RESEQUENCING AND VALIDATION OF PLAYING INSTRUMENTS
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- (a) retrieving from a computer-readable medium, a parent virtual deck comprising the identity of a plurality of sequentially arranged virtual playing instruments, wherein the sequential arrangement of the playing instruments has been determined by a method comprising;
(i) physically randomizing a plurality of physical playing instruments, wherein each playing instrument comprises at least one identifier;
(ii) electronically determining the identity of at least two physical playing instruments in a sequential order before initiation of a game, wherein a random number generator is not utilized to determine the sequential order of the physical playing instruments;
(iii) capturing a plurality of electronic images of the sequential order of the physical playing instruments; and
(iv) electronically storing the identity and sequential order of the at least two physical playing instruments on one or more computer-readable mediums to create a parent deck of virtual playing instruments, wherein the parent deck is associated with the plurality of images; and
(b) creating at least a child virtual deck of virtual playing instruments from the parent virtual deck of playing instruments created in (a) by applying a predefined rule to resequence the virtual playing instruments within the parent virtual deck, wherein each child virtual deck has a unique identification and is associated with the parent deck.
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Abstract
Methods and systems relating to virtual playing instruments generated from physical playing instruments are provided. In one embodiment, a child deck may be created using one or more rules to resequence a parent virtual deck created from physical playing instruments, such as cards. In one embodiment, a player may be allowed to “cut” the deck of virtual playing instruments before a virtual deck is assigned to a game session. In another embodiment, a copy of the child (or parent) virtual deck is created before the child (or parent) virtual deck is transmitted for use in a game session, and a game may be electronically recreated using the copy of the virtual child deck to confirm the outcome of the game. Further aspects relate to allowing a player of a game to request a secondary audit of the game.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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(a) retrieving from a computer-readable medium, a parent virtual deck comprising the identity of a plurality of sequentially arranged virtual playing instruments, wherein the sequential arrangement of the playing instruments has been determined by a method comprising; (i) physically randomizing a plurality of physical playing instruments, wherein each playing instrument comprises at least one identifier; (ii) electronically determining the identity of at least two physical playing instruments in a sequential order before initiation of a game, wherein a random number generator is not utilized to determine the sequential order of the physical playing instruments; (iii) capturing a plurality of electronic images of the sequential order of the physical playing instruments; and (iv) electronically storing the identity and sequential order of the at least two physical playing instruments on one or more computer-readable mediums to create a parent deck of virtual playing instruments, wherein the parent deck is associated with the plurality of images; and (b) creating at least a child virtual deck of virtual playing instruments from the parent virtual deck of playing instruments created in (a) by applying a predefined rule to resequence the virtual playing instruments within the parent virtual deck, wherein each child virtual deck has a unique identification and is associated with the parent deck. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 19, 20)
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10. A computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that when executed perform the method comprising:
(a) providing a child virtual deck on a computer-readable medium, wherein the child virtual deck was created from a parent virtual deck comprising the identity of a plurality of sequentially arranged virtual playing instruments, wherein the sequential arrangement of the playing instruments of the parent virtual deck was determined by a method comprising; (i) physically randomizing a plurality of physical playing instruments, wherein each playing instrument comprises at least one identifier; (ii) electronically determining the identity of at least two physical playing instruments in a sequential order before initiation of a game, wherein a random number generator is not utilized to determine the sequential order of the physical playing instruments; (iii) capturing a plurality of electronic images of the sequential order of the physical playing instruments; and (iv) electronically storing the identity and sequential order of the at least two physical playing instruments on one or more computer-readable mediums to create the parent deck of virtual playing instruments, wherein the parent deck is associated with the plurality of images; and (v) creating the child virtual deck of virtual playing instruments from the parent virtual deck of playing instruments created in (a) by applying predefined rules that rearrange the ordering of the sequence of the virtual playing instruments within the parent virtual deck, wherein the child virtual deck is associated with the parent deck.
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11. A computer-readable medium comprising:
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(a) retrieving from a computer-readable medium, a virtual deck comprising the identity of a plurality of sequentially arranged virtual playing instruments, wherein the sequential arrangement of the playing instruments has been determined by a method comprising; (i) physically randomizing a plurality of physical playing instruments, wherein each playing instrument comprises at least one identifier; (ii) electronically determining the identity of at least two physical playing instruments in a sequential order before initiation of a game, wherein a random number generator is not utilized to determine the sequential order of the physical playing instruments; (iii) capturing a plurality of electronic images of the sequential order of the physical playing instruments; and (iv) electronically storing the identity and sequential order of the at least two physical playing instruments on one or more computer-readable mediums to create a virtual deck comprising virtual playing instruments, wherein the virtual deck is associated with the plurality of images. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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