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- Nachgewiesen in: USPTO Patent Grants
- Sprachen: English
- Patent Number: 11967,199
- Publication Date: April 23, 2024
- Appl. No: 17/551261
- Application Filed: December 15, 2021
- Assignees: LNW Gaming, Inc. (Las Vegas, NV, US)
- Claim: 1. A gaming system for use with a live gaming table, the table bearing a physical game layout and offering a live dealer-administered game played with physical playing cards dealt from a card-handling device onto the layout, the gaming system comprising a remote system remote from the table and storing a gaming establishment account of a live player at the table, the remote system configured to: log the player into the game establishment account; responsive to an input, by the live player to a player interface device at the table, indicative of a funds withdrawal event associated with a first amount of funds, debit the gaming establishment account based on the first amount of funds, and cause the first amount of funds to be available to wager at the table as a first amount, of physical chips; and responsive to an input, by the live dealer to a dealer interface device at the table, indicative of a chip redemption event associated with a second amount of physical chips redeemed, credit the gaming establishment account based on a second amount of funds associated with the second amount of physical chips.
- Claim: 2. The gaining system of claim 1 , wherein the remote system is configured to cause at least one of the player interface device or the dealer interface device to display a funds balance in the gaining establishment account.
- Claim: 3. The gaining system of claim 1 , further comprising a table sensor configured to read a code displayed on the player's mobile device, the remote system being configured to receive login data associated with the code to log the player into the gaming establishment account.
- Claim: 4. The gaining system of claim 1 , wherein the player interface device is configured to display the first amount of funds, and the dealer interface device is configured to display the second amount of funds.
- Claim: 5. A gaming system comprising: a gaming table bearing a physical game layout and offering a live dealer-administered game played with physical playing cards dealt from a card-handling device onto the layout; one or more user interface devices at the gaming table, the one or more user interface devices including a player interface device and a dealer interface device; and one or more controllers configured to: direct at least one of the one or more user interface devices to display a funds balance in a gaming establishment account of a live player at the table; communicate login data to a gaming establishment server to log the player into the gaming establishment account; responsive to an input, by the live player to the player interface device, indicative of a funds withdrawal event associated with a first amount of funds, communicate data associated with the first amount of funds to the gaming establishment server that debits the gaming establishment account based on the first amount of funds, thereby making the first amount of funds available to wager at the table as a first amount of physical chips; and responsive to an input, by the live dealer to the dealer interface device, indicative of a chip redemption event associated with a second amount of physical chips redeemed, communicate data to the gaming establishment server that credits the gaming establishment account based on a second amount of funds associated with the second amount of physical chips.
- Claim: 6. The gaining system of claim 5 , further comprising a table sensor configured to read a code displayed on the player's mobile device, the login data being associated with the code.
- Claim: 7. The gaming system of claim 5 , wherein the one or more controllers are configured to direct the player interface device to display the first amount of funds and direct the dealer interface device to display the second amount of funds.
- Claim: 8. A method for operating a gaming system in connection with a live gaming table, the table bearing a physical game layout and offering a live dealer-administered game played with physical playing cards dealt from a card-handling device onto the layout, the method comprising the operations of: storing, at a gaming establishment server, a gaming establishment account of a live player at the table; logging the player into the gaming establishment account; responsive to an input, by the live player to a player interface device at the table, indicative of a funds withdrawal event associated with a first amount of funds, debiting the gaming establishment account based on the first amount of funds, and causing the first amount of funds to be available to wager at the table as a first amount of physical chips; and responsive to an input, by the live dealer to a dealer interface device at the table, indicative of a chip redemption event associated with a second amount of physical chips redeemed, crediting the gaming establishment account based on a second amount of funds associated with the second amount of physical chips.
- Claim: 9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising the operation of causing at least one of the player interface device or the dealer interface device to display a funds balance in the gaming establishment account.
- Claim: 10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the logging operation is responsive to receiving login data associated with a code displayed on the player's mobile device and read by a table sensor at the table.
- Claim: 11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising the operations of causing the player interface device to display the first amount of funds and causing the dealer interface device to display the second amount of funds.
- Claim: 12. A method for operating a gaming system in connection with a live gaming table, the table bearing a physical game layout and offering a live dealer-administered game played with physical playing cards dealt from a card-handling device onto the layout, the method comprising the operations of: direct at least one of a player interface device or a dealer interface device at the table to display a funds balance in a gaming establishment account of a live player at the table; communicate login data to a gaming establishment server to log the player into the gaming establishment account; responsive to an input, by the live player to the player interface device, indicative of a funds withdrawal event associated with a first amount of finds, communicating data associated with the first amount of funds to the gaming establishment server that debits the gaming establishment account based on the first amount of funds, thereby making the first amount of funds available to wager at the table as a first amount of physical chips; and responsive to an input, by the live dealer to the dealer interface device, indicative of a chip redemption event associated with a second amount of physical chips redeemed, communicating data to the gaming establishment server that credits the gaming establishment account based on a second amount of funds associated with the second amount of physical chips.
- Claim: 13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising the operation of reading, with a table sensor, a code displayed on the player's mobile device, the login data being associated with the code.
- Claim: 14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising the operations of directing the player interface device to display the first amount of funds and directing the dealer interface device to display the second amount of funds.
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- Primary Examiner: Cuff, Michael A
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