feed, the at least one processor is configured to render a floor plan view of a casino.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to render on the display device an update regarding the live card game, in response to detecting pressure on a third key on the keyboard.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the display device comprises a touch screen.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein adjusting the video feed comprises the at least one processor panning, tilting, or adjusting a viewing angle of the video feed.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein adjusting the video feed further comprises zooming in or zooming out of an image in the video feed.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising storing, by the at least one processor, the data of the cards dealt in the live card game in a memory device.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

detecting, by the at least one processor, pressure on a third key; and

rendering, by the at least one processor, live video feed of a particular player of the live card game on the display device, in response to detecting pressure on the third key.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein rendering information related to players of the live card game further comprises rendering, by the at least one processor, recent statistics of a particular player of the live card game on the display.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein adjusting the video feed further comprises rendering, by the at least one processor, a floor plan view of a casino.

16. The method of claim 9, further comprising rendering, by the at least one processor, on the display device an update regarding the live card game, in response to detecting pressure on a third key on the keyboard.

17. The method of claim 9, wherein detecting input of the bet further comprises, detecting, by the at least one processor, input of the bet on a touch screen of the display device.

18. A method comprising:

rendering, by at least one processor, a live video feed from a live card game on a display device, in response to detecting pressure on a first key;

adjusting the video feed, in response to detecting pressure on a second key of a keyboard;

rendering, by the at least one processor, information related to players of the live card game on the display;

detecting, by the at least one processor, input of data representing a bet on an intermediate outcome of the live card game;

receiving, by the at least one processor, data indicative of cards dealt in the live card game from an electronic card reader;

identifying, by the at least one processor, whether the bet on the intermediate outcome of the live card game is successful based on the data of the cards dealt in the live card game; and

rendering, by the at least one processor, on the display device an indication of whether the bet on the intermediate outcome is successful.