Wireless gaming environment
First Claim
1. A system for operating one or more portable wireless communication devices in a casino to facilitate remote wagering at a table game, each said one or more portable wireless communication devices including a video display and user interface, the system comprising:
- a server computing system;
a communication network to provide communication between said table game and said server computing system and said one or more portable wireless communication devices, one of said table game and server computer system configured to announce a wagering period for the table game during which wagers may be accepted from said one or more portable wireless communication devices via input at the user interface, to wirelessly receive from each of said one or more portable wireless communication devices a transmission packet including data indicating the registration of a wager on the table game, data from which a geographic location of said one or more portable wireless communication devices can be determined, data representing a table game identifier, a table identifier, a table position identifier, and data identifying a user;
one of said server computing system and table game configured to enable, through said network, the video display at each of said one or more portable wireless communication devices of a countdown for the wagering period;
said server computing system configured to accept a transmission packet received during said wagering period and to reject transmission packets received after said wagering period has elapsed and to control said video display of said one or more portable wireless communication devices from which said transmission packet was received during the wagering period to display an indication of acceptance of the wager; and
wherein said table game includes a plurality of intermediate wagering periods for the table game, said system comprising one of said server computing system and table game configured to enable, through said communication network, the video display at each respective portable wireless communication devices to display a countdown for each intermediate wagering period and said server computing device configured to accept a transmission packet received during said intermediate wagering periods and to reject transmissions packets received after said intermediate wagering periods have elapsed and to control the video display of said one or more portable wireless communication devices whose transmission packet was received during the intermediate wagering period to display an indication of acceptance of an intermediate wager.
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Abstract
A system employs a server computing system with an integrated database and wireless communications devices, for example, handheld personal digital assistants (PDAs). The server computing system may also communicate with fully automated data collection systems associated with some gaming tables and/or with the casino'"'"'s legacy data collection systems and databases. The server computing system may communicate with various non-gaming related casino systems, such as point-of-sale terminals and/or accounting systems, related to the various guest facilities, for example, allowing player comps to be freely exchanged for services and merchandise. The wireless communications devices permit remote wagering.
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8 Claims
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1. A system for operating one or more portable wireless communication devices in a casino to facilitate remote wagering at a table game, each said one or more portable wireless communication devices including a video display and user interface, the system comprising:
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a server computing system; a communication network to provide communication between said table game and said server computing system and said one or more portable wireless communication devices, one of said table game and server computer system configured to announce a wagering period for the table game during which wagers may be accepted from said one or more portable wireless communication devices via input at the user interface, to wirelessly receive from each of said one or more portable wireless communication devices a transmission packet including data indicating the registration of a wager on the table game, data from which a geographic location of said one or more portable wireless communication devices can be determined, data representing a table game identifier, a table identifier, a table position identifier, and data identifying a user; one of said server computing system and table game configured to enable, through said network, the video display at each of said one or more portable wireless communication devices of a countdown for the wagering period; said server computing system configured to accept a transmission packet received during said wagering period and to reject transmission packets received after said wagering period has elapsed and to control said video display of said one or more portable wireless communication devices from which said transmission packet was received during the wagering period to display an indication of acceptance of the wager; and wherein said table game includes a plurality of intermediate wagering periods for the table game, said system comprising one of said server computing system and table game configured to enable, through said communication network, the video display at each respective portable wireless communication devices to display a countdown for each intermediate wagering period and said server computing device configured to accept a transmission packet received during said intermediate wagering periods and to reject transmissions packets received after said intermediate wagering periods have elapsed and to control the video display of said one or more portable wireless communication devices whose transmission packet was received during the intermediate wagering period to display an indication of acceptance of an intermediate wager. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for operating one or more portable wireless communication devices in a casino to facilitate remote wagering at a table game, each said one or more portable wireless communication devices including a video display and user interface, the method comprising:
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providing a server computing system; configuring one of said table game and server computing system for providing, over a communication network, enabling communication between said table game and said server computing system and said one or more portable wireless communication devices, announcing an opening of a wagering period for the table game during which wagers may be accepted from said one or more portable wireless communication devices via input the user interface, wirelessly receiving, from each of said one or more portable wireless communication devices, a transmission packet including data indicating an amount of a wager, data from which a geographic location of said one or more portable wireless communication devices can be determined, data representing a table game identifier, a table identifier, a table position identifier, and data identifying a user; one of said server computing system and table game controlling, through said network, the video display at each of said one or more portable wireless communication devices to display a countdown for the wagering period; said server computing system configured for accepting transmission packets received during said wagering period and for rejecting transmission packets received after said wagering period has elapsed and controlling the video display of said one or more portable wireless communication devices whose transmission packet was received during the wagering period to display an indication of acceptance of the wager; and wherein said table game further includes a plurality of intermediate wagering periods for the table game, said system comprising one of said server computing system and table game configured to enable, through said communication network, the video display at each respective portable wireless communication devices to display a countdown for each intermediate wagering period and said server computing device configured to accept a transmission packet received during said intermediate wagering periods and to reject transmissions packets received after said intermediate wagering periods have elapsed and to control the video display of said one or more portable wireless communication devices whose transmission packet was received during the intermediate wagering period to display an indication of acceptance of an intermediate wager. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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