System and method for controlling operation of a game device
AssigneedeWaal IP LLC
InventorDaniel Jacobus deWaal
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Abstract
A system, and method of operating a system, including a dealer device and at least one player device located at a gaming device. The dealer device configured to allow a dealer to enter funds received from a player to a respective player account, to allow the dealer to finalize wagers and enter an outcome of a game; to calculate a change in the player account based on the outcome of the game. The player device configured to display a player screen including computer generated graphics; to allow each respective player to enter a wager on the game; to display an outcome of the instance of the game; and to display wager and player account data to the player.
Claims27
A system, comprising:
- a dealer device located at a gaming device, the gaming device configured to provide a game to a plurality of players, the dealer device including:
- a dealer display unit configured to display a dealer screen including computer generated graphics;
- a memory device configured to store a data structure and a dealer execution program, the data structure for storing a plurality of player accounts;
- and,
- a dealer control unit, coupled to the dealer display unit and the memory device, for executing the dealer execution program for allowing a dealer to manage the player accounts;
- the dealer control unit including a processor programmed to:
- display a dealer display structure on the dealer display unit, the dealer display structure forming at least part of a dealer graphical user interface;
- allow a dealer to enter funds, received from one of the players, to a respective one of the plurality of player accounts, the funds being stored in a financial unit utilized by the system, the financial unit having a base financial unit;
- allow the dealer to finalize wagers made on an instance of the game after one or more players have entered a wager;
- allow the dealer to enter an outcome of the instance of the game played on the gaming device;
- calculate a change in the player account of each player who made a wager on the instance of the game;
- effectuate the respective change in each player account, wherein the change in at least one of the player accounts is a fractional amount of the base financial unit;
- and,
- at least one player device located at the gaming device, each player device including:
- a player display unit configured to display a player screen including computer generated graphics;
- a player control unit, coupled to the player display unit, the player control unit programmed to:
- allow each respective player to enter a wager on the instance of the game;
- display the outcome of the instance of the game;
- and,
- display wager and player account data to the player.
A control method for a system, the system including a dealer device and at least one player device, the dealer device being located at a gaming device, the gaming device is configured to provide a game to a plurality of players, the dealer device includes a dealer display unit, a memory device and a dealer control unit, the dealer control unit includes a processor, the at least one player device includes a player display unit and a player control unit, the dealer display unit is configured to display a dealer screen including computer generated graphics, the memory device is configured to store a data structure and a dealer execution program, the data structure stores a plurality of player accounts, the dealer display unit is coupled to the dealer display unit and the memory device and executes the dealer execution program for allowing a dealer to manage the player accounts, the method including the steps of:
- displaying a dealer display structure on the dealer display unit, the dealer display structure forming at least part of a dealer graphical user interface;
- allowing a dealer to enter funds, received from one of the players, to a respective one of the plurality of player accounts, the funds being stored in a financial unit utilized by the system, the financial unit having a base financial unit;
- allowing the dealer to finalize wagers made on an instance of the game after one or more players have entered a wager;
- allowing the dealer to enter an outcome of the instance of the game played on the gaming device;
- calculating a change in the player account of each player who made a wager on the instance of the game;
- effectuating the respective change in each player account, wherein the change in at least one of the player accounts is a fractional amount of the base financial unit;
- and,
- displaying a player screen including computer generated graphics on the player display unit;
- allowing each respective player to enter a wager on the instance of the game;
- displaying the outcome of the instance of the game;
- and,
- displaying wager and player account data to the player.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media, having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, wherein when executed by a processor, the computer-executable instructions cause the processor to:
- display a dealer display structure on a dealer display unit of a dealer device, the dealer display structure forming at least part of a dealer graphical user interface;
- allow a dealer to enter funds on the dealer device, received from one of the players, to a respective one of the plurality of player accounts, the funds being stored in a financial unit utilized by the system, the financial unit having a base financial unit;
- allow the dealer to finalize, using the dealer device, wagers made on an instance of the game after one or more players have entered a wager;
- allow the dealer to enter, using the dealer device, an outcome of the instance of the game played on the gaming device;
- calculate, by the dealer device, a change in the player account of each player who made a wager on the instance of the game;
- effectuate, by the dealer device, the respective change in each player account, wherein the change in at least one of the player accounts is a fractional amount of the base financial unit;
- display, on a player display unit of a player device, a player screen including computer generated graphics;
- allow each respective player to enter a wager on the instance of the game using the player device;
- display, on the player device, the outcome of the instance of the game;
- and,
- display, on the player device, wager and player account data to the player.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.