System and process for stacking electronic game tables
AssigneePartyGaming IA Limited
InventorsAndreas Hartmann, Paul Fraser, Gavin O'Reilly, Kiran Kumar Potladurthi
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Abstract
A system and process for aggregating and displaying information about a plurality of gaming tables to a user comprising a stacking component and a console area. The console area displays one or more active tables, while the stacking component displays changing information about each table the user has open. The stacking component may include one or more sub-components or dialogs, including a table list dialog, a player information dialog, a hand information dialog and/or an action area dialog.
Claims21
A process operable on one or more computers for arranging a plurality of game tables, said tables including changing information, comprising:
- displaying an active table;
- displaying a stacking component that provides at least a subset of said changing information about each of said plurality of game tables;
- updating said changing information on said tables;
- and
- updating said subset on said stacking component as said changing information changes;
- wherein said stacking component includes a grid for organizing and displaying information pertaining to said plurality of game tables;
- and further wherein said stacking component is configured such that selecting a row corresponding to one of said tables displays said table.
A system for organizing a plurality of electronic game tables, comprising:
- a game server in communication with a plurality of remote client computers;
- each of said remote client computers including a display;
- and
- at least one display including a console area and a stacking component area,
- wherein said console area displays an active table,
- wherein said stacking component area aggregates and displays information about said plurality of electronic game tables,
- and further wherein said stacking component presents a player with information pertaining to each of said tables and allows said player to select a table, make it an active table, and display said table in said console area.
An electronic game table stacking component, comprising:
- a table list sub-component and a player information sub-component;
- said table list sub-component including a grid for displaying a plurality of categories of information about a plurality of game tables opened by a player;
- said player information sub-component including information about a plurality of players at a selected one of said plurality of game tables;
- wherein said table list sub-component includes an indicator for said selected one of said plurality of game tables;
- and
- wherein said stacking component includes an indicator notifying said player of tables for which action is needed and displaying a relative priority for said tables.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.