Individually paced table game tournaments

US8684830B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Novel Tech International Limited · CN

Inventor

• Jay Chun · Sha Tin, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 3, 2013
• Grant date: Apr 1, 2014
• Expiry date: Sep 3, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A63F2009/2488
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Table game tournament systems can include player terminal(s), electronic gaming table(s), and/or a remote server. A player terminal can have an outer housing, a controller located therewithin or thereabout, input and output component(s), and a communications interface to an outside gaming network having other functionally similar gaming device(s), gaming table(s), and a remote server. The controller and/or server can facilitate providing tournament information to a player, which information can include whether the player would qualify for the next tournament round, who is the most serious opponent to the player, and/or the chip difference therebetween. A terminal can also facilitate asynchronous and individually paced tournament play, switching between different tournament tables on demand, and play of other non-tournament table games thereat simultaneously with the play of the table game tournament. Portable computing devices can be used as player terminals and can permit players to play in actual or practice play-along modes.