Distributed intelligent data collection system for casino table games
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1. A casino table card gaming system comprising:
- at least one gaming table;
at least one sensing device on or proximate to the gaming table, the device sensing activity on the gaming table, and wherein an intelligent data collection module senses changes in output from the at least one sensing device, the intelligent module acting as a finite state machine capable of date stamping the data and transmitting the date stamped data to a database over a network.
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Abstract
A gaming table with multiple sensing devices on or proximate the table. Each sensing device or groups of devices has a separate intelligent module that senses changes in the sensing devices. The module date stamps and transmits the data over a network to an external database.
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23 Claims
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1. A casino table card gaming system comprising:
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at least one gaming table;
at least one sensing device on or proximate to the gaming table, the device sensing activity on the gaming table, and wherein an intelligent data collection module senses changes in output from the at least one sensing device, the intelligent module acting as a finite state machine capable of date stamping the data and transmitting the date stamped data to a database over a network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of collecting data on a casino gaming table, comprising the steps of:
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providing at least one sensor for sensing activity on the casino gaming table;
providing at least one intelligent controller dedicated to collecting information from one or more sensors;
the intelligent controller receiving a signal from the at least one sensor;
the intelligent controller date and/or time stamping data collected from the at least one sensor;
the intelligent controller broadcasting the date and/or time stamped data over a network; and
recording the broadcasted information in a database. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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18. The method of claim 176 wherein the database receives date stamped signals over a period of time and the data is used by an external processor to compute a number of rounds played over a period of time, the time being based upon use of the date stamping received.
- 22. A hardware component on a casino card table that senses signals from a hardware component that senses activity on a gaming table, wherein the hardware component adds time and or date stamps information to the signals, and forwards the time stamped signal to a database, via a network.
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