Game of chance display

• US 10,607,435 B2
• Filed: 04/11/2007
• Issued: 03/31/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Original Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Inventors: Lutnick, Howard W., Alderucci, Dean P., Gelman, Geoffrey M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Duffy, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): Doshi, Ankit B
• Application Number:
  US11/733,902
• Publication Number:
  US 20080254881A1
• Time in Patent Office: 4,738 Days
• Field of Search: 463 29, 463 30, 463 40- 42
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3258 Cumulative reward schemes, e.g. jackpots
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3262 Player actions which determine the course of the game, e.g. selecting a prize to be won, outcome to be achieved, game to be played
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3293 Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack

Abstract

In various embodiments player may participate in gaming related activities using a terminal with multiple display screens.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a display device;

at least one processor to;

render a graphical user interface on the display device to a first player;

receive information identifying a second player at a casino;

in response to receiving the information identifying the second player, associate the information identifying the second player with a control on the graphical user interface;

determine that the control has been activated by the first player;

in response to determining that the control has been activated by the first player, show the first player, via the display device, the information identifying the second player;

receive, from the first player, data representing a wager on a performance of the second player during a game;

show the first player, via the display device, real-time information about the performance of the second player; and

adjust a database entry that links the information identifying the second player and the control, in order to associate the control with the information identifying the second player.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the at least one processor is further configured to render a name of the second player on the control.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the at least one processor is further configured to:

transmit to a casino server a request for the information about the second player; and

receive the information about the second player from the casino server.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the real-time information comprises a video showing a face of the second player.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the real-time information comprises a video showing the second player engaged in play of the game.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the real-time information comprises video showing an indication of an outcome of the game achieved by the second player.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a second display device in which the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive information representing a second wager for a second game; and

render information related to the second game on the second display device.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive a request to place a telephone call;

in response to receiving the request, determine a destination of the telephone call;

determine a set of rules associated with the wager, in which the set of rules include a rule restricting placement of phone calls;

determine that a placement of the telephone call to the destination is in compliance with the set of rules; and

in response to determining that the placement of the telephone call is in compliance, connect the telephone call to the destination.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the wager includes a wager on a sporting game played by the second player.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, in which the set of rules includes a rule that no calls are allowed outside a local area of the apparatus when the wager is placed.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the real-time information comprises information about the game played by the second player.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the real-time information includes graphics associated with the game.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, in which the real-time information includes a rendition of spinning slot machine reels.

14. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the real-time information includes graphics associated with a second game.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, in which the at least one processor is further configured to:

display graphics associated with the game on the display device substantially simultaneously to displaying the graphics associated with the second game on a second display screen.

16. The apparatus of claim 11, in which the real-time information comprises video footage of the second player playing the game.

17. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the control includes a button.

18. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the control includes at least one of:

a button, a key, a sensor, and a touch area.

19. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the control includes a button and the at least one processor is further configured to:

detect actuation of the button to determine that the control has been activated; and

render on the display device an identifier of the second player in proximity of the control.

20. The apparatus of claim 1, in which the real-time information includes a win-loss record of the second player.