Player tracking system for gaming tables
AssigneeStation Casinos LLC
InventorsMichael L. Lemke, Ray Frankulin
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Abstract
A system for tracking players at a gaming table that includes a plurality of player positions and for displaying information related to the players. The system includes a central computer, a display monitor, a card reader and an input device. The system correlates where players are seated and displays their positions along with their first names and other desirable information related to the players. The system may be used to track regulatory compliance rules for a player.
Claims21
A method of tracking players at a gaming table that includes a plurality of player positions, the method comprising:
- receiving a card from a player at one of the player positions;
- reading player information from the card with a card reader;
- depicting the player positions of the gaming table on a display;
- associating a respective player position of the player on the display with the card by touching the respective player position depicted on the display, the respective player position being a position at which the player is located at the gaming table;
- determining a regulatory function that is required based on regulatory compliance rules for the player;
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- displaying information for the regulatory function at the respective player position of the player depicted on the display.
A system for tracking play on a gaming table that includes a plurality of player positions, the system comprising:
- a computer database;
- a card reader, the card reader being coupled to the computer database with a communication channel;
- and
- a display monitor, the display monitor being coupled to the computer database with the communication channel, the display monitor being configured to depict player positions where players are physically positioned at the table, wherein the display monitor comprises a touchscreen for associating a card of a player being read by the card reader with a respective player position of the player at the table upon a touching of the respective player position depicted on the touchscreen, the respective player position depicted by the display monitor indicating the player associated with the card read by the card reader;
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- a regulatory module configured to perform a regulatory function for the player that is associated with the card based on regulatory compliance rules,
- wherein the display monitor is configured to display information for the regulatory function at the respective player position of the player depicted on the touchscreen.
A method of tracking players at a gaming table that includes a plurality of player positions, the method comprising:
- receiving a card from a player at one of the player positions;
- reading player information from the card with a card reader;
- depicting the player positions of the gaming table on a display;
- associating a respective player position of the player on the display with the card by touching the respective player position depicted on the display at which the player is located at the gaming table;
- determining a regulatory function that is required based on regulatory compliance rules for the player in response to the touching of the respective player position depicted on the display;
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- displaying information for the regulatory function at the respective player position of the player depicted on the display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.