Gaming table tracking system and method
Patent 5735742 Issued on April 7, 1998. Estimated Expiration Date: 
September 20, 2015. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
September 20, 2015. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 3766452 System for monitoring the movement of money and chips on a gaming table Identification system Gaming method Multiple player game data processing system with wager accounting Gaming chip with implanted programmable identifier means and process for fabricating same Game machine data transfer system utilizing portable data units Cashless gaming apparatus and method Patent #: 5265874 InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 530833 filed on 09/20/1995US Classes:463/25, Credit/debit monitoring or manipulation (e.g., game entry, betting, prize level, etc.)40/27.5, Coin or token type273/138.2, Electric or magnetic273/288, Game piece273/309, Game supporting tables or surfaces463/12, Ultimate outcome dependant upon summation of plural card or tile values (e.g., blackjack, etc.)463/13, Ultimate outcome dependant upon relative odds of a card or tile combination (e.g., poker, etc.)463/29, Access or authorization (e.g., game selection, security, etc.)700/93Probability determination or handicappingExaminersPrimary: Layno, Benjamin H.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassA63F 009/24AbstractA fully automated accounting system accurately and automatically monitors and records all gaming chip transactions in a casino. The system employs a gaming chip having a transponder embedded therein and has an ongoing and "on-command" ability to provide an instantaneous inventory of all of the gaming chips in the casino, including those in storage in the vault as well as the chips in the cashiers cage and at each gaming table on the casino floor. The system is capable of reporting the total value of the gaming chips at any location, as well as the value of any particular transaction at any gaming table or at the cashiers cage. Optionally, the transaction history of each chip may be maintained in a data base embedded in the chip (or alternatively in a central computer), and read each time the gaming chip is scanned by a special antenna. If the chip is not where it is supposed to be according to its recorded transactional history (for example, a vault chip shows up on a gaming table without having passed through the cashiers cage), it will be identified and may be invalidated by nullifying a special casino security code.Other References
Field of SearchElectric or magneticElectrical Removable and discrete game piece changes status of circuit Game supporting tables or surfaces Game piece Credit/debit monitoring or manipulation (e.g., game entry, betting, prize level, etc.) Access or authorization (e.g., game selection, security, etc.) Ultimate outcome dependant upon summation of plural card or tile values (e.g., blackjack, etc.) Ultimate outcome dependant upon relative odds of a card or tile combination (e.g., poker, etc.) Lot generator (e.g., card distribution, simulated dice, random number generator, etc.) Coin or token type CHECK, PER SE | |
