Multiplayer gaming button
OwnerJeff Kleininventor
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Abstract
A multiplayer gaming button for tracking dealer position and betting schedules. The multiplayer gaming button includes a single input configured to set the primary countdown timer without using any other inputs and/or a primary countdown timer configured to be set to a primary time interval and countdown from the primary time interval to zero, wherein the primary countdown timer automatically resets to the primary time interval upon reaching zero. The multiplayer gaming button can be packaged in a standard card box.
Claims16
A method of keeping track of a dealer position and a betting schedule in a multiplayer game, the method comprising:
- setting a timer of a timekeeping button with a time interval at which a betting increment is to be changed;
- starting the timer of the timekeeping button;
- tracking time remaining in the time interval with the timekeeping button;
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- moving the timekeeping button to the dealer position as the dealer position changes throughout the multiplayer game.
A timekeeping button for a multiplayer game, comprising:
- a first input configured to set a primary time interval, wherein the first input incrementally cycles through a set of preselected time intervals;
- a second input configured to start and stop a counting of the primary time interval;
- a display configured to present at least a remaining time of the primary time interval;
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- an alarm configured to indicate an end of the primary time interval.
A multiplayer gaming button sized and shaped for being moved around a game table to track a position of a dealer, the button comprising:
- a timer tracking a remaining time in a game interval;
- a bet indicator tracking a current betting amount;
- a first display for presenting at least one of the remaining time and the current betting amount.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.