System, method and display for a table game

• US 8,753,201 B2
• Filed: 11/08/2007
• Issued: 06/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia PTY Limited (Aristocrat Leisure Limited)
• Original Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia PTY Limited (Aristocrat Leisure Limited)
• Inventors: Denlay, Christine, Anderson, Philip Jeffrey
• Primary Examiner(s): Shah, Milap
• Assistant Examiner(s): PINHEIRO, JASON PAUL
• Application Number:
  US11/937,265
• Publication Number:
  US 20080261690A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,413 Days
• Field of Search: 463 11- 13, 463/17, 463/19, 463/25, 463/30, 463/37, 273/149.R, 273/292, 273/309
• US Class Current: 463/30
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3211 Display means
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/326 Game play aspects of gaming systems
• CPC Class Codes: H01J 43/18 Electrode arrangements using essentially more than one dynode

Abstract

Systems, methods, and displays are disclosed for logging a player at a gaming table having a plurality of player positions for the purpose of tracking the play of the player. System can include a processor; a data structure storing account data for each player, the data including at least player identification data; a display configured to display a depiction of the gaming table, a plurality of player positions and a position locator, the locator positioned apart from the depicted player positions; a data input device to input data to position the locator to identify a player position; and a device to access the player account data, the processor associating player identification data with the identified player position. The locator can be configured as a pointer, e.g., a pointer and slide. The processor can be configured to highlight the position identified by the locator. Related methods and apparatus are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A system for storing player data at a gaming table having a plurality of player positions and a dealer position, the system comprising:

a display for viewing by the dealer at said dealer position;

a data structure configured to store player data, said player data including at least player identification data;

a processor, wherein said processor is configured to provide said display with a depiction of (1) the gaming table, (2) the plurality of player positions, (3) a moveable position locator, and (4) a manually operable dealer input device displayed on said display, said dealer input device utilizable by accepting input from a dealer touching said dealer input device to actuate the moveable position locator to move to a display position so as to visually identify one player position, wherein the moveable position locator comprises a pointer on said display, the pointer being configured to be controllably moved by the manually operable dealer input device to visually point to said one player position when a dealer manipulates the manually operable dealer input device displayed on said display;

an access device configured to access said player data for said processor and wherein said processor is configured to associate said player identification data with a player position visually identified by said pointer; and

wherein said processor is configured to control said display to display said manually operable dealer input device being a slider having a plurality of distinct slider positions, each said slider position corresponding to one of said player positions, such that selection of one of said slider positions using said manually operable dealer input device causes the moveable position locator to visually identify the corresponding player position.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said player data includes betting activity of a player;

and wherein said processor is further adapted to track the betting activity of a player.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said processor is adapted to cause said display to highlight the identified player position.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said position locator comprises a pointer which is moveable under control of the manually operable input device to point to a said player position.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said manually operable dealer input device comprises a touch screen input device.

6. A non-transitory computer readable media for storing a plurality of executable instructions, wherein execution of said plurality of instructions relative to a display causes:

displaying on said display player position locations corresponding to one or more player positions at a gaming table, and a dealer position location corresponding to a dealer position at the gaming table;

displaying on said display a moveable position indicator configured to be manually controlled so as to visually indicate a player position location on said display corresponding to said one or more player positions, wherein the moveable position indicator comprises a pointer on said display, the pointer being arranged to be controllably moved to point to said player position location in response to a dealer input device being manually manipulated by a dealer;

displaying on said display a manually operable dealer input device, said dealer input device being a touch-screen slider having a plurality of distinct slider positions, each slider position corresponding to one of said player positions, said touch-screen slider being utilizable by accepting input from a dealer touching said touch-screen slider to controllably select one of said slider positions to thereby move said pointer to visually identify said player position location;

entering identification related to a player for accessing player account information;

designating a designated player position location via said touch-screen slider, wherein the designated player position location corresponds to an indicated player position; and

displaying account information for a player based on the designated player position location.

7. The computer readable medium of claim 6, wherein execution of said plurality of instructions further causes storing a record of a player'"'"'s betting activity.

8. The computer readable medium of claim 6, wherein a plurality of betting positions are made at the gaming table, and wherein execution of said plurality of instructions further causes designating the plurality of betting positions, wherein said plurality of betting positions corresponds to a single designated player position location.

9. The computer readable medium of claim 6, wherein entering identification related to the player further comprises utilizing a biometric scanner.