US6595857B2
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Method and apparatus for monitoring casinos and gaming
Assignee: Walker Digital Table Systems LLC
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Filing: 2002-02-13
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Granted: 2003-07-22
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Expires: 2022-02-13
Abstract
Abstract A system automatically monitors playing and wagering of a card game played with playing cards. Each of the playing cards carry at least one machine-readable symbol, in addition to human-readable indicia of rank and suit. The symbol is position on or along a long and/or a short edge of playing card, to allow reading while the playing cards are stacked.
Inventors
- 👤 Richard Soltys
- 👤 Richard Huizinga
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 09:15
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07F; G07F17/00; G07F17/32; G07F17/3241; G06; G06Q; G06Q10/00; G06Q10/06; G06Q10/063; G06Q10/0639; G07F17/3202; G07F17/3216; G07F17/322; G07F17/3225; G07F17/3232; G07F17/3237; G07F17/3244; G07F17/3251; A; A63; A63F; A63F9/00; A63F9/24; A63F2009/2401; A63F2009/2411; A63F2009/2419; A63F2009/242; A63F3/00; A63F3/00003; A63F3/00157
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
101 words
A playing card set, comprising: plurality of playing cards, each of the playing cards having a face and a back; at least one human-readable marking on the face of each of the playing cards, the human-readable markings identifying at least one of a rank and a suit of a respective playing card; and at least one machine-readable marking extending along an edge of each of the playing cards encoding identifying information for the respective playing card, wherein a portion of each of the machine-readable markings encode error correction information for the identifying information of a respective one of the playing cards.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
101 words
A playing card set, comprising: plurality of playing cards, each of the playing cards having a face and a back; at least one human-readable marking on the face of each of the playing cards, the human-readable markings identifying at least one of a rank and a suit of a respective playing card; and at least one machine-readable marking extending along an edge of each of the playing cards encoding identifying information for the respective playing card, wherein a portion of each of the machine-readable markings encode error correction information for the identifying information of a respective one of the playing cards.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
The playing card set of claim 1 wherein the machine-readable markings are each a respective bar code symbol.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The playing card set of claim 1 wherein the machine-readable markings extend along a short edge of the playing cards.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
The playing card set of claim 1 wherein the machine-readable markings extend along a short edge of the face of the playing cards.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
The playing card set of claim 1 wherein the machine-readable markings extend along a long edge of the playing cards.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
The playing card set of claim 1 wherein the machine-readable markings extend along a long edge of the face of the playing cards.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
The playing card set of claim 1 wherein each of the machine-readable markings encode a serial number for a respective one of the playing cards.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
83 words
A playing card set, comprising: a plurality of playing cards, each of the playing cards having a face and a back; at least one human-readable marking on the face of each of the playing cards, the human-readable markings identifying at least one of a rank and a suit of a respective playing card; and at least one machine-readable marking extending along an edge of each of the playing cards encoding identifying information for the respective playing card, wherein the identifying information is encrypted.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
83 words
A playing card set, comprising: a plurality of playing cards, each of the playing cards having a face and a back; at least one human-readable marking on the face of each of the playing cards, the human-readable markings identifying at least one of a rank and a suit of a respective playing card; and at least one machine-readable marking extending along an edge of each of the playing cards encoding identifying information for the respective playing card, wherein the identifying information is encrypted.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
85 words
A playing card set, comprising: a plurality of playing cards, each of the playing cards having a face and a back; each of the playing cards having a respective set of rank and suit markings on the face of the playing card; and each of the playing cards having at least one machine-readable symbol touching an edge of the playing card, the machine-readable symbol encoding unique identifying information for the respective playing card wherein the plurality of playing cards includes at least fifty-three playing cards.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
85 words
A playing card set, comprising: a plurality of playing cards, each of the playing cards having a face and a back; each of the playing cards having a respective set of rank and suit markings on the face of the playing card; and each of the playing cards having at least one machine-readable symbol touching an edge of the playing card, the machine-readable symbol encoding unique identifying information for the respective playing card wherein the plurality of playing cards includes at least fifty-three playing cards.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
18 words
The playing card set of claim 9 wherein the machine-readable markings are each a respective bar code symbol.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
20 words
The playing card set of claim 9 wherein the machine-readable markings extend along a short edge of the playing cards.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
23 words
The playing card set of claim 9 wherein the machine-readable markings extend along a short edge of the face of the playing cards.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
20 words
The playing card set of claim 9 wherein the machine-readable markings extend along a long edge of the playing cards.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
94 words
A playing card set, comprising: a plurality of playing cards, each of the playing cards having a face and a back; each of the playing cards having a respective set of rank and suit markings on the face of the playing card; and each of the playing cards having at least one machine-readable symbol touching an edge of the playing card, the machine-readable symbol encoding identifying information for the respective playing card, wherein a portion of each of the machine-readable symbol encodes error correction information for other information stored in the respective machine-readable symbol.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
94 words
A playing card set, comprising: a plurality of playing cards, each of the playing cards having a face and a back; each of the playing cards having a respective set of rank and suit markings on the face of the playing card; and each of the playing cards having at least one machine-readable symbol touching an edge of the playing card, the machine-readable symbol encoding identifying information for the respective playing card, wherein a portion of each of the machine-readable symbol encodes error correction information for other information stored in the respective machine-readable symbol.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
79 words
A playing card set, comprising: a plurality of playing cards, each of the playing cards having a face and a back; each of the playing cards having a respective set of rank and suit markings on the face of the playing card; and each of the playing cards having at least one machine-readable symbol touching an edge of the playing card, the machine-readable symbol encoding identifying information for the respective playing card, wherein the machine-readable symbols encode encrypted information.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
79 words
A playing card set, comprising: a plurality of playing cards, each of the playing cards having a face and a back; each of the playing cards having a respective set of rank and suit markings on the face of the playing card; and each of the playing cards having at least one machine-readable symbol touching an edge of the playing card, the machine-readable symbol encoding identifying information for the respective playing card, wherein the machine-readable symbols encode encrypted information.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
20 words
The playing card set of claim 15 wherein the machine-readable symbol extends along a short edge of the playing card.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
20 words
The playing card set of claim 15 wherein the machine-readable symbol extends along a long edge of the playing card.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
25 words
The playing card set of claim 15 wherein each of the machine-readable symbols encode a serial number for a respective one of the playing cards.
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