SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PORTABLE WAGERING MEDIUMS

• US 20100304841A1
• Filed: 09/26/2007
• Published: 12/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Original Assignee: IGT (International Game Technology)
• Inventors: Tulley, Stephan C., Tedesco, Daniel E., Sammon, Russell P., Hayashida, Jeffrey Y., Scribner, Gregory J., Fincham, Carson C. K.
• Granted Patent: US 8,382,582 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/25
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/00 Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions gaming systems which provide a financial reward G07F17/32
• 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 17/3251 involving media of variable value, e.g. programmable cards, programmable tokens

Abstract

Some embodiments are associated with wagering game devices and/or portable wagering mediums. Some portable wagering mediums are capable of outputting various indications related to one or more potential or current statuses of the portable wagering mediums. Some wagering game devices are operable to (i) determine a status of a portable wagering medium and (ii) cause, based on the determining, an outputting of an indication of the status via an output device coupled to the portable wagering medium. In some embodiments, a central server or other device conducts the determining of the status and/or the causing of the outputting. The status of a portable wagering medium may be based on one or more of many different factors or metrics.

Claims

1-175. -175. (canceled)

176. A portable wagering medium, configured to:

receive, from a device separate from the portable wagering medium, an indication of a status, wherein the status is based at least in part on an event in a wagering game in which the portable wagering medium is utilized to place a wager; and

output, by an output device coupled to the portable wagering medium and in response to a receiving of the indication of the status, the indication of the status.

177. A portable wagering medium, configured to:

receive, from a device separate from the portable wagering medium, an indication of a status, wherein the status is based at least in part on a wagering history of the portable wagering medium; and

output, by an output device coupled to the portable wagering medium and in response to a receiving of the indication of the status, the indication of the status.

178. A portable wagering medium, configured to:

receive an indication of a status, wherein the status is based at least in part on a time associated with the portable wagering medium; and

output, by an output device coupled to the portable wagering medium and in response to a receiving of the indication of the status, the indication of the status.

179. A portable wagering medium, configured to:

receive an indication of a status, wherein the status is based at least in part on an entity associated with the portable wagering medium; and

output, by an output device coupled to the portable wagering medium and in response to a receiving of the indication of the status, the indication of the status.

180. A portable wagering medium, configured to:

receive an indication of a status, wherein the status is based at least in part on a usage limitation of the portable wagering medium; and

output, by an output device coupled to the portable wagering medium and in response to a receiving of the indication of the status, the indication of the status.

181. A portable wagering medium, configured to:

receive an indication of a status, wherein the status is based at least on a current location of the portable wagering medium; and

output, by an output device coupled to the portable wagering medium and in response to a receiving of the indication of the status, the indication of the status.

182. A method, comprising:

determining a first status of a first portable wagering medium, wherein the first status is based at least in part on a proximity of the first portable wagering medium to a second portable wagering medium; and

causing, based on the determining, an outputting of an indication of the first status via a first output device coupled to the first portable wagering medium.

183. The method of claim 182, wherein the determining is further based on a second status of the second portable wagering medium.

184. The method of claim 183, wherein the determining comprises setting the first status to be equal to the second status.

185. The method of claim 183, wherein the first status comprises the first portable wagering medium being situated on top of the second portable wagering medium.

186. The method of claim 182, wherein the first status comprises the first portable wagering medium being part of a stack of portable wagering mediums and wherein the stack at least also includes the second portable wagering medium.

187. The method of claim 186, wherein the indication of the first status comprises an indication of specific color associated with the stack of portable wagering mediums.

188. The method of claim 186, wherein the indication of the first status comprises an indication of a total cumulative value of all portable wagering mediums in the stack of portable wagering mediums.

189. The method of claim 186, wherein the stack of chips is utilized to place a wager in a wagering game and wherein the indication of the first status comprises an indication of a total cumulative potential payout for the wager.

190. The method of claim 186, wherein the stack of chips is utilized to place a wager in a wagering game, wherein the wagering game results in an outcome, and wherein the indication of the first status comprises an indication of a total payout, based on the outcome, for the wager.

191. The method of claim 186, wherein the first status comprises the first portable wagering medium being the top portable wagering medium in the stack of portable wagering mediums.

192. The method of claim 182, wherein the first status comprises the first portable wagering medium being located in a chip tray that also includes the second portable wagering medium.

193. The method of claim 182, wherein the first status comprises the first portable wagering medium being located within a predetermined range of the second portable wagering medium.

194. The method of claim 182, wherein the first status comprises the first portable wagering medium being part of a stack of portable wagering mediums and wherein the stack at least also includes the second portable wagering medium.

195. A portable wagering medium that is operable to be utilized to place a bet in a wagering game, comprising:

an output device operable to output an indication of a playing card associated with a game other than the wagering game.

196. A method, comprising:

determining that a location of a portable wagering medium associated with a player is within a predetermined range of an advertisement triggering location; and

causing, based on the determining, the portable wagering medium to output an indication of an advertisement associated with the advertisement triggering location.