Judgment systems and methods

• US 20060124731A1
• Filed: 01/21/2005
• Published: 06/15/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Original Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Inventors: Chou, Shih-Chun, Hsieh, Wen-Tai, Huang, Po-Chang, Yang, Yung-Fang
• Granted Patent: US 7,204,413 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/380
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3223 Architectural aspects of a gaming system, e.g. internal configuration, master/slave, wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3293 Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack

Abstract

Judgment systems and methods. The system includes a signal gathering module, an attribute retrieval module, a rule retrieval module, and a rule execution module. The signal gathering module receives identification of at least a first card and a second card, and defines statuses thereof. The attribute retrieval module retrieves attributes corresponding to the first and second cards according to the identification thereof. The rule retrieval module retrieves a rule according to the identification and statuses of the first and second cards. The rule execution module performs the rule on the first and second cards to change the attributes thereof.

Claims

1. A judgment system, comprising:

at least one signal gathering module receiving identification of at least a first card and a second card, and defining statuses thereof;

an attribute retrieval module retrieving attributes corresponding to the first and second cards according to the identification thereof;

a rule retrieval module retrieving a rule according to the identification and statuses of the first and second cards; and

a rule execution module performing the rule on the first and second cards to change the attributes thereof.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the rule retrieval module further retrieves the rule according to the identification, statuses and attributes of the first and second cards.

3. The system of claim 1 further comprising an animation generation module retrieving at least one animation according to the identification of the first and second cards and the rule, and playing the retrieved animation.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the rule execution module further determines whether to disable any of the first and second cards according to the attributes thereof.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein the rule execution module further registers the identification of the disabled card.

6. The system of claim 1 further comprising an attribute update module updating the attributes of any of the first and second cards.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein each of the first and second cards has a RFID, and the signal gathering module comprises a RFID reader reading the RFIDs corresponding to the first and second cards.

8. A judgment system, comprising:

a first client comprising a first signal gathering module receiving identification of at least a first card, and defining status thereof;

a second client comprising a second signal gathering module receiving identification of at least a second card, and defining status thereof; and

a judgment platform coupled to the first and second signal gathering modules via a network, receiving the identification and statuses of the first and second cards, the judgment platform comprising;

an attribute retrieval module retrieving attributes corresponding to the first and second cards according to the identification thereof;

a rule retrieval module retrieving a rule according to the identification and statuses of the first and second cards; and

a rule execution module performing the rule on the first and second cards to change the attributes thereof.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the rule retrieval module further retrieves the rule according to the identification, statuses and attributes of the first and second cards.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein the judgment platform further comprises an animation generation module retrieving at least one animation according to the identification of the first and second cards and the rule, and transmitting the retrieved animation to the first and second clients for play.

11. The system of claim 8 wherein the rule execution module further determines whether to disable any of the first and second cards according to the attributes thereof.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the rule execution module further registers the identification of the disabled card.

13. The system of claim 8 wherein the judgment platform further comprises an attribute update module updating the attributes of any of the first and second cards.

14. The system of claim 8 wherein each of the first and second cards has a RFID, and each of the first and second signal gathering modules comprises a RFID reader reading the RFIDs corresponding to the first and second cards.

15. The system of claim 8 wherein the rule execution module further transmits a result corresponding to change of the attributes of the first and second cards to the first and second clients.

16. The system of claim 8 wherein the first and second clients further receive identification of a predetermined number of cards via the first and second signal gathering module respectively, and register the cards in the judgment platform in advance.

17. The system of claim 16 wherein the judgment platform further determines whether a card is registered if the identification corresponding to the card is received.

18. A judgment method, comprising:

receiving identification of at least a first card and a second card via at least one signal gathering module, and defining statuses thereof;

retrieving attributes corresponding to the first and second cards according to the identification thereof;

retrieving a rule according to the identification and statuses of the first and second cards; and

performing the rule on the first and second cards to change the attributes thereof.

19. The method of claim 18 further comprising retrieving the rule according to the identification, statuses and attributes of the first and second cards.

20. The method of claim 18 further comprising retrieving at least one animation according to the identification of the first and second cards and the rule, and playing the retrieved animation.

21. The method of claim 18 further comprising determining whether to disable any of the first and second cards according to the attributes thereof.

22. The method of claim 21 further comprising registering the identification of the disabled card.

23. The method of claim 18 further comprising updating the attributes of any of the first and second cards.

24. The method of claim 18 wherein each of the first and second cards has a RFID, and the signal gathering module comprises a RFID reader reading the RFIDs corresponding to the first and second cards.

25. The method of claim 18 further comprising receiving identification of a predetermined number of cards via the signal gathering module, and registering the cards in advance.

26. The method of claim 25 further comprising determining whether a card is registered if the identification corresponding to the card is received.