Systems and Methods for Enhancing the Gaming Experience

• US 20090023492A1
• Filed: 05/01/2008
• Published: 01/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ramin Erfanian
• Original Assignee: Ramin Erfanian
• Inventors: Erfanian, Ramin
• Application Number:
  US12/113,932
• Publication Number:
  US 20090023492A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/23
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/322 Casino tables, e.g. tables having integrated screens, chip detection means
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3237 about the players, e.g. profiling, responsible gaming, strategy/behavior of players, location of players

Abstract

Devices and methods are disclosed which relate to the collection, analysis, and dissemination of data optionally alongside specific content provided by 3^rd parties related to skill-based games in the gaming industry, in particular gambling. Data from users are collected and analyzed against the best practices or special style of playing to discover patterns and other related relationships which can be helpful to the user or gambler.

Claims

1. A skill-based game statistic gathering and delivery system, comprising:

a collection of data;

an interpretation of the collection of data based on a specific game being played;

a server which receives the interpretation of the collection of data;

a logic unit which receives the interpretation of the collection of data from the server and transforms the interpretation of the collection of data; and

a delivery channel which sends a transformed set of data to a user in the form of useful information which the player can then use for the game;

wherein the collection of data is gathered from hands of skilled based gamed played by the user, as well as others.

2. The system in claim 1, wherein the collection of data is gathered by using RFID playing chips and an RFID scanning at any given skilled based tables.

3. The system in claim 2, wherein the RFID scanning table has an RFID scanner at each position of the table.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the RFID scanning table has an RFID scanner at the center portion of the table.

5. The system in claim 4, wherein the collection of data is gathered by using the RFID scanning table in conjunction with RFID playing cards.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the collection of data is gathered using video and image recognition or invisible ink.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising a database in communication with the server.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein a third party can access the database.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the third party is a service or goods provider.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the third party is the government.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the delivery channel is one or more of:

e-mail;

a website;

SMS text messaging;

a personal digital assistant (PDA);

XML;

web services;

a self-service kiosk;

earphones;

goggles with a screen projected on a lens; and

a touch screen monitor.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the hands of skilled based game are played live.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the hands of skilled based game are played on a video machine or video table.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the hands of skilled based game are played online.

15. A method of creating skilled based game statistics, the method comprising:

collecting data from a skilled based game;

sending the data to a server;

processing the data using a logic unit connected to the server in order to create a relevant statistic; and

delivering the relevant statistic to a user.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising storing the data in a database.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein a third party can connect to the database.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the third party is a service provider.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the data is collected from live skilled based games.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the data is collected from video machine games.

21. The method of claim 15, wherein the data is collected from internet skilled based games.

22. The method of claim 15, wherein the data is collected using RFID playing chips and an RFID scanning table.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the RFID scanning table has an RFID scanner at each position of the table.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the RFID scanning table has an RFID scanner at the center portion of the table.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the collection of data is gathered by using RFID playing cards in conjunction with the RFID scanning table.

26. A method of delivering targeted messages to a player during a game, the method comprising:

collecting data from a player during the game;

sending the data to a server;

processing the data using a logic unit connected to the server in order to create a relevant statistic;

searching a relevant message database for messages that pertain to the game; and

delivering the relevant message to the user.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the relevant message is an advertisement.