Products and processes for operations management of casino, leisure and hospitality industry
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1. A computerized method for monitoring a physical casino poker game comprising:
- a. receiving a poker player check-in input containing player identification information and player poker game type preference;
b. identifying a particular player in a player database from the player check-in input;
c. determining the seating availability for said particular player'"'"'s poker game type preference from a table availability database including game types in real time;
d. adding said particular player to a waitlist for said poker game type preference if no matching table for said game type is currently available;
e. displaying indicia identifying said particular player on a public waitlist display, said public display including the display of information comprising at least two different poker game types and waiting players for each game type and wherein said public display is suitable for viewing by a multiplicity of players or prospective players throughout the poker room;
f. selecting a table for said particular waiting player matching said waiting player'"'"'s selected game type when it is available and then assigning said player to that available table;
g. receiving check-out input regarding said particular player containing player identification information;
h. identifying the particular player from the player check-out input information;
i. removing the player from the game and from the table;
j. updating the table availability to reflect that a seat for the particular poker game type at said table is currently available;
k. ascertaining the total elapsed time between receiving the check-in input and the check-out input of the player;
l. transmitting the total elapsed time to a compensation system; and
m. calculating an amount of compensation for the particular player based on the total elapsed time and storing the calculated compensation in at least one of a system database or the player database.
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Abstract
In various embodiments of this invention, a suite of customized computer software applications, a linked or wireless computer network and accessory components cooperate to enhance and extend customer and employee resource management in the casino/gaming environment.
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1. A computerized method for monitoring a physical casino poker game comprising:
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a. receiving a poker player check-in input containing player identification information and player poker game type preference; b. identifying a particular player in a player database from the player check-in input; c. determining the seating availability for said particular player'"'"'s poker game type preference from a table availability database including game types in real time; d. adding said particular player to a waitlist for said poker game type preference if no matching table for said game type is currently available; e. displaying indicia identifying said particular player on a public waitlist display, said public display including the display of information comprising at least two different poker game types and waiting players for each game type and wherein said public display is suitable for viewing by a multiplicity of players or prospective players throughout the poker room; f. selecting a table for said particular waiting player matching said waiting player'"'"'s selected game type when it is available and then assigning said player to that available table; g. receiving check-out input regarding said particular player containing player identification information; h. identifying the particular player from the player check-out input information; i. removing the player from the game and from the table; j. updating the table availability to reflect that a seat for the particular poker game type at said table is currently available; k. ascertaining the total elapsed time between receiving the check-in input and the check-out input of the player; l. transmitting the total elapsed time to a compensation system; and m. calculating an amount of compensation for the particular player based on the total elapsed time and storing the calculated compensation in at least one of a system database or the player database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A computer system for monitoring a physical casino poker game comprising:
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a. a system database; b. software enabled to set up and maintain poker game types and tables associated with said poker game types, wherein said software is configured to provide real time table availability status in the system database; c. software enabled to facilitate the receipt of a poker player check-in input including player identification information and the player'"'"'s poker game type preference and identifying the particular player from the player check-in input utilizing a player database which includes information regarding previously registered players; d. software enabled to determine table availability in real time for said particular player'"'"'s poker game type preference; e. software enabled to add said particular player to a waitlist for said poker game type preference if no matching table is currently available; f. software enabled to display indicia identifying said particular player on a public waitlist display, said public display including the display of information comprising at least two different poker game types and waiting players for each game type and wherein said display is suitable for viewing by a multiplicity of players or prospective players throughout the poker room; g. software enabled to select said particular waiting player for an available table matching said waiting player'"'"'s selected game type when it is available and then assigning said player to that available table; h. software enabled to receive check-out input regarding said particular player containing player identification information;
wherein said software is configured to identify the particular player from the player check-out input information, to remove the player from the game and from the table, to update the table availability to reflect that a seat for the particular poker game type at said table is currently available;i. software enabled to calculate the total elapsed time between receiving the check-in input and the check-out input of the particular player, wherein said software is configured to store the calculated playing time of said particular player in at least one of the system database or the player database; j. wherein all of the said software is enabled to operate as a synchronized system. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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