IN-ROOM GAMING

• US 20080161110A1
• Filed: 10/24/2007
• Published: 07/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chris Tyson, Steven Mark Campbell, Terry Tyndall
• Original Assignee: Chris Tyson, Steven Mark Campbell, Terry Tyndall
• Inventors: Tyndall, Terry, Tyson, Chris, Campbell, Steven Mark
• Application Number:
  US11/877,915
• Publication Number:
  US 20080161110A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/40
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3232 wherein the operator is informed

Abstract

An interactive system allows gambling in hotel rooms (or other remote locations that are part of a cable TV system) using a Video On Demand (VOD) system interfaced with circuit boards used to operated a corresponding plurality video gaming machines, including video slots and video card games. Player checking in as well as checking out processes are facilitated through the VOD system which is operated as a hub or a portal. Existing VOD system cabling to the hotel room can be used to connect up the gaming machines circuit boards to the VOD system, thereby allowing play any place in the hospitality environment where such cabling is in communication with responding TV sets.

Claims

1. A hospitality facility having a user terminal that allows a user to use an input device to select a movie and an interactive video game to play on a display screen, wherein the hospitality facility is remote from a gaming device configured to run an interactive casino game and to track the amount of winnings and losses for each play of the interactive casino game, a traffic manager remote from the hospitality facility, the hospitality facility comprising:

means, remote from the hotel room, for receiving a transmission from the user terminal containing the selection of the user in the hotel room of the movie, the interactive video game, and the interactive casino game for display on the display screen in the hotel room;

a processor; and

memory containing instructions which, when executed by the processor, performs a method comprising the steps of;

receiving, with the receiving means, the transmission from the user terminal containing the selection of the user in the hotel room of the movie, the interactive video game, and the interactive casino game for display on the display screen in the hotel room, wherein when the input from the a user of the user a terminal is the selecting of a the interactive casino game to play on the user said terminal;

displaying said casino game on said display screen;

receiving the input from said user of said user terminal via said input device selecting the interactive casino game to play on the user terminal;

searching a table to determine an action said user of said user terminal selected to be performed in said casino game using said input via said input device from said user of said user terminal;

forming a transmission, containing said action to be performed in said casino game, addressed to a processor of the a gaming device;

receiving from said gaming device a next screen to be displayed on the display screen to said user in said casino game after said user'"'"'s selected action is performed; and

transmitting to said user terminal said next screen to be displayed to said user on said display screen.

2. In a hospitality environment including a hotel room that is remote from an entertainment system that allows a guest in the hotel room to use an input device to select a movie or an interactive video game to respectively play on a display screen in the hotel room, wherein the hotel room is remote from a gambling device configured to run an interactive casino game and to track the amount of winnings and losses for each play of the interactive casino game, an in-room and/or remote gaming system in-room and/or remote gaming system comprising:

a user terminal in communication with the display screen and the input device; and

a communication port in communication with the user terminal and a traffic manager, wherein;

the traffic manager is remote from the hotel room and in communication with;

the entertainment system; and

the gambling device;

the user terminal receives input from the guest on the input device that is a request to play one of;

the interactive casino game;

the interactive video game; and

the movie;

the communication port addresses a transmission to the traffic manager containing the request to play that was input by the guest using the input device;

the guest'"'"'s request to play corresponds to a display for displaying on the display screen; and

the user terminal receives a transmission through the communication port addressed from the traffic manager and containing the display for displaying on the display screen that corresponds to the guest'"'"'s request to play.

3. The in-room and/or remote gaming system in-room and/or remote gaming system as defined in claim 2, wherein the input device is selected from the group consisting of a keyboard, a remote control and a combination thereof.

4. The in-room and/or remote gaming system in-room and/or remote gaming system as defined in claim 2, wherein the input device can be used by the user to select:

each of a plurality of;

each said interactive casino game from a plurality thereof;

each movie from a plurality thereof; and

each said interactive video game from a database of Personal Computer (PC) games.

5. The in-room and/or remote gaming system in-room and/or remote gaming system as defined in claim 2, wherein the interactive casino game comprises one or more interface boards in communication with the traffic manager.