US 12,327,456 B2
Card-based electronic gaming system for continuous table game progression
Stephen Deckoff, St. John, VI (US); and Tom W. Bowling, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to Generation Z, LLC, Columbus, MN (US)
Filed by Generation Z, LLC, Columbus, MN (US)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/454,461.
Application 18/454,461 is a continuation of application No. 17/478,173, filed on Sep. 17, 2021, granted, now 12,033,455.
Prior Publication US 2023/0394907 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3209 (2013.01) [G07F 17/322 (2013.01); G07F 17/3293 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic gaming system using common physical cards, the system comprising:
a plurality of physical playing cards;
a scanner that is configured to identify each of the plurality of physical playing cards as they are continuously dealt by a dealer;
a gaming table where the plurality of physical playing cards are dealt and identified by the scanner;
a plurality of computing devices with graphical displays that are programmed to provide individualized gaming interfaces for a plurality of players;
a gaming computing system that is communicably connected to the scanner and the plurality of computing devices, the gaming computing system being programmed to, based on the physical playing cards being continuously dealt by the dealer independent of player gaming actions and the scanner detecting each of the physical playing cards as the physical playing cards are successively dealt by the dealer:
continuously identify a digital representation of each of the continuously dealt physical playing cards;
assign a dealt timestamp to the digital representation of each of the continuously dealt physical playing cards that is identified;
receive, from a first computing device of the plurality of computing devices, first gaming actions and a corresponding first timestamp while the digital representation of each of the continuously dealt physical playing cards is being identified;
receive, from a second computing device of the plurality of computing devices, second gaming actions and a corresponding second timestamp while the digital representation of each of the continuously dealt physical playing cards is being identified;
select, among the digital representations of the continuously dealt physical playing cards, a digital representation of at least one card for the first computing device based on a comparison of the first timestamp to the dealt timestamp of the digital representation of each of the continuously dealt physical playing cards;
select, among the digital representations of the continuously dealt physical playing cards, a digital representation of at least one card for the second computing device based on a comparison of the second timestamp to the dealt timestamp of the digital representation of each of the continuously dealt physical playing cards;
transmit, to the first computing device, data representative of the digital representation of the at least one card for the first computing device, wherein the data includes graphical representations of the at least one card for the first computing device for presentation in a graphical display of the first computing device; and
transmit, to the second computing device, data representative of the digital representation of the at least one card for the second computing device, wherein the data includes graphical representations of the at least one card for the second computing device for presentation in a graphical display of the second computing device.